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MONKS KIRBY - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The living is a vicarage* with that of Withybrook and the curacy of Copston Magna annexed, in the diocese of Worcester, value £300, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, is an ancient structure with a square pinnacled tower containing six bells. The interior of the church contains monuments to the Fielding family. The register dates from 1560. The parochial charities produce about £62 per annum, of which £30 goes to the free grammar school. There is a National school, also Lord Denbigh's school. Newnham Paddox is the residence of the Earl of Denbigh. Roman walls and other relics of antiquity have been found in the parish."
"BROCKHURST, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, hundred of Knightlow, in the county of Warwick, 5 miles to the N. of Rugby. It is near the London and North-Western railway."
"COPSTON MAGNA, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, hundred of Knightlow, in the county of Warwick, 7 miles E. of Nuneaton. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Worcester, annexed to the vicarage* of Monks Kirby, in the patronage of Trinity College, Cambridge. The chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is in the Norman style, and was erected by subscription. Here is a National school. The Earl of Denbigh is lord of the manor. The principal residence is Copston Lodge."
"EASENHALL, a township in the parish of Monks Kirby, Kirby division hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 3 miles S. of Monk's Kirby, and 2 S.E. of Stretton station."
"LITTLE WALTON, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, county Warwick, 5 miles N. of Rugby, near the Midland Counties railway.
"NEWBOLD-REVEL, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, Kirby division of Knightlow hundred, county Warwick, 5 miles N. by W. of Rugby. Mr. Drake's hounds meet in this neighbourhood. The hamlet is in conjunction with Stretton-under-Foss."
"NEWNHAM-PADDOX, a hamlet in the parish of Monks-Kirby, county Warwick, 6 miles N.W. of Rugby. It is situated near Watling Street, where it crosses the Fosse Way. It is a meet for the Atherstone hounds."
"OVER-CESTER, a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, county Warwick, 4 miles N. of Rugby. It is situated near the line of the Roman road Watling Street."
"PAILTON, a hamlet in the parish of Monks-Kirby, Kirby division Of Knightlow hundred, county Warwick, 1 mile S.E. of Monks-Kirby, and 5 miles N.W. of Rugby."
"STREET FIELDS, (or STREET ASHTON), a hamlet in the parish of Monks Kirby, county Warwick, 5 miles N.W. of Rugby, on the Fosse Way, near Street Ashton Lodge.
"STRETTON-UNDER-FOSS, a hamlet in the parish of Monks-Kirby, Kirby division of Knightlow hundred, county Warwick, 6 miles N.W. of Rugby, its post town, and half a mile from the Stretton station, on the Trent Valley railway. The village is near the Fosse Way and the Oxford canal. The Independents have a chapel. There is an infant school. Newbold Hall is the principal residence. C. Ramsden, Esq., is lord of the manor."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]