GREAT PACKINGTON - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"GREAT PACKINGTON, (or Packington-Magna), a parish in the Solihull division of the hundred of Hemlingford, county Warwick, 8 miles W. by N. of Coventry, its post town, and 2 from the Hampton Junction station of the London and North-Western railway. It is situated on the river Blyth, and is wholly agricultural. There is a quarry of red sandstone. Packington Hall, the seat of the Earl of Aylesford, is situated in a park embellished with wood and water. There is no village, only a few straggling farmhouses.

The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £180, and the vicarial for £240. The glebe contains 46 acres valued at £70 per annum. The living is a vicarage* with the rectory of Little Packington annexed, in the diocese of Worcester, value £212 and £66 respectively. The church, dedicated to St. James, was rebuilt in 1789 after the model of the temple at Pæstum. It is situated in the park, and contains two bells. The parochial charities produce about £21 per annum. There is a small school, which is partly endowed. The Earl of Aylesford is lord of the manor.

"STONE BRIDGE, a hamlet in the hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 7 miles N.W. of Coventry."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]