PRESTON-BAGGOT - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"PRESTON-BAGGOT, a parish in the Henley division of the hundred of Barlichway, county Warwick, 2 miles S.E. of Henley-in-Arden, its post town, and 3 W. of the Hatton railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the Birmingham and Stratford canal, at the bridge over a branch of the river Alne. It is wholly agricultural. The land is partly in common. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £342, and there are 20 acres of glebe. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, value £385. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The parochial charities consist of some poor's land. There is a Sunday-school entirely supported by the clergyman."

"HENLEY, a division of the hundred of Barlichway, county Warwick, contains the town of Henley-in-Arden, and the parishes of Beaudesert, Claverdon, Preston Baggott, Rowington, and Wootton Wawen, comprising about 19,000 acres."

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