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RATLEY - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
On the brow of Edgehill is a large triangular fortification called Nadbury camp, supposed to be Roman, which commands a prospect over a fertile country, including the Vale of Red Horse, which skirts its base. The tithes were commuted for land, under an Enclosure Act in 1795, and there are 40 acres of glebe. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Worcester, value £120. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, has a lofty square tower containing three bells. There is an endowed free school. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. The Earl of Jersey is lord of the manor and principal landowner."
"UPTON, a hamlet in the parish of Ratley, county Warwick, 4 miles S.E. of Kington. It is a meet for the Warwickshire hounds."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]