ROWINGTON - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"ROWINGTON, a parish in the Henley division of Barlichway hundred, county Warwick, 6 miles N.W. of Warwick, its post town, and 9 from Kenilworth. The parish, which is considerable, is intersected by the Stratford-on-Avon and Warwick and Birmingham canals, and is wholly agricultural. The parish comprises the hamlets of Pinley, High Cross, and Kingswood. The glebe comprises 40 acres, valued at £80 per annum. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Worcester, value £116. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a cruciform structure, with a square tower containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about £232, part of which goes to the support of the school."

"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."

"HIGH-CROSS, a village in the parish of Rowington, county Warwick, 5 miles W.N.W. of Warwick. It is situated near the Birmingham canal."

"KINGSWOOD, a hamlet in the parishes of Lapworth and Rowington, county Warwick, 4 miles N.E. of Henley-in-Arden. It is a station on the Oxford, Warwick, and Birmingham branch of the Great Western railway, and is intersected by the Birmingham and Stratford-on-Avon canal."

"PINLEY, (or Pindley), a township in the parishes of Rowington and Claverdon, Henley division of the hundred of Barlichway, county Warwick, 4 miles E. of Henley-in-Arden, and 4 W. of Warwick. It is situated near Pinley Green, and adjoins the village of Whitley. At a farmhouse in the neighbourhood are the ruins of a Benedictine nunnery, founded by R. de Pilardinton, in the reign of Henry I. Its revenue at the Dissolution was valued at £27 148. 7d.

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