Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EXHALL

EXHALL, a parish in Alcester district, Warwick; near Icknield-street and the river Arrow, 2 miles SE of Alcester r. station, and 6 W by N of Stratford-on-Avon. It includes the hamlets of Little Britain and Grafton; and is "the Dudging Exhall" of Shakspeare. Post town, Alcester, under Bromsgrove. Acres, 780. Real property, £1, 310. Pop., 203. Houses, 54. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Wixford, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £409.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old, and was restored, in 1862, at a cost of about £900. Bentley's school has £7; and other charities £13.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Exhall AP/Ch/CP       Alcester RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Exhall

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