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STRETTON-UPON-DUNSMORE, a parish, with S. village and Princethorpe township, in Rugby district, Warwick; on the Fosse way and Dunsmore-Heath, 2½ miles S of Brandon r. station, and 6½ SE of Coventry. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 3,110. Real property, £6,433. Pop., 1,064. Houses, 229. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £450.* Patrons, the Rev. H. T. Powelland F. Fanquier, Esq. The church is modern, and cost £5,233. There are an endowed school with £52 a year, and charities £357. See Prince-Thorpe.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Warwickshire AncC |
Place: | Stretton on Dunsmore |
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