Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON-BAGGOTT

PRESTON-BAGGOTT, a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick; on a branch of the river Alne, and on the Birmingham and Stratford canal, 1¾ mile E of Henley-in-Arden, and 3 W of Hatton r. station. Post-town, Henley-in-Arden, under Birmingham. Acres, 1, 302. Real property, £2, 232. Pop., 220. Houses, 47. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £385.* Patronesses, the Misses Cartwright. The church stands on the tol of a steep hill, and has a small brick turret.


(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: Stratford on Avon RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Preston Bagot

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