Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COMPTON-SCORPION

COMPTON-SCORPION, a hamlet in Ilmington parish, Warwick; 3½ miles W by N of Shipston-on-Stour. It belonged to the Palmers; and was the birthplace of Sir Thomas Overbury. Real property, £1, 154. .


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ilmington CP/AP       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Compton Scorpion

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