Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITACRE (Nether)

WHITACRE (Nether), a parish in Meriden district, Warwick; containing Whitacre-Junction r. station, and 3¼ miles ENE of Coleshill. It has a post-office under Birmingham. Acres, 2,210. Real property, £3,938. Pop., 479. Houses, 109. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £333.* Patron, Earl Howe. The church is ancient but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and some charities.


(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: Nether Whitacre CP/Ch       Meriden RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place names: NETHER WHITACRE     |     WHITACRE     |     WHITACRE NETHER
Place: Nether Whitacre

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