Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITACRE (Over)

WHITACRE (Over), a parish in Meriden district, Warwick; 2½ miles ESE of Whitacre Junction r. station. Post town, Nether Whitacre, under Birmingham. Acres, 1,375. Real property, £2,980. Pop., 285. Houses, 72. W. House is the seat of E. Wilson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £142. Patron, G. W. Digby, Esq. The church is modern, in the Italian style, with a lofty spire. Charities, £21.


(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: Over Whitacre CP/Ch       Meriden RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place names: OVER WHITACRE     |     WHITACRE     |     WHITACRE OVER
Place: Over Whitacre

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