In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Baxterley like this:
BAXTERLEY, a parish in Atherstone district, Warwick; 2 miles ENE of Kingsbury r. station, and 3½ W by S of Atherstone. Post Town, Kingsbury, under Tamworth. Acres, 874. Real property, £2,115. Pop., 273. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. Baxterley Hall is the seat of Apsley Smith, Esq. Coal is largely worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £262. Patrons, the Lord Chancellor and another. The church is not good.
Baxterley through time
Baxterley is now part of North Warwickshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Warwickshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Baxterley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Baxterley in North Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8565
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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