Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRANKTON

FRANKTON, a parish in Rugby district, Warwick; near the Fosse way, the river Leam, and the Rugby and Warwick railway, about a mile from Birdingbury r. station, and 4½ miles WSW of Dunchurch. Post town, Marton, under Rugby. Acres, 1, 636. Real property, £2, 546. Pop., 239. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £110.* Patron, the Rev. J. Biddulph. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £15.


(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: Frankton CP/AP       Rugby RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Frankton

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