Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHERINGTON

CHERINGTON, a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick; on the river Stour, 3½ miles SE of Shipston-on-Stour, and 6 E by N of Moreton r. station. It has a post office under Shipston-on-Stour. Acres, 890. Real property, £1, 965. Pop., 311. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry III., to Ralph de Wylington; and passed, in the time of Edward III., to the Lucys. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £259.* Patron, D. Turner, Esq. The church is very good; and has a tower.


(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: Cherington AP/CP       Shipston on Stour RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Cherington

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