Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BINTON

BINTON, a parish in Stratford-on-Avon district, Warwick; on the river Avon, 4 miles W by S of Stratford-on-Avon r. station. Post Town, Stratford-on-Avon. Acres, 1,260. Real property, £1,697. Pop., 230. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. Paving-stone is quarried; and needles and fish-hooks are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £140.* Patron, the Marquis of Hertford. The church is decayed.


(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: Binton CP/AP       Stratford on Avon RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Binton

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