Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PINLEY

PINLEY, a township in Rowington parish, Warwick; on the Stratford canal, 3 miles E by N of Henley-in-Arden. Real property, £456. Pop., 21. Houses, 4. P. House is the seat of E. Ralphs, Esq. A Benedictinenunnery cell was founded here, at the Norman conquest, by R. de Pilardinton; and has left some remains at a farm-house.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Pinley CP/Tn       Rowington AP/CP       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Pinley

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