In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grandborough like this:
GRANDBOROUGH, a village and a parish in Rugby district, Warwick. The village stands on the river Leam, near the Oxford canal and the boundary with Northampton, 5 miles SE by E of Birdingbury r. station, and 6 NE of Southam; is a scattered place; and has a post office under Rugby. The parish includes the hamlets of woolscott and Calcutt. ...
Acres, 4, 100. Real property, £7, 510. Pop., 462. Houses, 109. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £185.* Patron, the Rev. R. Kettle. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with a neat spire. There are a national school, and charities £6.
Grandborough through time
Grandborough is now part of Rugby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rugby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grandborough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grandborough, in Rugby and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8983
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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