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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LEAMINGTON-HASTINGS, a parish in Rugby district, Warwick; on the river Leam, 1½ mile SE of Birdingbury r. station, and 4 NNE of Southam. It contains the hamlets of Kill, Broadwell, and Kites-Hardwick; and its post town is Stockton, under Rugby. Acres, 3, 244. Real property, £5, 354. Pop., 450. Houses, 105. The manor belonged anciently to the family of Hastang, whence, by corruption, came the postfix name Hastings; and belongs now to the Rev. H. W. Sitwell. L. H. Hall belongs to the Rev. U. W. Sibwell. and is occupied by the Rev. W. Sawyer. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £695.* Patron, the Rev. H. W. Sitwell. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; and is good. There are an endowed school with £55 a year, alms houses with £168, and other charities £70.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Leamington Hastings CP/AP Rugby RegD/PLU Warwickshire AncC |
| Place: | Leamington Hastings |
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