In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ansty like this:
ANSTEY, a parish in Foleshill district, Warwick; on the Oxford canal, near the river Sow, 2 miles SW of Bulkington r. station, and 5 NE of Coventry.-It has a post office under Coventry. Acres, 990. Real property, £2,340. Pop., 171. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. Some of the inhabitants are ribbon weavers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £162. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is very good. There is a charity school.
Ansty through time
Ansty is now part of Rugby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rugby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ansty itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ansty, in Rugby and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8590
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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