In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wappenbury like this:
WAPPENBURY, a parish in the district and county of Warwick: 2¾ miles WNW of Marton r. station, and 4¾ ENE of Leamington. It includes Eathorpe township, and has a post-office under Leamington. Acres, 1,550. Real property, £2,548. Pop., 251. Houses, 59. The manor belongs to Lord Clifford. Eathorpe Hall is the seat of S. Shepheard, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £70. Patron, Lord Clifford. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, a Roman Catholic chapel, and charities £9.
Wappenbury through time
Wappenbury is now part of Warwick district. Click here for graphs and data of how Warwick has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wappenbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wappenbury, in Warwick and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9387
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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