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Princethorpe

PRINCETHORPE, a township, in the parish of Stretton-upon-Dunsmoor, union of Rugby, Rugby division of the hundred of Knightlow, N. division of the county of Warwick, 6ΒΌ miles (N. by W.) from Southam; containing 278 inhabitants. It comprises 973 acres; and the roads from Warwick to Rugby, and from Southam to Coventry, cross each other in the township. Here is a convent for nuns, capable of receiving 200 inmates. The site for it, and about 200 acres of land, were purchased by Madame du Chastelet, abbess of a similar institution at Orrel Mount, near Wigan, in Lancashire, which has been removed to this place. The buildings are situated on an eminence, and have a very imposing appearance; the chapel was opened in September, 1837.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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