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Tysoe (St. Mary)

TYSOE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Shipston-upon-Stour, Kington division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Kington; containing 1033 inhabitants. It is situated on the border of Oxfordshire, and intersected by the road between Stratford and Banbury: the area is 4680 acres. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Compton-Wyniates united, valued in the king's books at £10; net income, £266; patron, the Marquess of Northampton, who receives the tithes of Compton-Wyniates in consideration of £50 per annum paid to the incumbent. The tithes of Tysoe were commuted for land and money payments in 1796. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Thirty-six boys are educated for £26 per annum, arising from property bequeathed to the parish in 1541, by John Middleton and Edward Richards.

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

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