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Warmington (St. Michael)

WARMINGTON (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Banbury, Burton-Dassett division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Banbury; containing, with the hamlet of Arlescote, 496 inhabitants. It is intersected by the road from Warwick to Banbury, and comprises 1779 acres, chiefly pasture. Here is a fine old manor-house of the 16th century, now occupied by a farmer. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £16. 3. 11¾.; net income, £450; patrons, the Trustees of Hulme's exhibitions to Brasenose College, Oxford. The tithes were exchanged for land and a money payment in 1776, except those of Arlescote, which have been commuted for a rent-charge of £187. The church, which is in the style of the 14th century, is situated on the edge of a hill, and commands a rich and extensive prospect. Captain Alexander Gordon, who was killed in the battle of Edge-Hill, was buried in Warmington churchyard. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. A school, in connexion with the Church, is supported by subscription. The Benedictine priory here, subordinate to the abbey of St. Peter and St. Paul de Pratellis, or Preaux, in Normandy, was founded in the time of Henry I., and, after the suppression of alien houses, was granted by Henry VI. to the Carthusian priory at Witham, in Somersetshire. Nadbury camp, in the vicinity, where some fix the ancient Tripontium, is of a square form, rounded at the angles, and comprises about twelve acres.

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

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