Radford-Semele (St. Nicholas)
RADFORD-SEMELE (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Warwick, Kenilworth division of the hundred of Knightlow, S. division of the county of Warwick, 2 miles (E. by S.) from Leamington; containing 487 inhabitants. The parish consists of 2090 acres, partly a light and gravelly, and partly a stiff, soil; it is pleasantly situated on the left bank of the river Leam, and is intersected by the Warwick and Napton canal, and by the road from Leamington to Southam. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 16. 0½.; net income, £200, with a house; patron and impropriator, Henry Greswolde, Esq., of Malvern Hall, near Solihull: there are 41 acres of glebe. The church has a square tower, and is in good repair. A parochial school is supported by subscription.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.