Thorpe, Stoney
THORPE, STONEY, a hamlet, in the parish of Long Itchington, union of Southam, Southam division of the hundred of Knightlow, S. division of the county of Warwick, 1 mile (W. by N.) from Southam. The term Stoney was derived from the rocky condition of the ground on which the hamlet stands, and Thorpe, in old English, signifies a petty village. The hamlet now consists of a mansion-house, a water-mill, and two farmhouses; and is a reputed manor, appointing its own surveyor of the highways, &c. The family of Chamberlayne, formerly of Princethorpe, in the county, has been seated here for many centuries; Henry Thomas Chamberlayne, Esq., is the present owner. The land is of good quality, and white limestone is quarried: one of the old churches of Coventry was built of this stone. There was anciently a chapel, now converted into a stable.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.