Westwood
WESTWOOD, an ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Stoneleigh, union of Warwick, Kenilworth division of the hundred of Knightlow, S. division of the county of Warwick, 3 miles (S.) from Coventry; containing about 500 inhabitants. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was consecrated 25th July 1844. It is in the decorated English style, with a campanile turret; contains 260 sittings; and was built by subscription, at the cost of £1600, of which sum £600 were contributed by the Rev. Vaughan Thomas, and £700 by Lord Leigh, who also gave £1000 towards the endowment. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Vicar of Stoneleigh. There is a parsonagehouse, and good schools are supported.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.