Wolford, Little

WOLFORD, LITTLE, a hamlet, in the parish of Great Wolford, union of Shipston, Brailes division of the hundred of Kington, S. division of the county of Warwick, 3 miles (S.) from Shipston; containing 274 inhabitants, and comprising 1324 acres, of which 339 are common or waste. The great tithes have been commuted for £230, and the small for £58; the vicarial glebe consists of 24 acres. Here is an old mansion, formerly in the possession of the Ingram family, and part of which is known to have existed so early as the reign of King John. It was altered and restored by the late Sir George Philips, Bart., by whom it had been purchased in 1844.