Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whitley

Whitley, vil., Coventry St Michael par., Warwickshire, on river Avon, 2 miles SE. of Coventry. At Whitley Abbey, a seat in vicinity, Charles I. resided for a few days in 1642. The Avon is here crossed by Whitley Bridge.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Coventry St Michael CP/AP       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Whitley

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