Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HUNNINGHAM, or Honingham

HUNNINGHAM, or Honingham, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Warwick; on the river Leam, 3 miles WNW of Marton r. station, and 5 NE of Leamington. Post town, Leamington. Acres, 1, 170. Real property, £2, 213. Pop. in 1851, 319; in 1861, 253. Houses, 58. The decrease of pop. was caused mainly by the discontinuance of a lunatic asylum. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Leigh. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £68. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; consists of nave, chancel, and N aisle, with small wooden tower; and contains a few ancient monuments. There is a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hunningham CP/AP/Ch       Warwickshire AncC
Place names: HONINGHAM     |     HUNNINGHAM     |     HUNNINGHAM OR HONINGHAM
Place: Hunningham

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