Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TYSOE

TYSOE, a parish, with a village, in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick; 9 miles WNW of Banbury r. station. It has a post-office under Warwick. Acres, 4,710. Real property, £7,485. Pop., 1,035. Houses, 236. The property is much subdivided. The figure of a horse, about 50 feet long, is cut on a sandstone hill, in memory of Warwick, the king-maker. The living is a vicarage, united with Compton-Wynyates, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £266.* Patron, the Marquis of Northampton. The church is ancient but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £150.


(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: Tysoe CP/AP       Shipston on Stour RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Tysoe

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