Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHADSHUNT

CHADSHUNT, a parish in Southam district, Warwick; 1½ mile NE of Kineton, and 5 W of Fenny-Compton r. station. Post Town, Kineton, under Warwick. Acres, 1,366. Real property, £1,770. Pop., 37. Houses, 5. The manor belonged early to the monks of Coventry; and passed to the see of Lichfield. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Bishops-Itchington, in the diocese of Worcester. An image of St. Chad, in the Romish times, stood in the churchyard, and attracted many pilgrims.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chadshunt CP/Ch       Southam RegD/PLU       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Chadshunt

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