In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burmington like this:
BURMINGTON, a parish in Shipston-on-Stour district, Warwick; on the river Stour, 2 miles S by E of Shipston-on-Stour, and 3 ESE of Moreton r. station. It has a post office under Shipston-on-Stour. Acres, 808. Real property, £1,793. Pop., 212. Houses, 46. The manor belonged, in the time of Henry VI., to Sir Humphrey Stafford; and passed to the Strangeways. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Wolford
in the diocese of Worcester. The church was recently rebuilt. There is a free school.
Burmington through time
Burmington is now part of Stratford on Avon district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stratford on Avon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burmington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burmington, in Stratford on Avon and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8654
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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