In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowington like this:
ROWINGTON, a parish in the district and county of Warwick; on the Birmingham canal, 1¾ mile S E of Kingswood r. station, and 6 N W of Warwick. It is divided into Church-Side and Lowson-Side; and it includes Lowsonford, Pinley-Green, High-Cross, Holywell, and part of Kingswood hamlets. Post-town, Warwick. ...
Acres, 3, 424. Real property, £7, 142. Pop., 995. Houses, 225. The property is much subdivided. The manor was given, by Queen Elizabeth, to the Earl of Dudley. R. Hall is the seat of Misses Aston. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £231.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is cruciform, plain, and Norman. There are an endowed school, and charities with jointly £232.
Rowington through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowington, in Warwick and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9337
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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