In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Baginton like this:
BAGINTON, a parish in the district and county of Warwick; on the river Sow, 1¾ mile E of the North western railway, and 3 S by E of Coventry. Post Town, Coventry. Acres, 1,667. Real property, £2,977. Pop., 213. Houses, 49. The property is all in one estate. Baginton Hall, the seat of the proprietor, was built by W. Bromley, Speaker of the House of Commons in the time of Queen Anne; and is now held by his descendant. Slight traces exist of a castle of Sir William Bagot, a strong partizan of Richard II.; where the Duke of Hereford, afterwards Henry IV., spent the night prior to his duel with the Duke of Norfolk, in the presence of Richard II., on Gosford Green, as described by Shakspeare. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £350.* Patron, the Rev. W. Bromley The church is good; has a fine bell turret; and contains a brass of Sir W. Bagot and his lady. A school has an endowed income of £228; and other charities £23.
Baginton through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Baginton has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Warwick. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Baginton and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Baginton, in Warwick and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8552
Date accessed: 18th June 2013
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