In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Honiley like this:
HONILY, a parish in the district and county of Warwick; 3 miles W of Kenilworth r. station, and 5 ½ NW of Warwick. Post town, Kenilworth. Acres, 642. Real property, £843. Pop., 63. Houses, 12. The manor had anciently a peculiar ecclesiastical jurisdiction; was given, in the time of Henry III., to Richard Peche; passed, in the time of Henry VII., to Sir Simon Montfort; went, at his attainder, to the Crown; was given to the Fitzgeralds; reverted, in the time of Mary, to the Crown; was then given to the Throckmortons; passed to the Burgoynes, and to Lord Carrington; and belongs now to Mrs-Willes. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £150. Patron, Mrs. Willes. The church is good.
Honiley through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Honiley, in Warwick and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9137
Date accessed: 26th May 2013
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