In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birdingbury like this:
BIRDINGBURY, or Birbury, a parish in Rugby district, Warwick; on the river Leam, adjacent to the Leamington and Rugby railway, 7 miles SW by W of Rugby. It has a station on the railway; and its Post Town is Leamington-Hastings, under Rugby. Acres, 1,180. Real property, £1,568. Pop., 184. Houses, 46. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the Whelers; and belongs now to Sir T. Biddulph, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £120. Patron, Sir T. Biddulph, Bart. The church is good.
Birdingbury through time
Birdingbury is now part of Rugby district. Click here for graphs and data of how Rugby has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birdingbury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birdingbury, in Rugby and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8584
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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