CURDWORTH - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"CURDWORTH, a parish in the Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, in the county of Warwick 2½ miles N.W. of Coleshill, and 7 from Birmingham. The Midland West branch railway has a station at Water Orton, about 1½ mile distant from the village of Curd worth, and another at the hamlet of Minworth. It is situated on the Birmingham and Fazeley canal, and contains the hamlet of Minworth.

The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Worcester, value £320, in the patronage of B. Noel, Esq., two turns, and the Right Hon. C. B. Adderley and the Rev. W. Wakefield, each one turn, alternately. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an old stone edifice in the early English style of architecture. There is a Wesleyan chapel, and an infant school. In the hamlet of Minworth is an Independent chapel. This parish has a contingent interest in £23 per annum, connected with Lea, Marston, and other parishes."

"MINWORTH, a hamlet in the parish of Curdworth, Birmingham division of the hundred of Hemlingford, county Warwick, 4 miles W. by N. of Coleshill, and 17 N.W. of Birmingham. It is situated on the Birmingham and Fazeley canal."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]