WAPPENBURY - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"WAPPENBURY, a parish in the Southam division of the hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 5 miles N.E. of Leamington, its post town, and 3 N.W. of Marton railway station. The village is situated on the River Leam, and adjoining the turnpike road leading from Leamington to Rugby. The soil is loamy, with a subsoil of gravel and marl. The parish includes the hamlet of Eathrope, separated from that of Wappenbury by the Leam. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester, value £60. Tho church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. The register dates from 1754. The parochial charities produce about £9 per annum. The Roman Catholics have a chapel. Lord Clifford is lord of the manor;"

"EATHROPE, a hamlet in the parish of Wappenbury, Southam division of the hundred of Knightlow, county Warwick, 1 mile S.E. of Wappenbury, and 5 N.W. of Southam. The Independents have a chapel. Eathorpe Hall, a handsome seat, is the principal residence."

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