ARLEY, a parish in the Kirby division of the hundred
of KNIGHTLOW, county of WARWICK, 6 miles (B.
by N.) from Coleshill, containing 267 inhabitants. Theliving
is a rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Dean and Chapter of Lichfield, rated in the king's
books at £ 9. 0. 7., and in the patronage of the Rev.
R. Vaughton. The church is dedicated to St.Wilfrid.
A free school is endowed with land, producing £10 per
annum, left by William Avesey.