BERKESWELL, a parish in the Solihull division of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county of WARWICK, 6J miles (W. byN.) from Coventry, containing 1468 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Barstow annexed, in the archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £ 14. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the Disbrowe family. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is an endowment in land, amounting to about £70 per annum, being the produce of various benefactions, for the support of a school at Berkeswell, and for various other charitable purposes.