COUGHTON, a parish in the Alcester division of
the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 2
miles (N. by W.) from Alcester, containing, with the
hamlet of Sambourn, 926 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of
Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 10. 7., endowed
with £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Sir Charles Throckmorton, Bart. The church is
dedicated to St. Peter.