ELMDON, a parish in the Solihull division of the
hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county of WARWICK, 4
miles (S.W. by S.) from Coleshill, containing 146 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and
Coventry, rated in the king's books at £3. 8. 1., and
in the patronage of Abraham Lilljngton Spooner, Esq.
The church, dedicated to St. Peter, which stands on an
eminence and has a tower at the west end, was built
in 1781, at the expense of Abraham Spooner, Esq., and
cost £3000. This place is supplied with water by a selfacting
engine, situated a short distance from Elmdon
hall.