HARDWICK (PRIORS), a parish in the Burton-Dassett
division of the hundred of KINGTON, county
of WARWICK, 5 miles (S. E.) from Southam, containing
263 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual
curacy of Priors-Marston, in the archdeaconry of
Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
in the king's books at £23. 16. Of. The Duke of
Marlb9rough was patron in 1796. The church is dedicated
to St. Mary. The Oxford canal passes through
the parish.