LOXLEY, a parish in the Snitterfield division of
the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 4
miles (E. S. E.) from Stratford upon Avon, containing
311 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in
the king's books at £5. 6. 8., endowed with £200 private
benefaction, and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Nicholas.
The parish abounds with limestone. British and
Roman coins have been frequently found here.