NEWBOLD-upon-AVON, a parish in the Rugby
division of the hundred of KNIGHTLOW, county of
WARWICK, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Rugby, containing,
with the hamlets of Cosford, Little Harborough,
Little Lawford, and Long Lawford, 968 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Coventry,
and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the
king's books at £14. 12. 1., and in the patronage of the
Rev. Mr. Parker. The church is dedicated to St. Bo*
tolph. The rivers Avon and Swift, and the Oxford
canal, run through the parish, in which are very extensive
lime-works.