SOW, a parish partly in the Kirby division of
the hundred of KNIGHTLOW, but chiefly in the county
of the city of COVENTRY, county of WARWICK, 3
miles (E.N.E.) from Coventry, containing 1212 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, and
in the patronage of the Crown. The church, dedicated
to St; Mary, has lately received an addition of one hundred
and eighty-one sittings, of which one hundred and
sixty-six are free, the Incorporated Society for the
enlargement of churches and chapels having granted
£100 towards defraying the expense. Considerable
coal-works are in operation in this parish, and many
of the inhabitants are engaged in the riband manufacture,
in connexion with the trade of Coventry.