WHITACRE (NETHER), a parish in the Atherstone
division of the hundred of HEMLINGFORD, county
of WARWICK, 3 miles (N.E.) from Coleshill, containing
4Q8 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of Lich»
field and Coventry, endowed with £400 private bene»
faction, and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of Earl Howe. The church is dedicated to St. Giles.
There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists.
The river Tame runs through the parish. Charles Jennins,
Esq., in 1775, bequeathed one-third of the interest
of £1000 in support of a school.