ALLESLEY, a parish in the Kirby division of the
hundred of KNIGHTLOW, county of WARWICK, 2 miles
(N. W. by W.) from Coventry, containing 844 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated
in the king's books at £17. 18, 9., and in the patronage
of the Rev. William Bree. The church is dedicated
to All Saints. There is a free school, towards
the support of which Mrs. Flint, in 1705, gave by deed
a small portion of land, and a house for the residence
of the master. Vestiges of an ancient castle are "discernible
in the parish.