BULKINGTON, a parish in the Kirby division of
the hundred of KNIGHTLOW, county of WARWICK
4 miles" (S. E. by S.) from Nuneaton, comprising the
hamlets of Barnacle, Bramcott, Marston-Jabbett, Ryton,
and Weston, and containing 1679 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Coventry, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry,
rated in the king's books at £6. 10. If., and in the'patronage
of the Crown. The church, dedicated to St.
James, has lately received an addition of three hundred
and fifty sittings, three hundred of which are free, the
Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches
and chapels having granted £200 for that purpose.
The manufacture of ribands  has recently been introduced
5 and the Ashby de la Zouch canal crosses the
north-western angle of the parish, in which there is a
quarry of excellent freestone. A National school has
been established, and is supported by subscription.