NAPTON-on-the-HILL, a parish in the Southam
division of the hundred of KNIGHTLOW, county of
WARWICK, 3 miles (E. by S.) from Southam, containine
892 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicare
age, in the archdeaconry of Coventry, and diocese of
Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at
£9. 14., and in the patronage of the Crown. The
church is dedicated to All Saints. There is a place of
worship for Baptists. The Oxford canal and the Warwick
and Napton canal form a junction in this parish.