ROWINGTON, a parish in the Henley division of
the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 6
miles (N. W. by W.) from Warwick, containing 888 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the
king's books at £7. 11. 8., and in the patronage of the
Crown. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a
cruciform structure, principally in the Norman style.
The Warwick and Birmingham canal passes through the
parish. National schools, for about ninety children of
both sexes, are supported out of the annual income
arising from the poor's estate.