SNITTERFIELD, a parish in the Snitterfield division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY, county of WARWICK, 4 miles (N. by E.) from Stratford upon Avon, containing 642 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £ 8, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester. The church, dedicated to St. James, exhibits portions in the early, decorated, and later styles of English architecture.