WHITCHURCH, a parish in a detached portion
of the Kington division of the hundred of KINGTON,
county of WARWICK, 5 miles (S. S. E.) from Stratford
upon Avon, containing, with the hamlets of Broughton,
Crimscott, and Wimpstone, 262 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester,
rated in the king's books at £20. 17. 3., and
in the patronage of James West, Esq. The church is
dedicated to St. Mary.