WITHERLEY, a parish in the hundred of SPARKENHOE,
county of LEICESTER, 1 mile (E. by S.) from
Atherstone, containing, with the hamlet of Atterton,
471 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Leicester, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in
the king's books at £16 .2. 3., and in the patronage
of the Rev. Mr. Roberts. The church, dedicated to St.
Peter, has one of the finest spire steeples in the county;
it is one-hundred and fifty-six feet high. The
old Watling-street, which here separates Leicestershire
from Warwickshire, crosses the river Anker at Witherley
bridge. In this parish is Mancetter, the site of the
great Roman station Manduessuedum.