Description
Baginton, a parish in Warwickshire, on the river Sowe, 3 miles S by E of Coventry. Post town, Coventry. Acreage, 1788 ; population, 217. Baginton Hall was built by Sir W. Bromley, Speaker of the House of Commons in the time of Queen Anne, and the manor is now held by his descendant. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £287 with residence. The church is Early English, has a fine bell-turret, and contains monuments to Sir W. Bagot and his wife of the year 1400.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
