Coughton, Warwickshire

Description
Coughton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies 2 miles N of Alcester, near the river Arrow, and has a station on the M.R., and a post and money order office under Redditch; telegraph office, Alcester. Acreage of parish, 2000; population, 201. The ecclesiastical parish includes the civil parish of Samboume; area, 4218 acres; population, 688. The manor belonged in the time of William the Conqueror to Turchil de Warwick, was held in the time of Henry I. by a family who took name from it, and passed in the 15th century to the family of Throckmorton, who are the present owners. Coughton Court is a castellated edifice of the time of Henry VIII., and commands a fine view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £160 with residence. Patron, Sir W. Throckmorton, Bart. The church is Perpendicular, and consists of chancel, nave with aisles and clerestory, chantry chapels, south porch, and an embattled western tower, and contains monuments of the Throckmortons. It was well restored in 1891-93. A mission church was erected in 1892, and there is a Roman Catholic chapel.