Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire

Description
Napton-on-the-Hill, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on an eminence adjacent to the Oxford Canal, 1 mile SW by S of the junction of that canal with the Warwick and Napton Canal, 3 miles E of Southam, and 1 1/2 mile from the Weedon and Reamington branch of the L. & N.W.R. It is a pleasant place commanding extensive views, was once a market-town, and has a post and money order office, of the name of Napton, under Rugby; telegraph office, Stockton. The parish comprises 4027 acres; population, 857. There is a parish council consisting of six members, and it sends two members to the district council. A large reservoir of the Oxford Canal is here. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £326 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English; consists of nave, aisles, transepts, and chancel, with a tower; and was completely restored in 1861. There are Congregational and Primitive Methodist chapels.