Shuttington, Warwickshire

Description
Shuttington, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies on the river Anker and the Coventry Canal, 2 1/2 miles NW of Polesworth station on the L. & N.W.R., and 3 E by N of Tamworth. It has a post office under Tamworth; money order and telegraph office, Tamworth. The parish contains also the hamlet of Alvecote. Acreage, 1420; population, 446. The manor belongs to the Earl of Essex. A priory, a cell to Malvern Abbey, was founded at Alvecote in 1159 by William Burdet. A portion of it is still called Alvecote Priory, and is an ancient ivy-clad mansion, now used as a farmhouse and agricultural college. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £130. Patron, the Earl of Essex. The church is a small ancient edifice.