Description
Binton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire, near the river Avon, 1 mile NW of Binton station on the East and West Junction railway, and 4 miles W by S of Stratford-on-Avon, which is the post town. The parish includes the hamlet of Red Hill. Acreage, 1300; population, 235. Limestone abounds, and was formerly quarried for paving-stones and lime. It is now being largely used for the manufacture of cement. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £106 with residence. Patron, the Marquis of Hertford, who is lord of the manor. The church is ancient, and was rebuilt in 1875. There is a Congregational chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
