Brinklow, Warwickshire

Description
Brinklow, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on the Fosse Way and the Oxford Canal, 6 miles NW of Rugby. It has a station on the L. & N.W.R., a post, money order, and telegraph office under Coventry, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1487 acres; population, 714. The manor belonged anciently to the Mowbrays, and had a castle of theirs, which has disappeared. Traces of a tumulus, called Brinklow Tump, and of a Roman camp exist, and some Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is variously Early English and Perpendicular, was restored in 1862, and has an embattled tower. There is a Congregational chapel. The family of Rons the antiquary were residents.