Claybrooke, Warwickshire

Description
Claybrooke, two townships in Leicestershire, and a parish partly also in Warwickshire. One of the townships bears the name of Great Claybrooke, lies near the junction of Watling Street and the Fosse Way, 1 mile WSW of Ullesthorpe station on the M.R., and 4 miles NW of Lutterworth, occupies high ground commanding an extensive view, includes the site of the Roman station Vennonoe, and has a post office under Lutterworth; money order office, Ullesthorpe; telegraph office, Ullesthorpe railway station. There is also a post office at Ullesthorpe. Area, 1090 acres ; population, 376. The other township bears the name of Little Claybrooke, and lies contiguous to Great Claybrooke. Area, 536 acres; population, 84. The parish contains also the hamlet of Ullesthorpe and Wigston-Parva, the liberty of Bittesby in Leicester, and the township of Wibtoffc in Warwick. Population, 1038. The living is a vicarage united with the perpetual curacies of Wigston-Parva and Wibtoffc in the diocese of Peterborough ; joint net yearly value, £313. Patron, the Crown. The church is an interesting building of stone in the Gothic style, chiefly of the 14th century. There is a chapel of ease at Wibtoft, a Wesleyan chapel at Great Claybrooke, and a Congregational chapel at Ullesthorpe.