Hatton, Warwickshire

Description
Hatton, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands near the Warwick and Birmingham Canal, 3 miles NW by W of Warwick, and has a station on the G.W.R., and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Warwick. The parish contains also the townships of Beansale and Shrewley. Acreage, 4278; population, including the inmates of the asylum, 1664. The manor belonged to Hugh de Hatton, Earl of Warwick, and was given by him to Wrox-hall Abbey. The county lunatic asylum, opened in 1852, is a fine building in a modified Tudor style, with a frontage of 700 feet; stands on a plot of 62 acres handsomely laid out, and possesses accommodation for about 700 patients. Hatton Hill commands a fine view of the surrounding country. Hatton House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £180 with residence. The church was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1880, has some good modern painted glass, and contains a tablet to Dr Samuel Parr, and other monuments. Dr Parr was for some time the incumbent of the parish, and a noble room in the parsonage was built by him for a library. There is a Congregational chapel at Shrewley.