Loxley, Warwickshire

Description
Loxley, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village stands on the S border of the county, 4 miles ESE of Stratford-on-Avon; is an ancient place, mentioned in Domes-day Book; and has a post office under Warwick; money order and telegraph office, Wellesbourne. The parish contains also the hamlets of Chadley, Famington, Oakham, Old-borough, and Hunscote. Acreage, 1596; population, 261. Loxley Hall is the chief residence. The manor belonged to the monks of Worcester and Kenilworth. Ancient British and Roman coins have been found. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £168 with residence. The church was originally founded in 774 by Offa, king of Mercia, and was rebuilt in the 13th and again in the 18th century; it retains traces of the original church in the shape of some herring-bone work in the chancel. There is a Congregational chapel.