Description
Stretton Baskerville, a parish in Warwickshire, 1 1/2 mile WSW of Hinckley, and 4 miles E by S of Nuneaton. Post town, Hinckley. Acreage, 1038; population, 56. It takes its name from Watling Street, which lies on the north, and from the ancient family of Baskerville who held the manor, and was once a place of some importance, but became partly depopulated in the reign of Henry VII., and the village and church went into ruins. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £75. Patron, the Crown. The living is held by the vicar of Burton Hastings, and the inhabitants attend the church of that parish.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
