Description
Wyken, a parish in Warwickshire, 3 miles NE by E of Coventry. Post town, Coventry. Acreage, 1343; population of the civil parish, 133; of the ecclesiastical, 121. The Wyken Pippin, originally brought from Holland, was first grown here. The manor belongs to the Earl of Craven. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £109. Patron, the Earl of Craven. The church is ancient
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
