LEMINGTON is a parish, 2 miles from Moreton station on the West Midland Railway, 5 from Shipston-on-Stour, 30 from Gloucester, and 82 north-west from London, in the eastern division of the county, upper division of the hundred of Tewekesbury, Shipston-on-Stour union and county court district, rural deanery of Campden, archdeaconry of Gloucester, and diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. The church (name unknown) is a small and ancient stone building, consisting of nave, chancel, porch, and belfry with 1 bell. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £80, in the gift of Lord Redesdale, and held by the Rev. James W. Clarke, of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, who resides at Moreton. There is a charity derived from land bequeathed by Lady Fane, which yields annually about £16, of which an accumulated fund has been formed for the relief of the poor as occasion requires, and there is one of £4 annually, derived from £100 bequeathed by Archbishop Juxon. Lord Redesdale is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is a mixture, chiefly of clay and gravel; subsoil, clay and oolite. The area is 811 acres; the population in 1861 was 57; gross estimated rental, £1,189; rateable value, £1,060.

Parish Clerk - Thomas Webb

Letters received through Moreton-in-Marsh, which is also the nearest money order office.

GARRETT Joseph, farmer

PHIPPS Richard, farmer

WILKES James, farmer

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