Rowington

Other current and historical names

Rowington Green

Parish/Community: Rowington
District/Borough: Warwick
County: Warwickshire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°19'20"N 1°42'15"W
Eastings/Northings: 420257, 269395
OS Grid: SP202693
Mapcode Local: GBR 4K8.7ZN
Mapcode Global: VHBX7.DWXL

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Rowington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Rowington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Rowington.-- par., township, and vil., in co. and 6 miles NW. of Warwick - par., 3424 ac., pop. 853; township, pop. 830; P.O. at Rowington Green; near vil. is Rowington Hall, seat.

Rowington in the Domesday Book

A village in Fernecumbe hundred, in the county of Warwickshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Baldwin son of Herlewin
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh of Grandmesnil
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Ivry (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £5 in 1086
- Households: 27 villagers; 24 smallholders; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 9 men's ploughs (8 plough lands)
- Woodland: 1 ¹⁄₂ mixed measures

British Place Names

Rowington, Warwickshire

Rowington is a village in Warwickshire

Rowington in historic gazetteers

Rowington in the Domesday Book