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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Water Orton like this:
WATER-ORTON, a chapelry in Aston parish, Warwick; on the Birmingham and Derby railway, 2¼ miles NW of Coleshill. It has a post-office under Birmingham, and a r. station. Real property, £1,535. Pop., 218. Houses, 48. There are several neat villas 'The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £115. Patrons, Trustees. The church is good.
Water Orton is now part of NORTH WARWICKSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH WARWICKSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Water Orton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Water Orton, in North Warwickshire and Warwickshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9392
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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