Bearley (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Snitterfield division of the hundred of Barlichway, S. division of the county of Warwick, 4 ¼ miles (NNW) from Stratford; containing 231 inhabitants, and comprising 939 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £62; patrons, Provost and Fellows of King’s College, Cambridge; impropriator, John Phillips, Esq. There is a school in which the greater portion of the children are paid for by the wealthier landowners.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
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