228:
188:
363:
30:
837:
258:
A man was struck by lightning and died in 1789 in the parish, and a monument was placed where he died to commemorate the death and warn others of the dangers of sheltering under trees during a lightning storm. The inscription read: "On
Thursday September 3 1789, William Cawley, of
354:
Great
Packington is also notable for the number of pools of water in the parish, many of which are now used by Packington Fisheries. The parish also features some of the highest land in England and is neighbour to the traditional centre of England,
324:, with a capacity for 4,490 men. From 5 July 1944, the grounds of Packington Hall were also used by the United States Army as a Rehabilitation and Reconditioning centre for wounded soldiers, designated as the 825th Convalescent Center.
221:, married Mary Fisher, daughter and sole heiress of Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet in 1712. When the 3rd Barnet died without male heirs in 1729 the Packington estate passed to Mary and her husband and became the seat of the
267:, was on this spot struck dead by lightening. To commemorate this awful event, as well as to warn others from exposing themselves to the same danger, by taking shelter in a thunder storm under trees, this monument is erected."
184:, the ‘Great Packington Parish: Loss Account’ included claims from 36 parishioners. There are also references in records to Parliamentarian soldiers plundering fish from the Packington pools for food.
251:. The foundation stone for St. James was laid on 23 April 1789. During the construction of St James' Church baptisms and marriages were held at St Bartholomew’s Church in the neighbouring parish of
290:
in 1836. The
Meriden Union workhouse housed two inmates who were born in Great Packington when the 1881 census was taken. The church living was united with the living of Little Packington in 1860.
343:
Between 1995 and 1999 sand and gravel were extracted from land on the
Packington Estate. When the quarrying ceased, work began to convert the area into a 22-hectare nature reserve and the
820:
542:"PACKINGTON OLD HALL WITH WALLS ADJOINING ON EAST AND WEST SIDES, COURTYARD WALL ADJOINING AT REAR, AND ATTACHED OUTBUILDINGS, Great Packington (1034811)"
766:
Midland Daily
Telegraph. (1939). 24 July. p. 3e. Collection: British Newspapers, 1710-1965. https://www.findmypast.co.uk : Retrieved 6 June 2024.
235:
In 1787, it was found that the steeple of Great
Packington's parish church was in a bad condition and the church was demolished. It was replaced by
775:
705:
Population
Gazetteer of England and Wales and the Islands in the British Seas: Showing the Number of Inhabitants of Every Parish and Place
168:. The estate was then granted to John Fisher. From 1538, churches were required to keep a record of all births, marriages, and burials in
344:
275:
Great
Packington has a small population, with the historic peak between 1801 and 1861. There were 340 inhabitants in 1848 and The
652:
541:
17:
606:
579:
299:
236:
81:
788:
382:
376:
356:
218:
474:. (1887). Finch’s of Packington Magna and Offchurch Bury. 10 September. p. 6b. Collection: British Newspapers, 1710-1965.
447:
657:
546:
841:
856:
347:
supported the development of a ten-year biodiversity strategy. The reserve opened to the public in 2001. In 2010,
208:
200:
450:. Warwickshire Place Names. By William Henry Duignan. Oxford University Press, 1912. Page 93. Accessed May 2020.
165:
488:
459:
679:
512:
227:
122:
742:
351:
supported the conversion of a further 16 acres of former farmland at the site into wet grassland.
524:
313:, recorded that the joint population of Great and Little Packington in 1939 was 250 inhabitants.
248:
172:. Great Packington's records survive from 1538. Poor law records for the parish begin in 1715.
126:
623:
388:
287:
204:
65:
653:"MEMORIAL, APPROXIMATELY 850 METRES SOUTH EAST OF PACKINGTON HALL, Great Packington (1365122)"
187:
861:
423:
392:
362:
211:'s nephew, also Sir Clement Fisher, 3rd Baronet, built another larger mansion on the estate,
8:
396:
196:
158:
150:
146:
138:
137:, who let it to his brother Godmund. Either Thorkil or his son Siward then granted it to
77:
332:
321:
53:
596:
569:
789:"307th Station Hospital / 826th Convalescent Center | WW2 US Medical Research Centre"
602:
575:
328:
252:
240:
222:
181:
102:
69:
808:
648:
537:
348:
212:
169:
73:
624:"Genuki: GREAT PACKINGTON - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868, Warwickshire"
283:
41:
850:
277:
Population
Gazetteer of England and Wales and the Islands in the British Seas
98:
317:
134:
130:
57:
49:
45:
717:
303:
525:
Information for record number MWA410: Packington Park, Great
Packington
327:
Several Great Packington men served in the Second World War, including
142:
72:
to the west. At Great Packington is Packington estate, which includes
154:
164:
The estate land continued to belong to Kenilworth Priory until the
370:
29:
264:
244:
836:
475:
260:
61:
574:. Internet Archive. New Haven : Yale University Press.
571:
The world of the country house in seventeenth-century England
149:
in 1163. The hundred was first called by its present name of
515:. Heritage and Culture Warwickshire. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
121:. The settlement of 15 households was then within the
424:"Parishes: Great Packington | British History Online"
302:
in memory of men of the parish who served during the
279:
reported the population in 1864 as 336 inhabitants.
743:"1881 Census: Residents of Meriden Union Workhouse"
647:
536:
778:, vol. 5. English Heritage. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
680:"Packington - Pakefield | British History Online"
527:. Time Trail Warwickshire. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
460:Open Domesday: Packington and (Little) Packington
848:
345:Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
371:Notable people associated with Great Packington
594:
809:Marsh Lane Nature Reserve - Berkswell Quarry.
175:
40:historically known as Packington Magna, is a
601:. Internet Archive. London : Batsford.
320:, Packington Hall hosted a barracks for the
776:Military Command and Control Organisation
718:"The Workhouse in Meriden, Warwickshire"
361:
243:, following designs after the temple at
226:
186:
28:
598:English parish churches as works of art
513:Great Packington Parish: Loss Accounts.
402:Rev. Richard Mudge, vicar and composer.
14:
849:
567:
306:, including six who gave their lives.
145:, Warwickshire. This was confirmed by
418:
416:
199:) was built in red brick in 1679 for
195:Packington Manor House (now known as
141:, who later gave it to the Priory of
395:to escape England in 1651 after the
383:Heneage Finch, 7th Earl of Aylesford
282:Great Packington became part of the
270:
219:Heneage Finch, 2nd Earl of Aylesford
707:. United Kingdom: Harrison. p. 87.
24:
658:National Heritage List for England
621:
547:National Heritage List for England
413:
25:
873:
830:
379:nee Finch, Countess of Dartmouth.
338:
835:
101:in 1086, (Great) Packington and
814:
802:
781:
769:
760:
735:
710:
697:
672:
641:
615:
588:
201:Sir Clement Fisher, 2nd Baronet
561:
530:
518:
506:
481:
478: : Retrieved 6 June 2024.
465:
453:
448:'Packington (Great and Little)
441:
298:A memorial was erected inside
166:dissolution of the monasteries
13:
1:
811:Cemex. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
595:Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1986).
406:
293:
823:. National Portrait Gallery.
568:Cliffe, John Trevor (1999).
476:https://www.findmypast.co.uk
331:who was killed in action at
80:and the Greek revival style
7:
821:Jane (nee Lane) Lady Fisher
92:
10:
878:
391:, Lady Fisher, who helped
176:Civil War and Early Modern
133:. The tenant-in-chief was
97:At the publication of the
87:
68:is to the south-east, and
684:www.british-history.ac.uk
428:www.british-history.ac.uk
857:Hamlets in Warwickshire
311:Midland Daily Telegraph
472:Leamington Spa Courier
367:
366:Jane Lane, Lady Fisher
232:
192:
34:
18:Outwoods, Warwickshire
844:at Wikimedia Commons
747:www.workhouses.org.uk
722:www.workhouses.org.uk
365:
329:9th Earl of Aylesford
247:by Italian architect
241:4th Earl of Aylesford
230:
190:
32:
703:Coke, C. A. (1864).
462:. Accessed May 2020.
397:Battle of Worcester
223:Earls of Aylesford.
197:Packington Old Hall
151:Hemlingford Hundred
139:Geoffrey de Clinton
78:Packington Old Hall
368:
322:United States Army
309:An article in the
255:, Warwickshire.
233:
209:Sir Clement Fisher
193:
135:Thorkil of Warwick
109:, where the first
54:North Warwickshire
35:
840:Media related to
628:www.genuki.org.uk
608:978-0-7134-5026-2
581:978-0-300-07643-1
489:"Packington Park"
271:Long 19th century
253:Little Packington
182:English Civil War
113:is a mistake for
105:were recorded as
103:Little Packington
70:Little Packington
38:Great Packington,
16:(Redirected from
869:
842:Great Packington
839:
824:
818:
812:
806:
800:
799:
797:
795:
785:
779:
773:
767:
764:
758:
757:
755:
753:
739:
733:
732:
730:
728:
714:
708:
701:
695:
694:
692:
690:
676:
670:
669:
667:
665:
649:Historic England
645:
639:
638:
636:
634:
619:
613:
612:
592:
586:
585:
565:
559:
558:
556:
554:
538:Historic England
534:
528:
522:
516:
510:
504:
503:
501:
499:
493:Our Warwickshire
485:
479:
469:
463:
457:
451:
445:
439:
438:
436:
434:
420:
318:Second World War
237:St James' Church
231:St James' Church
170:parish registers
82:St James' Church
21:
877:
876:
872:
871:
870:
868:
867:
866:
847:
846:
833:
828:
827:
819:
815:
807:
803:
793:
791:
787:
786:
782:
774:
770:
765:
761:
751:
749:
741:
740:
736:
726:
724:
716:
715:
711:
702:
698:
688:
686:
678:
677:
673:
663:
661:
646:
642:
632:
630:
620:
616:
609:
593:
589:
582:
566:
562:
552:
550:
535:
531:
523:
519:
511:
507:
497:
495:
487:
486:
482:
470:
466:
458:
454:
446:
442:
432:
430:
422:
421:
414:
409:
373:
349:Natural England
341:
304:First World War
300:St James Church
296:
273:
213:Packington Hall
203:, and his wife
191:Packington Hall
178:
95:
90:
74:Packington Hall
60:, England. The
33:Packington Park
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
875:
865:
864:
859:
832:
831:External links
829:
826:
825:
813:
801:
780:
768:
759:
734:
709:
696:
671:
640:
614:
607:
587:
580:
560:
529:
517:
505:
480:
464:
452:
440:
411:
410:
408:
405:
404:
403:
400:
386:
380:
372:
369:
340:
339:Modern History
337:
295:
292:
284:Poor Law Union
272:
269:
177:
174:
94:
91:
89:
86:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
874:
863:
860:
858:
855:
854:
852:
845:
843:
838:
822:
817:
810:
805:
790:
784:
777:
772:
763:
748:
744:
738:
723:
719:
713:
706:
700:
685:
681:
675:
660:
659:
654:
650:
644:
629:
625:
618:
610:
604:
600:
599:
591:
583:
577:
573:
572:
564:
549:
548:
543:
539:
533:
526:
521:
514:
509:
494:
490:
484:
477:
473:
468:
461:
456:
449:
444:
429:
425:
419:
417:
412:
401:
398:
394:
390:
387:
384:
381:
378:
377:Augusta Legge
375:
374:
364:
360:
358:
352:
350:
346:
336:
334:
330:
325:
323:
319:
314:
312:
307:
305:
301:
291:
289:
285:
280:
278:
268:
266:
262:
256:
254:
250:
249:Joseph Bonomi
246:
242:
238:
229:
225:
224:
220:
216:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
189:
185:
183:
173:
171:
167:
162:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
99:Domesday Book
85:
83:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
55:
51:
47:
43:
39:
31:
27:
19:
862:Warwickshire
834:
816:
804:
792:. Retrieved
783:
771:
762:
750:. Retrieved
746:
737:
725:. Retrieved
721:
712:
704:
699:
687:. Retrieved
683:
674:
662:. Retrieved
656:
643:
631:. Retrieved
627:
617:
597:
590:
570:
563:
551:. Retrieved
545:
532:
520:
508:
496:. Retrieved
492:
483:
471:
467:
455:
443:
431:. Retrieved
427:
353:
342:
326:
315:
310:
308:
297:
281:
276:
274:
257:
234:
217:
194:
179:
163:
161:(1161–62).
131:Warwickshire
118:
114:
110:
106:
96:
58:Warwickshire
56:district of
50:country park
46:civil parish
37:
36:
26:
316:During the
851:Categories
407:References
393:Charles II
294:World Wars
205:Jane Lane.
180:After the
143:Kenilworth
389:Jane Lane
155:Pipe Roll
127:Coleshill
622:GENUKI.
207:In 1693
159:Henry II
147:Henry II
119:Pacitone
107:Patitone
93:Medieval
357:Meriden
333:Dunkirk
288:Meriden
265:Farrier
239:by the
153:in the
123:hundred
117:, i.e.
88:History
66:Meriden
52:in the
794:6 June
752:6 June
727:6 June
689:6 June
664:6 June
633:6 June
605:
578:
553:6 June
498:6 June
433:16 May
261:London
245:Pæstum
62:parish
42:hamlet
157:of 8
796:2024
754:2024
729:2024
691:2024
666:2024
635:2024
603:ISBN
576:ISBN
555:2024
500:2024
435:2020
48:and
286:of
215:.
129:in
125:of
64:of
853::
745:.
720:.
682:.
655:.
651:.
626:.
544:.
540:.
491:.
426:.
415:^
359:.
335:.
263:,
84:.
76:,
44:,
798:.
756:.
731:.
693:.
668:.
637:.
611:.
584:.
557:.
502:.
437:.
399:.
385:.
115:c
111:t
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
