The Barlichway Hundred
1093 THE BARLICHWAY HUNDRED. This Hundred, forming the south-west of the county, is divided into four divisions, viz.: Alcester, at the south part; Henley, Snitterfield, and Stratford, west from Warwick, having the Hem lingford Hundred on the north. This Hundred contains an area of 100,31Otstatute acres; and in 1871 had 31,859 inhabitants; gross estimated rental, £242,703, and the rateable value £202,432. THE ALCESTER DIVISION. This Division comprises twelve parishes, three townships, and one chapelry, viz.: Alcester, Alne (Great), Arrow, Coughton, Ipsley, Kinwarton, Morton Baggott, Spernall, Studley, Tardebigge, Bentley township, Redditch chapelry, Tutnall-with-Cobley township, Web· • heath township, Weethley, and Weston-upon-Avon. It contains 24,070 acres of land; and in 1871 had 9,506 inhabitants; gross estimated rental £47,336, and the rateable value £38,681. ALCESTER PARISH. ALCESTER is a small market town and parish, pleasantly situated in a fertile valley, on the east bank of the River Alne, near its junc tion with the Arrow, surrounded "by richly wooded eminences, 15 miles 'V.S.W. from Warwick, 8 miles S.W. by ·W. from Stratford on-Avon, 19 S.W. from Birmingham, and 103 N.W. by W. from London. It is a polling place for the Southern Division of the County, head of a Union and County Court District, in the Rural Deanery of Warwick, Archdeaconry, and Diocese of Worcester. The town consists principally of one long street, from which, near the Market-place, several smaller ones diverge. There is a good stone bridge over both rivers. Some of the houses are ancient, with projecting upper stories, though in general they are modern and well built.
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