1004 LEIGH. . [POST OFFICE Walker Thoma~, tailor, 53 Hobicus la Whitehouse Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Williams Elijah, coal dealer, Hobicus Waterhou~ Edward, tobacconist, 27 Lang-Iey green lane Trinity street WhitehouStl John, Hen ~ Chickens, Wilson J oseph, insurance ll~t. Titforli Wheeler John &; Son, ironfounders Causeway Green road Wincott William, Cross Wetls inn

LEIGH is an extensiveagricultural parish, and station on Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Cl N. Norbury, D.L. Earl Sorners the Bromyard branch of the Great Western railway, south is lord of the manor (If Leigh, and Earl Beauchamp is lord of the rher Teme, which is here joined by the Leigh Iof the Bransford manor. The principal landowners are Earl brook, 5 miles south-west from Worcester, 117 from , Somers aud Earl Beauchamp, Lieut.-Col. Norbury, J oseph an~ 9 north-west from Upton, in the Western division of i Fetherstonhaugh and T. Little, e.qrs. The soil is chiefly the county, Lower Pershore hundred, union, Great J stiffclay; subsoil, alay. The chiefcrops are wheat,. barley, MaLY~rn county court district, rural deanery of , and beans; hops are also.grown in the Tenw. valley. The and archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester. The c!hurch of area is 6,129 acres; rateable value, £24,§34; the population St. Edburga is chiefly of the twelfth century, aud partakes of Leigh ill. 1871 was 4,174: at ,2 miles .r ~"eral styles: it has a tower at the west end, a JlaVe, south, ther.e is & Ilchool-churcb, licenSt!tl for public worship. and a chapel called Braunsford's Chancel: the principal/ BRANSFORD is a chapelry, 1~ mil~s south: there is a entrance is b)' an old porchway beneath the tower: overthe station on the Great Western railway from Worcester to nOlih door is a rare specimen of Early sculpture a figure Malvern. Here is a chapel of ease. Area. 1,190 acres; of the Saviour, about 4 feet 10 inches in height, placed in a rateable value, .£2,150; the population in 18-71 was 299. recefiil in the wall, outside the church; the head of this TH8 LINK (or l\Ialvern Link.), atljoilliog.Ul'f'8t Malvern, roo68ll is supported by Norman pillars: the interior of the is principally in this plIl'ish; it is a rapidly increasing cbUl'Ch presents many objects of interest: the arch dividing neighbourhood, particulars of which and the names of tLe the nave from the chancel is lolty: the chapel is divided from inhabitants are given under Great Malver&. tile south aisle by an ancient screen, the front of which is UPPER HOWSELL, 3 miles south; Lower Howsell; Brock­ curiously carved and gilt: the east window is modern, and amin, close to Leigh Church; Upper and Lower ~a.ndlin, the chancel is rich in ornamental and other remains, and Hayward's l:roM and Smith End and Coles Green are contains a fine raised tomb to Sir WaIter Devereux and his hamlets; Lane End is 3 miles south. lady: t,Qere are five stained lancf't windows, three of which Parish Clerk William Mann Bransford. were put up to the memory of the Rev. E. J. NewcolDb, ' , late curate of tllis parisb, by suhscription; the subjects in Letters thron~h Worcester are delivered about 8.30 n.m. thewindowsare-The Good ~h.epherd, Sower, and Fishers on WALL LETTER Box, near the church, cleareetat 5.25 the Sea of Galilee. The reg-ister dates from the year 1538. p.m.; OR sundays at 10.65 a.m. Letters for Leigh Sinton The living is a rectory, yearly value £312, in the ~ilt of & Howsell go through the Mabern post office Earl Somers, and held by the Rev. Bernard Henry Sheppard, M.A., of Mogdalene CoIIeg-e, Cambridge. Here SCHOOLS:- . are two endowed schoolR, a Wesleyan chapel, two chapels National, Leig-h Sinton, Thomas Hobro, ID1Istel' belooging to the Lady Huntingdonconnexion. and an Iude- National, Leigh Hurst, Henry Gilliland, master pendant chapel at North Malvern. Hopton Court, the seat RAILWAY ~TATIONS:- of Josepb Fetherstollhaug-h, esq., is a substantial manorial Leigh Court, AlIred Marlborough, station master house. Sherridge House is a plain bUilding, occupied by Bransford, Wm. Harvey, station master PRIVATE RESIDBNTS. Essex Joseph, farmer & hop grower, Osborne John, mUler, Lei~h miJI Bellt Mrs. Upper SandJin Gilberts, Bransford Passey J ames, carpenter, Leigh Sinton Cramp John, The Marsh, Bransford Essex Joseph. farmer, Castle green Phillips James, farmer & hop grower, .Fethel'dtonhaug-hJoseph, Hopton court; Firkins William, farmer, hop grower & Sandiin house & 14 Warwick square, London s.w landowner, Brockamin Potter Alfred, miller, Bransford : HalTta Fredf'rick William, Leig-h lodg-e Gahb Hy. farmer & hop grower, Sandlin Price Samuel, farlller, The Gritt farm, _ Norbnry Lieut.-Col. Thomas Coningsby Godfrey Ahraham, farmer, Lei~h Sinton Upper Howsell Norbury, D.L. Sherrid~e house Gwilliam Thomas, fruiterer Q_arrell William Chance, sen. fanner, _ Nol'bury Mrs. SherridKe lodge IIarris Charles, farmer, hop grower & Leigh Sintoll. Nott Mrs. Malvern house . landowner, Chockenhill Rimell WiIliam, farmer, Btockamin , SheflpardRev.BernardHy.M.A.[rector] Haynes Alfred, farmer, Brick farm Simffis Charlotte (Mr~.), Fox inn, Wilmot Rev. Francis E. M.A. [curate] Henney John, farmer & rate collector, Bramford Wood Miss, Leigh ~inton Upper Howsell Smit.h Wm. boot & 8hoe ma.Brockamin Horton William, Bear~' RuggedStaff, Stallard Geo. shopkpr. Smith End grn COMMERCIAL. Bransford Stallard Hen. R. heer retlr.Up. Howsell Ballard Henry, wheelwright, Coles grn Hughes Ann (Mrs.), farmer & hop Stokes Edward, farmer) Leigh Sinton Banes \\0 iIliam, farmer, I an house grower, Pigeon house Stokes Frederick, farmer, Braces Leigh, Bearcroft Sarah (M iss), farmer & hop H ughes Charles, farmer~ Low. Howsell Bransford grower, Lelg-h Sinton Jones George, farmer & hop grower, Taylor Susannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Bennett Benj. shopkf'eper. Lei~h Sinton The Norest Leigh Sinton Briant Charles, saddler, Leigh Binton Jones John, farmer & llop grow~r, Taylor William, farmer, Upper house, BtHT6w John &. Son, machine makers, Bull ring Leigh Sinton SDHtb Bnd green Kinnard .John, shopkeeper, Upton lane Turner Richard, fll.rm-er & hop grower, BuskJohn,blacksmith,SmithEndgreen Mann WiIliam, boot & shoe tnaker &. CfUIleTOnJobn,beer retailer,Up. Ho-wsell parish clerk, Bransford Wall Robert, brrck maker, Interfie]d Day WilliotB, farmer & hop grower, Meek WaIter, farmer, LoWtT HowselI Warman William, beer retailer, Lower Cbockenhill Miles Jamell, wbeelwright,Lt'igll Sinton Howsell _DY-8CW1'hoIDaB,blacksmith,LeighSinton Miles J ames,jun. Somers Arms, Leigh Wilson Olher, farmer, Pipe Elm, Emson Richd. wIJeelwri t,Brockamin Sinton Leigh Sinton Eil!ell George Bearcroft, farmer & hop Newman Jo]m, farmer & hop grower, Winwood John, farmer -& hop grower, !otl'Ower, Leigh court New hou~e, Brauslord Little Brockamill Easex: lames, farmer & hop grower, Ouley Edward, {;\rmer & hop gl'ower, Yarnold William, farmer, Pipe ElID, Mtlat farm, Leigh Sinton. . ..Bank house, Branllford Leigh Siuton

LICKEY (or BROMSGROVE LICKEY) is an ecclesiastical vicarage, yearly value £200, with residence, in the I?;ift of pdrith, formed in 1858 out of the outl} ing portions of the the vicar of .8roms~ove, and held by the Rev. John Good­ PlU'idJes of BFOlIIs~roveand Kin~8 Norton, and part of the win, M.A., of St. Cetharine's Collf'ge, Cambridge. There chapelry of Catl>hill, 4 milt'S north from Bromsgrove, and 4~ are National schools for boys, girls, and infants. A Sunday SGQth"""est from KiJ,g's Norton, in the Eastern division of school is held in the National schoolroom. The Wesleyans the county, BrolllS',lr'lVe union, Bromsg-rove county court and Independents have each a place of worship in the distriet. The Birminllham and Gl()ucester (Midland) rail- chapelry. The hills are Ruhury, Bilbel ry, Rednall, and way -has a statioo in this paJish at Blackwell. The ('hurch Beacon. On one of the hills here is an obelisk, ereeted to ot the Holy Trillity is a stone building in the Early Eng-lish the late Earl of Plymouth: the pr05pt'Ct f.'om this sJlot on st,1e, and consists of chancel, nave, and aisles, with an. a clear day i1J remar1\ably attractive, and is fur fumed for open belfry containing- 2 beH~ ~ it WftS consecrated June 6th, its picturesque beauty and loveliness; it is much resortel1 to 1~~J alld cost about £2,000; all orl1,an was added in 1869. during- the summer months by parties of pleasure from '1 he l"~bter datell from consecration. The living is a Birmingbam and the surrounding country. Here is a well-