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. The inhabitants are well supplied with water from springs. This parish contains 1,650 acres ofland; the gross esti. mated rental is £9,081 913. 8d.; rateable value £7,568 Os. 7d. Iu 3 y.