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Upton Snodsbury, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Upton Snodsbury, a village and a parish in Worcestershire. The village is 5½ miles NW of Pershore, and 6 E of Worcester. It has a post office under Worcester; money order office, Sidbury; telegraph office, Spetchley goods station. The parish includes Cowsden hamlet, and comprises 1691 acres; population, 341. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Coventry. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £60 with residence. Patron, the Bishop. The church is Early English with a lofty Perpendicular tower. It was badly restored in 1874, and contains a modern chancel screen with a few pieces of old oak tracery inserted. There are 19 acres of church land let in allotments for the benefit of the church.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWorcestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishUpton-Snodsbury St. Kenelme 
HundredPershore 
Poor Law unionPershore 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Upton Snodsbury from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

Online maps of Upton Snodsbury are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictWychavon
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR7
Post TownWorcester

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