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Pendock

PENDOCK, a parish, in the union of Tewkesbury, Lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, though locally in the Lower division of that of Pershore, Upton and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 6 miles (W.) from Tewkesbury; containing 270 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Tewkesbury to Ledbury, and comprises 1168a. 2r. 29p., of which about two-thirds are arable, and nearly one-third meadow and pasture, with 35 acres of woodland; the soil is a red marl. The Malvern hills form a grand object in the scenery. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 2. 11.; net income, £300, with a glebehouse; patrons, the family of Symonds. The church is an ancient and neat building of stone, containing 140 sittings. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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