Wyre-Piddle
WYRE-PIDDLE, a chapelry, in the parish of Fladbury, union of Pershore, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 1¾ mile (N. E. by E.) from Pershore; containing 188 inhabitants. It comprises 330 acres, two-thirds of which are arable. The chapel is an ancient structure, at the west end of the village: the font is Norman. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. A cross in the village having become dilapidated by age, was lately rebuilt and restored after the original model.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.