Rochford (St. Michael)

ROCHFORD (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Tenbury, Upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, Hundred-House and W. divisions of Worcestershire, 2 miles (E. by N.) from Tenbury; containing 227 inhabitants. This parish comprises about 1400 acres of fertile land, of which a small quantity is laid out in hops. It is intersected by the road from Tenbury to Worcester. The living is a rectory, in the gift of the Misses Wilkinson; income, £400. The church exhibits some beautiful specimens of early architecture. In 1753, John Turner bequeathed £100, the interest to be distributed among the poor; and in 1802, Philip Morres invested £164 in the 3 per cent. consols., for the same purpose.