Tibberton (St. Nicholas)

TIBBERTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Newport, Middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, Worcester and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 4 miles (E. N. E.) from Worcester; containing 339 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1202a. 1r. 26p. of land, of which two-thirds are arable, and the remainder pasture; the surface is undulated, the soil chiefly a good rich marl, and the scenery picturesque. Some of the inhabitants are employed in making gloves for the Worcester manufacturers. The Gloucester and Birmingham railway passes through the parish, and the Birmingham and Worcester canal along its northwestern boundary. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester (the appropriators), valued in the king's books at £3. 15. 10.; net income, £132. The tithes were commuted for land and corn-rents in 1810; the glebe contains 72 acres. The church, an ancient structure, was repewed and beautified in 1841. There is a place of worship for Lady Huntingdon's Connexion; also a Church Sunday school.