Elmore (St. John the Baptist)

ELMORE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Gloucester, Middle division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's-Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 6½ miles (W. S. W.) from Gloucester; containing 379 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the river Severn, and comprises about 1200 acres: the soil is generally a deep clay, and the surface flat; the greater portion of the land is meadow and pasture. The Severn is here obstructed in its course by a rock extending nearly across its channel, which renders it unnavigable at low water. Elmore Court, the ancient seat of the Guise family, is a handsome Elizabethan mansion, on an eminence. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £73; patron, Sir Berkeley W. Guise, Bart. The church has an embattled tower at the west end.