Link, The, or Malvern-Link

LINK, THE, or Malvern-Link, an ecclesiastical district, in the parish of Leigh, union of Martley, Lower division of the hundred of Pershore, Worcester and W. divisions of the county of Worcester, 7 miles (S. W.) from Worcester, on the right of the road to Malvern; containing about 900 inhabitants. This place is beautifully situated in a champaign country, in the south part of the parish, and under the celebrated Malvern hills: stone is quarried for building. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Bishop of Worcester; net income, £100, with a house. The church, for which the site and £500 were given by Earl Somers, is in the early English style, with a campanile turret, and is dedicated to St. Matthias; it was completed in 1845, at a cost of £1700. There is a chapel belonging to Lady Huntingdon's Connexion; also a national school.