HANBURY, a village and a parish in Droitwich district, Worcester. The village stands near the Worcester and Birmingham canal and the Bristol and Birmingham railway, 2 miles SSE of Stoke Prior r. station, and 3¼ ENE of Droitwich; and has a post office under Bromsgrove. The parish comprises 7, 533 acres; and is partly included in Droitwich borough. Real property, £10, 501Pop., 1, 044. Houses, 224. The property is divided among five. Hanbury Hall is the seat of H. F. Vernon, Esq.; and Mere Hall is the seat of E. Bearcroit, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £1, 188.* Patron, H. F. Vernon, Esq. The church stands on an eminence, commanding a fine view; is an ancient edifice, with a tower; was repaired in 1860, and enlarged in 1861; and contains monuments of the Vernons. Roman coins and other relics were recently found near the church. There are a Wesleyan chapel, two national schools, and charities £181.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))