Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BISHAMPTON

BISHAMPTON, a parish in Pershore district, Worcester; in the vale of Evesham, 3¼ miles N by W of Fladbury r. station, and 4½ NE of Pershore. Post Town, Pershore. Acres, 2,140. Real property, £2,540. Pop., 469. Houses, 105. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £103.* Patron, the Bishop. The church was about to be rebuilt in 1869. There is a Baptist chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bishampton Parish       Pershore Poor Law Union/Registration District       Worcestershire Ancient County
Place: Bishampton

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