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BEDWARDINE-ST. JOHN, a parish in the district and county of Worcester; on the river Severn, partly within the borough of Worcester. It includes a western suburb of Worcester, the places called Boughton and Wick-Episcopi or Upper and Lower Wick, and the reputedly extra-parochial tract of Henwick. Acres, 3,775. Real property, £19,548. Pop., 2,974. Houses, 653. The property is not much divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £635. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is partly Norman, and good. A school has an endowed income of £36, and other charities £60.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bedwardine St John Parish Worcestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bedwardine |
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