STRENSHAM, a parish, with a village, in Pershore district, Worcester; on the river Avon, ¾ of a mile W by S of Eckington r. station, and 4½ S W of Pershore. It has a post-office under Tewkesbury. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £3,895. Pop., 279. Houses, 61. S. Court is the seat ofTownend, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £240.* Patron, J. A. Taylor, Esq. The church is good. There are a school and alms houses with £54 a year from endowment, and other charities £11. Butler, the author of "Hudi-bras,'' was a native.

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