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Alderminster (St. Mary), a parish, partly in the Upper division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, but chiefly in the Upper division of the hundred of Pershore, union of Stratford-upon-Avon, Blockley and E divisions of the county of Worcester, of which it is a detached portion, surrounded by Warwickshire, 5 miles (SSE) from Stratford; containing 508 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation 3000 acres; it is bounded on the south-west by the river Stour, and has a great variety of soil. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £7; the patronage and impropriation belong to the Crown. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £188. 4. 6., and those of the incumbent for £160. 19. 6.; the glebe comprises 20 acres in this parish, and 3 ½ acres in that of Bengworth, near Evesham. The church is a curious cruciform edifice, with a low tower; the nave is in the Norman style.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.