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Cleeve-Prior – a parish in the hundred of Oswaldslow, upper division, 5 miles N.N.E. from Evesham , and 98 from London; containing 68 houses. This village stands on an eminence, on the southern bank of the river Avon, the scenery round which is extremely pleasing.

A labouring man residing at South Littleton, lately employed in working a quarry in this parish, discovered two pots of coins, one of gold, the other of silver, principally specimens of Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius; they were found at the depth of about 3 feet, having dug through sixteen inches of soil, four of limestone, and eighteen of clay. A goldsmith in London offered him £300 for them, which he refused.

The living is a vicarage; the Rev. R. D. Stillingfleet, incumbent; instituted 1812; patron, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Population, 1801, 287 – 1811, 322 – 1821, 343.

Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.