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Hanbury – a parish in the hundred of Oswaldslow, middle division, 4 mile E. from Droitwich, and 120 from London; containing 161 inhabited houses. The church stands on a high hill, and contains several handsome monuments belonging to the Vernon family, the present owners of the estate. The living is a rectory, not under the jurisdiction of the Archdeacon; Rev. William Vernon, incumbent; instituted 1820; patron, T. S. Vernon, Esq. Population, 1801, 983 – 1811, 1018 – 1821, 1042.

Hanbury-Hall, in the above parish, the residence of John Phillips, Esq. The mansion consists of a centre and two wings, with an immense number of windows: it was built about a century back, and is completely in the style of that period.

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.