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Harvington is a village and parish, distant 4 miles N.E. from Evesham, and 6 S.W. from Alcester. There are a few detached and highly respectable farms in the parish, and the neighbourhood is altogether very pretty. It contained in 1851 a population of 360 inhabitants.
The Church is a very neat building, having been repaired during the last eighteen months, at an out lay of £1600. The tower contains six bells, which are worked by machinery, considered a very excellent piece of mechanism. The living is a Rectory, in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. Rev. Arthur H. W. Ingram, M.A., Rector; Rev. Samuel Garrett, Curate; Mr. Charles Smith, Clerk. Service – 11 a.m. and 3 p.m.
There is a modern-built National School at the top of the village. Judith Smith, Mistress. Average number of scholars, 40.

DIRECTORY

Emeny Mr. William
Ingram Rev. Arthur H. W., M.A., Rector
Marshall Mr. Thomas G.
Brookes Sarah, blacksmith
Bullock John, farmer, Court House Farm
Bullock Richard, farmer
Cole John, farmer, Harvington Field
Davies Edwin, boot and shoe maker
Gibbs William, farmer, Harvington Hill
Gould Edward, carpenter
Hook William, victualler and shopkeeper, Coach and Horses
Hunt Solomon, farmer
Ingram James, farmer
Knight William, ploughwright and shopkeeper
Malin George, farmer
Marshall John F., farmer and maltster
Skinner Ed., tailor and Sub-Postmaster
Williams Joseph C., victualler, Golden Cross

Post Office – Mr. Edward Skinner, Sub-Postmaster. Despatch, 3 40 p.m.

Source: Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855