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Sedgeberrow, a parish, with a village, in Evesham district, Worcester; on the river Isborne, 4 miles S by W of Evesham r. station. Post-town, Evesham. Acres, 1,042. Real property, £1,663. Pop., 354. Houses, 68. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £228. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of W. The church is of the 14th century, and has an octagonal tower and spire, and was repaired in 1845. There are a Baptist chapel and a parochial school.

Shakenhurst, a hamlet in Bayton parish, Worcester; 1 mile SW of B. village. S. House is the seat of C. Wicksted, Esq.

Severn-Stoke, a village and a parish in Upton-on-Severn district, Worcester. The village stands on the river Severn, 2 ½ miles N of Upton r. station; commands fine views of the Malvern hills; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Worcester. The parish contains also the hamlet of Kinnersley, and comprises 3,269 acres. Real property, £6,794. Pop., 679. Houses, 158. The manor belongs to the Earl of Coventry. S. End was a seat of the Lechmeres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £766. Patron, the Earl of Coventry. The church is good; and there are a national school, and charities £13.

Selly-Oak, a chapelry in Northfield parish, Worcester; near the Birmingham and Worcester railway, 3 miles SSW of Birmingham. It was constituted in 1860; and it has a post-office under Birmingham. Pop., 1,483. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Worcester. Value, not reported. Patrons, Trustees. The church was built in 1861; and is in the early decorated style, cruciform, with tower and spire. Schools were built in 1860, at a cost of £1,650.

Robert Colbourne & Susannah Stickley, lic., 7 Feb. 1785

Samuel Spicer & Mary Ashfield, lic.,11 Feb. 1785

Thomas Wild & Elizabeth Keyte, 22 Apr. 1785

Thomas Young, of Longcompton, & Mary Westmacott, 10 May 1785

Henry White, of Evesham, & Betty Higgins, lic., 6 June 1785

Robert Rose & Mary Sadler, 27 June 1785

William Pitway & Mary Wats, 10 July 1785

Thomas Freeman & Hannah Fowler, lic., 8 Aug. 1785

John Walters & Hannah Cerly, 5 Sept. 1785

John Cock & Hannah Dunn, 17 Oct. 1785

John Statham & Sarah Hopkins, 26 Dec. 1785

Stephen Davis & Mary Savage, w., 28 Mar. 1790

Thomas Bolton & Anne Medders, 30 Mar. 1790

Joseph Chamberlain & Jane Butler, of Moreton-in-the-Marsh, 25 Apr. 1790

Thomas Henshaw & Sarah Cox, 27 Apr. 1790

John Smith, of Handsworth, & Elizabeth Baker, lic., 19 May 1790

Thomas Webster & Elizabeth Davis, 27 July 1790

Robert Ashfield, w., & Sarah Burton, lic., 29 Aug. 1790

Benjamin Bonner & Ann Henshaw, 22 Sept. 1790

John Witts, of Formark, co. Derby, & Hannah Witts, lic., 14 Oct. 1790

William Grimmet & Elizabeth Butler, 25 Oct. 1790

Samuel Pratt & Sarah Cockbill, 22 Nov. 1790