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ARELEY KING'S - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"ARELEY KING'S, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, in the county of Worcester, close to Stourport. It is situated on the western bank of the river Severn, and contains the hamlet of Dunley. From the hill on which the church stands there is a fine prospect westward as far as Malvern. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, value £346, in the patronage of the Rev. H. J. Hastings. The church is in the early English style, and is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. There is a monument in the churchyard, formed of oblong stones, and bearing a curious inscription in Latin rhyme, purporting that one Sir Harry lies buried there.

A hermitage once existed at Redstone Ferry, on the borders of this parish. It consisted of a chapel, and several chambers cut in the side of a rock. Areley House, formerly the seat of the Mucklows, and Areley Hall, are the principal residences."

"DUNLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Areley King's, in the county of Worcester, 2 miles S.W. of Stourport."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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