BRANSFORD, Worcestershire

"BRANSFORD, a chapelry in the parish of Leigh, hundred of Pershore, in the county of Worcester, 4 miles to the S.W. of Worcester. It extends also into the parish of Powick. Bransford Road is a station on the Worcester and Hereford branch of the West Midland railway. This chapelry is situated on the banks of the river Tome, which is here crossed by a bridge on the road from Worcester to Hereford. Hops are cultivated here, and there are rich meadow lands along the river. The living is an impropriate vicarage in the diocese of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist."

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