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CLEEVE PRIOR, Worcestershire
"CLEEVE PRIOR, (or Prior's Cleeve), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, in the county of Worcester, 2 miles S.W. of Bidford, in Warwickshire, and 5 N.E. of Evesham. The village is situated on an eminence near the E. bank of the Avon, which frequently inundates the adjacent country. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Worcester, value £225, in the patronage of the dean and chapter. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a Gothic edifice in the early English style, with embattled square tower."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Church Records
- Elizabeth Newman has access to the Parish Registers for (1590 to 1900), the Census returns, and MI's as well as Wills and Inventories. She is willing to do look ups.
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Cleeve Prior from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.