EARL'S CROOME, Worcestershire

"EARL'S CROOME, (or Cromb-Simon), a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, in the county of Worcester, 2 miles N.E. of Upton-upon-Severn, its post town, 6 from Tewkesbury, and 3 from the Defford station of the Great Western railway. The village is small. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester, value £200, in the patronage of the Rev. C. Dunne. The church is an ancient structure dedicated to St. Nicholas. The parochial charities produce about £17 a year. The chief residences are Earl's Croome Court and Levant Lodge.

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