LINDRIDGE, Worcestershire

"LINDRIDGE, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, county Worcester, 5½ miles E. of Tenbury. Stourport is its post town. It is situated on the river Teme and near the Leominster canal, which here passes through a tunnel 3,850 yards long. The parish com prises the chapelries of Knighton and Pensax, and the hamlet of Newnham. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The land is partly in hops. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £479, and the vicarial for £600."

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