MAMBLE, Worcestershire

"MAMBLE, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county Worcester, 5 miles S.E. of Cleobury Mortimer, and 1½ S. of Bayton. The village, which is small, is situated near the Tenbury and Leominster canal, and is wholly agricultural. The land is partly in hop grounds. The substratum abounds with coal, which is worked and transmitted by means of a tramway to the canal. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £235, and the vicarial for £180."

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