ORLETON, Worcestershire

"ORLETON, a township in the parish of Eastham, upper division of the hundred of Doddingtree, county Worcester, 7 miles S.E. of Tenbury, its post town, and 3 E. of Eastham. It is situated on the river Teme, and is wholly agricultural. The living is a curacy annexed to the rectory* of Eastham, in the diocese of Hereford. 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]