PENDOCK, Worcestershire

"PENDOCK, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, county Worcester, 8 miles S.E. of Ledbury, its post town, and 6 W. of Tewkesbury. The village, which is of small extent and chiefly agricultural, is situated on the road from Tewkesbury to Ledbury. Pendock formerly belonged to Worcester Abbey. The scenery includes the Malvern Hills. About two-thirds of the land are arable, and the remainder meadow and pasture. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, value £280. The church is an ancient stone structure, with a tower containing five bells. The parochial charities produce about £6 per annum. There is a Sunday-school. The Wesleyans have a place of worship."

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