RUSHOCK, Worcestershire

"RUSHOCK, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Halfshire, county Worcester, 5 miles N. of Droitwich, its post town, and 4 N.W. of Bromsgrove. The village, which is of small extent and wholly agricultural, is situated on the road from Kidderminster to Droitwich. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Worcester, value £280. The church, dedicated to St. John, is a modern structure, with a belfry containing two bells. The parochial charities produce about £12 per annum, which goes to the free school."

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