STANFORD-ON-TEAME, Worcestershire

"STANFORD-ON-TEAME, a parish in the upper division of Doddingtree hundred, county Worcester, 13 miles N.E. of Worcester, its post town, and 6 N.W. of Martley. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Teame, and is chiefly agricultural. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Hereford, value £260. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a tower and four bells. It was rebuilt in 1768. Stanford Court is a manor situated in an extensive park, containing the Stone House Hermitage."

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