STOCKTON, Worcestershire

"STOCKTON, a parish in the lower division of Doddingtree hundred, county Worcester, 8 miles S.W. of Stourport; and 14 N.W. of Worcester. The village is situated near the river Teme, and is wholly agricultural. The great road from Worcester to Ludlow passes through the parish. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Hereford, value £254. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient structure, but was thoroughly restored in 1846. There is a parochial school."

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