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PEOPLETON, Worcestershire

"PEOPLETON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Pershore, county Worcester, 3 miles N.W. of Pershore, its post town and railway station, and 8 N.W. of Worcester. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The soil consists principally of sand. There are collieries in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester, value £200. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a tower containing three bells. It has recently been restored."

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

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