CHURCH HONEYBOURNE. 87

as it is not all "gold that glitters," so it is not all mineral water which is really efficacious in removing those complaints for which, without sufficient investigation, it is recommended.

Church Honeybourne.

A FEW miles eastward of Evesham, to the abbey of which place it formerly belonged, is Church Honeybourne, which at the Dissolution was divided between the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and Sir Philip Hoby - a man of great mark in his day, and distinguished for virtue, if we are to believe his epitaph:

" A deepe discovering head, a noble brest,

A courtier passing and a courteous knight,

Zealous to God, whose Gospell he profest,

When greatest storms 'gan dym the sacred light."

If we are to believe an old legendary couplet, Honeybourne can boast of some antiquity, for it says -

" There was a church at Honeyborn

When Evesham was but bush and thorn."

The manor of Poden, in this parish, was for several generations held by the ancient family of Graves, one of whom, John Graves, died in 1616, at the age of 103. The parsonage of Honeybourne also belonged to the abbey of Evesham, and after the suppression of the abbey it was granted to the family of Carell. The Rev. R. Poole is now the patron; vicar, Rev. W. B. Bonaker; value, £285 ; population, 144; acreage, 1,312; church accommodation, 229; 88 free. The vicarage included the chapelry of Cow Honeybourne, an adjoining parish in Gloucestershire, but until recently the chapel at the latter place had been abominably desecrated