30 BERROW AND BIRTSMORTON.

fixture - is a remarkable elevation like an artificial mound, being an "outlyer," capped with lias limestone. Remains of the plesiosaurus and icthyosaurns have been found here, with impressions of beautiful ferns. Pendock Partway, or Roman road, runs through a part of the Berrow, and among the curious old names in Birtsmorton are Spark Horn and Tumpy Leasow.

Berrow gave the name to the ancient family of De Berga or De Berewe, who were lords of the manor till Richard II, when the > name became extinct, William Golafer marrying the heiress; then the Nanfans, of Birtsmorton, inherited it, of whom more anon. The lands now belong chiefly to the families of Thackwell (who have resided here for three centuries), Ricardo, Webb, the Bean' and Chapter, or Eecle-.siaetical Commissioners, &c. The parish was once .called Netheiberrow, to distinguish it from Ovetberrowj or Over-bury. In the time of Elizabeth there were-forty'Seven families; now the population is 4S3; acreage, 2,180. The living is a perpetual curacy; patrons and appropriate™, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester; tiihes commuted for £350, of •which £40 is paid to tto incumbent, whose total income is but £100, with aoottafte callad "The Parsonage" and a bit of garden ground. Formerly the minister w»» maintained by the Priory of Worcester, but wag always subject in some degree to the vicar of Overbury. Rev. J. Hughes is the present incumbent. The church is an old structure, with Norman doorways and font, but the rest of die building is Perpendicular, and baa a singular lofty tower of two stages. There are schools in the parish, one of which is supported by Mr. Ricardo, late M.P. .for Worcester. Berrow Court, an ancient timbered house near the church, is worth inspection.

Birtsmorton—or Brute's Morion, from the Brute family which anciently resided hen—begins near the Hollybush Pass, on the Ledbnry road, and stretches about two miles down into the valley. It contains about 1,200 acres, and supports a population almost entirely engaged in agriculture, a few