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Drake's Broughton: two miles from Pershore; a hamlet and chapelry in the parish of Holy Cross. A chapel was erected here in 1857, at a cost of £1,057.

Pensham: a hamlet one mile from the town, and in the parish of St. Andrew; nearly surrounded by the Avon.

Pershore Portsmouth: a manor the origin of whose curious name I cannot ascertain. The Dean and Chapter of Westminster are the lords.

Pinvin: a chapelry in the parish of St Andrew. Here is an extraordinary little church, of very early Norman, if not Saxon work; lias long-and-short work at the angles; two "squints" or hagioscopes, mural paintings, and much else that should attract antiquarian visitors.

Walcot-cum-Membris: a hamlet two miles N.E. of the town, and in the parish of Holy Cross.

Wadborough: a hamlet four miles from Pershore, and in the parish of Holy Cross; has a station on the Midland Railway.

Wick Burnel and Wick Warren: manors extending over the chapelry of Wick and Mr. Hudson's estate in Holy Cross. A. R. Hudson, Esq., who resides at the ancient manor-house, formerly in the possession of the Hazlewood family, is lord of these manors.

The principal landowners in the parishes of Pershore are the Earl of Coventry, Earl Somers, Sir J. G. S. Sebright, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster and their lessees (namely, Vice-Chancellor Sir R. Malins and Messrs, lllingworth and Career), J. C. Dent, Esq., J. and G. Whitaker, Esqrs,, J. Wilson, Esq., A. R. Hudson, Esq., W. Acton, Esq., Colonel Scobell, the Vicar of Pershore, and E. Humphries, Esq.

The Rev. R. E. Bartlett is vicar of Pershore; value of living, after providing for the chapelries, about £200; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.

Pershore sent two Members to the Parliament of Edward I, but has never since taken a part in legislation. An ancient fair was given to the town on the feast of St. Edburgh (June