325 STOCKTON.

produces good cider, wheat, beans, and barley ; soil, strong marl and clay, with here and there a loamy mixture. Population, 607 ; acreage, 1,433.

The church, which has an Early English chancel and Decorated nave, with later styles, and a tower with five bells, was restored in 1860. The lord of the manor subscribed £200, and the patron £60, and a new pulpit; Mr. J. Hawkins, of Staunton Court, £50; and the rector repaired the chancel; cost of the whole, £720. Church accommodation, 250; free seats, 130. Value of the living, £404; rector, Rev. W. J. Sevier; patron, J. F. Sevier, Esq., of Maisemore Lodge, near Gloucester. The parish registers date from the seventeenth of Elizabeth. There are some valuable charities connected with the parish.

STOCKTON.

LIKE Stanford, its neighbour, Stockton is situate on the banks of the Teme; a population of 129, entirely agricultural, growing hops, apples, wheat, beans, &c.; drainage and cultivation good. Sir Edward Blount is lord of the manor, and the other landowners are T. M. Tearne, J. Higginbottom, R. Aston, Esqrs., and Rev. W. F. Raymond, who is rector and patron. Baldwin Harry Bent, Esq., resides at Stockton House. The living is in the diocese of Hereford; value, £254. The church, built in the reign of Henry II, commands a beautiful view from the east end, and was restored in 184S. The nave is divided from the chancel by a handsome Norman arch, and the arch at the south entrance is of the same date and character. A fine oak roof, displaying an excellent specimen of the fan arch, adds much to the appearance of the interior of this ancient church, together with its monuments, one of which was erected to the family of Walsh in 1693; another, a brass, in perfect pre-