In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Birtsmorton like this:
BIRTSMORTON, a parish in Upton-on-Severn district Worcester; under the Malvern hills, 5½ miles SW of Upton-on-Severn r. station, and 7 WNW of Tewkesbury. Post Town, Berrow, under Ledbury. Acres, 1,268. Real property, £2,101. Pop., 289. Houses, 68. The property is much subdivided. The manor was long held by the ancient Cornish family of Nanfaus; and the manor-house a very ancient edifice, moated round, and now a farmhouse, was the birthplace of the Right Hon. ...
W. Huskisson. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £430.* Patron,Pilson, Esq. The church contains several curious ancient monuments, and was repaired in 1859. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school and charities £20.
Birtsmorton through time
Birtsmorton is now part of Malvern Hills district. Click here for graphs and data of how Malvern Hills has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Birtsmorton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Birtsmorton, in Malvern Hills and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9632
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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