In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eastham like this:
EASTHAM, a parish in Tenbury district, Worcester: on the river Teme, adjacent to the boundary with Salop, and to the Tenbury and Bewdley railway, 4 miles E by N of Tenbury. It includes the chapelries of Orleton and Hanley-Child; and its post town is Rochford, under Tenbury. Acres, 3, 846. Real property, £6, 905. ...
Pop., 645. Houses, 135. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Hanley-William and the p. curacies of Orleton and Hanley-Child, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £920.* Patron, the Rev. H. Browne. The church has some Norman features, and is good.
Eastham through time
Eastham 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 Eastham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eastham, in Malvern Hills and Worcestershire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9867
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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