BAYTON, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 1-
mile (S.E. by S.) from Cleobury-Mortimer, containing
466 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage,
united to that of Mamble, in the archdeaconry of Salop,
and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at
£5. 0.1\., endowed with £200 private benefaction, and
£200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St.
Bartholomew.