BESFORD, a parish in the upper division of the
hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles
(W. by s.) from Pershore, containing 154 inhabitants.
The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage
of St. Andrew's, Pershore, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of.Worcester, rated in the king's books at £3. The
church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The navigable river
Avon runs along the border of the parish.