BIRCH (LITTLE), a parish in the upper division,
of the hundred of WORMELOW, county of HEREFORD,
6 miles (S.) from Hereford, containing 310 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at
£6. 12. 11., and in the patronage of the Governors of
Guy's Hospital, London. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary.