COMBERTON (GREAT), a parish in the upper division
of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER,
2 miles (S. by E.) from Pershore, containing 206
inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the
archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the
king's books at £10, endowed with £400 private benefaction,
and £400 royal bounty, and in the patronage of
Miss Myddleton. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.
The river Avon flows through this parish.