LENCH (CHURCH), a parish comprising the
hamlets of Atch-Lench and Sheriff's Lench, in the lower
division of the hundred of BLACKENHURST, and partly
in the upper division of the hundred of HALFSHIRE,
county of WORCESTER, 5 miles (N. by W.) from Evesham,
and containing 342 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester,
rated in the king's books at £9 11. 10., and in the patronage
of the Crown. There is a place of worship for
Baptists.