LENCH (ROUSE), a parish in the middle division
of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER,
7 miles (S.W. by W.) from Alcester, containing
258 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's
books at £ 9. 0. 5., and in the patronage of Sir W. E.
R. Boughton, Bart. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter.