WICHENFORD, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from Worcester, containing 334 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 10., and in the patronage of the Rev. William Digby, Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of Worcester. The church is dedicated to St. Lawrence.