ABBERTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of
PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 7 miles (N. E. by N.) from
Pershore, containing 82 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in
the king's books at £5. 8. 1., endowed with £200 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of Mrs. Sheldon. Here is a mineral spring,
the water of which is bitter and cathartic, being somewhat
similar to that at Cheltenham.