BIDFORD, a parish (formerly a market-town) in
the Stratford division of the hundred of BARLICHWAY,
county of WARWICK, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Alcester,
comprising the hamlets of .Barton, Broom, and Marlclift,
and containing 1219 inhabitants, The living is
a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £7. 10< 7.,
endowed with £800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage
of Lady Skipwith. The church is dedicated
to St. Lawrence. This place, stands on the northern
bank of the navigable river Avon,:and the river Arrow
runs through the parish, in which there are several
stone quarries. The market was held on Friday, but it
has long been discontinued.