CAINHAM, a parish in the hundred of STOTTESDEN;
county of SALOP, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Ludlow, containing
936 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Salop, and diocese of
Hereford, rated in the king's books at £4. 13. 4., and
in the patronage of J. Mainwaring, Esq. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary.