CRADLEY, a parish in the hundred of RADLOW,
county of HEREFORD, comprising the townships of
East and West Cradley, and containing 1459 inhabitants,
of which number, 739 are in the township of
East Cradley, 7 miles (N. by E.) from Ledbury. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Hereford, 'rated in the king's books at £18, and in
the patronage of the Bishop of Hereford. The church
is dedicated to St. James.