CROPTHORN, a parish in the middle division of
the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER,
4 miles (E. by S.) from Pershore, containing, with the
chapelry of Netherton, and the hamlet of Charlton, 687
inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's
books at £ 14. 17. 3., and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of Worcester. The church is dedicated to
St. Michael. A school is endowed with about £ 10 per
annum, beqtteathed by Mary Holland, in 1740.