CROWLE, a parish partly in the upper division of the hundred of HAMPSHIRE, but chiefly in the middle division of the hundred of OSWALDSLOW, county of WORCESTER, 65 miles (S. by E.) from Droitwich, containing 461 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £16, and in the patronage of the Rev. R. Harrison, M.A. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. On entering the parish from Worcester, there is a beautiful range of hills, forming an amphitheatre, and commanding extensive prospects. Crowle Court, the interior of which clearly shews it to have been a religious house, is a very ancient edifice, surrounded by a deep moat. In the neighbourhood, are considerable quarries of a blue stone, which burns into excellent lime.