ELMLEY-LOVETT, a parish in the lower division
Of the hundred of HALFSHIRE, county of WORCESTER,
4 miles (E. by S.) from Stourport, containing 447 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at
£17. 2. 6., and in the patronage of John Lynes, Esq.
The church is dedicated to St. Michael. There are two
schools, endowed with part of the profits of an estate
bequeathed, at a very early period, by an individual now
unknown, for the benefit of the church and the poor of
the parish. This place gives the title of viscount to the
Lygon family.