LONGDON, a parish in the lower division of the
hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 3 miles
(S. S. W.) from Upton upon Severn, containing 640 inhabitants.
The living is a vicarage, with the. perpetual
curacies of Castle-Morton and Chaseley, 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 Westminster. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, is surmounted by a tower of brick. A free
school was founded, about 1660, and endowed with land
by Giles Godwin, Esq., for the instruction of children
belonging to this parish; the master receives £28 per
annum, for which he instructs about forty children in
reading, writing, and arithmetic. A court leet is held
annually, for Longdon, Castlemeston, and Chaseley.