PIDDLE (NORTH), a parish in the upper division of the hundred of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 8 miles (E. by S.) from Worcester, containing 133 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 1. 3., and in the patronage of Earl Somers. The church is dedicated to St. Michael.