PIRTON, a parish in the upper division of the hundred
of PERSHORE, county of WORCESTER, 4 miles
(N. N. W.) from Pershore, containing 214 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, united to that of Croom-D'Abitot,
in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester, rated in
the king's books at £8. 3., and in the patronage of the
Earl of Coventry. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.