SHELSLEY-BEAUCHAMP, a parish partly in the
lower, and partly in the upper, division of the hundred
of DODDINGTREE, county of WORCESTER, 85 miles
(S. W.) from Stourport, containing 546 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese
of Worcester, rated in the king's books at £9. 4. 4.,
and in the patronage of Lord Foley. The church is
dedicated to All Saints. Caleb Avenant, in 1723, gave
certain land in support of a school.