WICKHAMFORD, a parish in the upper division
of the hundred ofBLACKENHURST, county of WORCESTER,
2 miles (E. S. E.) from Evesham, containing 130
inhabitants. The living is a discharged perpetual curacy,
in the peculiar jurisdiction of the Chancellor of
the Cathedral Church of Worcester . rated in the king's
books at £2. 4. 4., endowed with £200 royal bounty,
and in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ
Church, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. John
the Baptist. Limestone in abundance is obtained in
the neighbourhood.