WOMBOURNE, a parish in the southern division
of the hundred of SEISDON, county of STAFFORD, 4
miles (S. W. by S.) from Wolverhampton, containing,
with the liberty of Orton, 1478 inhabitants. The living
is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Stafford,
and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the
king's books at £12. 12. 8., and in the patronage of
certain Trustees. The church is dedicated to St.
Benedict. The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal
passes through the parish.