Mamble, Worcestershire

Description
Mamble, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, adjacent to the boundary with Salop, 2 miles NE of Neen Sollars station on the Tenbury and Bewdley branch of the G.W.R., and 4 SE of Cleobury Mortimer. Post town, Cleobury Mortimer (S.O.) Acreage, 2285; population, 228. Sodington, the ancient seat of the Blounts, was burnt in the Civil Wars of Charles I.; was taken down in 1807, and was then found to stand over several curious Roman relics. There had previously been discovered in the neighbourhood an entire Roman brick kiln, and parts of a considerable aqueduct and a pavement. Coals are found, and the Tenbury Canal comes near. The living is a rectory, united with Bayton, in the diocese of Hereford; joint net value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English, and was restored in 1880 ; it has two mortuary chapels belonging to the Blount and Wicksted families. A district council is held for the parishes of Mamble, Bayton, and Rock.