Naunton Beauchamp, Worcestershire

Description
Naunton Beauchamp, a parish in Worcestershire, on a branch of the river Avon, 3 miles N by E of Perehore station on the G.W.R., and 4 1/2 N of Pershore. Post town, Pershore. Acreage, 1030; population, 130. Naunton Court, formerly the residence of the Lyttelton family, is an ancient mansion. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; gross value, £124 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The tower of the church, built probably about 1450, is the only part of the old building now remaining. The other portion of the edifice was rebuilt in 1767.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5