Kempsey 

Is a respectable Village, in a very extensive fertile parish
on the left bank of the Severn, and has a good thorough-
fare, being on the Worcester and Tewkesbury highway,
4 miles S. of the former, and 12 N. of the latter place;
the parish contains 1,314 inhabitants, and an area of
3,132 acres of which 1,414 are meadowland. The Church
stands on the N. W. side of the village, near the Severn,
and is a good stone edifice, built in the form of a cross;
it is kept in excellent repair, and contains 770 seats, 150
of which are free. The living is a vicarage in the gift
of the dean and chapter of Worcester, and held by the
Rev. Mathew Lunn; service commences every Sunday
morning at 11, and 3 in the afternoon, and William
Linton is clerk. In and near the village are the mansions
and villas of many highly respectable families and schools,
and this is a very pleasant part of the county. This
place was of considerable importance at an early period,
having a monastery in the 8th century, and Henry II,
even held his court here for sometime.

POST OFFICE, J. Passey, Post Master. Letters to
Worcester and all parts are despatched every after-
noon at 4, by Mail cart, and arrive every morning at ½
past nine.

COACHES
Several pass daily; see UPTON for time, &c. 

CARRIERS
To WORCESTER, John Lampitt and John Pas-
sey; Wed. and Sat.