Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALLOW

HALLOW, a village and a parish in Martley district, Worcestershire. The village stands near the river Severn, and near the Worcester and Malvern railway, 3 miles NNW of Worcester; and has a post office under Worcester. The parish includes also the hamlets of Broadheath and Shoulton. Acres, 3, 556. Real property, £9, 121. Pop. in 185, , 308; in 186, , 507. Houses, 320. The property is subdivided. Hallow Park, situated on a height commanding a fine view of the Severn, is the seat of Captain J. P. Lord. There are nurseries, marketgardens, and several neat villas. The living is a p. curacy, annexed, with Christ's Chapel, to the vicarage of Grimley, in the diocese of Worcester. The old church was rebuilt in 1830, and is now a mortuary chapel. The new church was built in 1869, at a cost of about £4, 000. Christ's chapel is in Broadheath. There are a Lady Huntingdon's chapel, an endowed school with £100 ayear, and a free school in Broadheath.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hallow Ch/CP       Hallow CP       Martley RegD/PLU       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Hallow

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