Description
Cainham or Caynham, a parish in Salop, on the river Ledwich, 3 1/2 miles ESE of Ludlow. It includes the township of Bennet's-End, and its post town is Ludlow. Acreage, 2569 ; population of the civil parish, 1075; of the ecclesiastical, 390. Cainham Court is the seat of the lord of the manor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford ; net value, £316. The church is Early English, and has been restored; there are remains of an ancient cross in the churchyard. There is an ancient camp in the neighbourhood.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
