Clent, Staffordshire

Description
Clent, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, 4 miles SE of Stourbridge, and 6 NW of Bromsgrove, with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Stourbridge. The parish comprises the hamlets of Upper and Lower Clent. Acreage, 2424; population, 997. Clent House is the seat of the Amphlett family. The Clent Hills have broad slopes and pleasant hollows, and form a fine foil to the Black Country of Warwickshire. Kenelm, King of Mercia, was murdered here at Cowdale in 819 by his sister Quendrida. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net. value, £245 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English with some Norman remains, and was restored in 1865. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A convalescent home in connection with the Order of Foresters was erected in 1893.