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Arrow, a village and a parish in Warwickshire. The village lies on the Arrow river, 1 mile SW of Alcester, and 8 W of Stratford-on-Avon, and its post town is Alcester, under Redditch. Acreage, 2634; population, 397. The parish includes also the hamlet of Oversley. Acreage, 3935; population, 716. The chief feature is the Marquis of Hertford’s magnificent seat of Ragley Park, situated on an eminence overlooking extensive scenery. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £376. Patron, the Marquis of Hertford. The church is ancient, but has undergone repeated restorations; it has a Norman doorway, and in the chancel is a piscina; there is a fine alabaster reredos, erected to the memory of the late Marquis of Hertford, and there are several monuments to members of the Seymour family. See RAGLEY PARK.