Areley Kings, a parish in Worcestershire, on the river Severn, 1/2 a mile SW of Stourport. It contains the hamlet of Dunley. Post town, Stourport. Acreage, 1503; population, 731. An eminence on which the church is situated commands an extensive prospect. Areley Hall, Areley House, and Areley Court are chief residences; the two former belong to the Lloyd family, who are lords of the manor. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £325. Patron, the Rector of Martley. The church is of the Decorated period, with a Norman doorway; it was rebuilt in 1886, at a cost of £3000. A rude sepulchral monument, inscribed with a quaint rhyming distich, to the memory of Sir Harry Coningsby, who died at Areley Kings in 1703, forms part of the churchyard fence. Layamon, author of the “Brut," an ancient British chronicle in verse, was priest here at the end of the 12th century. The base of an ancient font, inscribed with his name, was found during the church's restoration, and is now in use.