Bayton, Worcestershire

Description
Bayton, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, on the verge of the county, 3 miles S of Cleobury Mortimer, and 7 W by S of Bewdley, under which there is a post office; money order and telegraph office, Cleobury Mortimer. Acreage, 2257; population, 421. Shakenhurst Hall, a mile distant, is a plain red brick mansion situated in an extensive park. Coal is obtained. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Mamble, in the diocese of Hereford; joint net value, £220 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, dedicated to St Bartholomew, was originally Norman, and has an embattled tower.