Broadwas, Worcestershire

Description
Broadwas, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, on the river Teme, 3 1/2 miles from Knightwick station on the G.W.R, and 6 W of Worcester, under which there is a post office; money order office, Knightsford Bridge; telegraph office, Suckley railway station. The parish includes the hamlet of Broadgreen. Acreage, 1108; population, 295. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £216 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is partly Norman of the Transition period, partly Early English and Decorated. The chancel is paved with ancient heraldic tiles.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5