Clifton on Teme, Worcestershire

Description
Clifton-Upon-Teme, a village and a parish in Worcestershire. The village stands on the top of a hill, 500 feet above the river Teme, 5 miles N of Knightwick station on the Worcester and Brownyard branch of the G.W.R., and 11 NW of Worcester, was once a market-town and a borough, and has a post and money order office under Worcester; telegraph office, Stanford Bridge. The parish comprises 2976 acres; population, 454. Woodmanton, an ancient manor house, now a farmhouse, stands near the village. Ham Castle, the seat of the Jefferies family, suffered great injury during the Civil War, and was completely burnt in 1887. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £131. The church is mainly Early English and Decorated, with a massive tower and spire, and has been restored.