Crowle, Worcestershire

Description
Crowle, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, adjacent to a branch of the river Avon, 5 miles ENE of Worcester. There is a post office under Worcester; money order office, Worcester; telegraph office, Spetchley railway station. Acreage, 1735; population, 526. The manor belonged to Worcester Abbey, and Crowle House, a moated building, was the abbot's seat. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £281 with residence. The church is chiefly Early English, and was rebuilt in 1882 ; it contains a curious Early English marble lectern.