Eldersfield, Worcestershire

Description
Eldersfield, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, adjacent to Gloucestershire, near the Malvern Hills, 7 miles W by S of Tewkesbury, and 9 SSW of Upton-on-Severn. There is a post office under Tewkesbury; money order office, Corse Lawn; telegraph office, Staunton. Acreage, 3387; population, 548. Gadbury Banks is a British earthwork, forming an irregular square on the summit of a steep hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £205 with residence. The church is chiefly Early English, with some Norman remains and later additions, and was partly restored in 1852 and again in 1876. It contains an ancient octagonal font and several ancient monuments, and has a tower and a spire.