30|Alverton ham|Southwell 9| 118| 16| 31|Alvescott pa|Whitney 6| 74| 361| 15|Alveston[B] pa|Bristol 9| 119| 800| 39|Alveston pa|Henley 9| 96| 650| 35|Alveton pa & to|Ashbourn 8| 42| 2391| 24|Alvingham pa|Grimsby 18| 153| 292| 15|Alvington ham|Chepstow 7| 128| 281| 19|Alwalton pa|Wandsford 5| 80| 294| 11|Alwington pa|Barnstaple 12| 206| 486| 45|Alwoodley to|Wetherby 8| 193| 142| 17|Amberly ham|Leominster 8| 135| 25| 38|Amberly pa|Worthing 11| 51| 637| 16|Ambersham, North ti|Haslemere 6| 49| 121| 16|Ambersham, South ti| ... 6| 49| 183| 29|Amble to|Felton 6| 301| 247| 35|Amblecoat ham|Wolverhamp 8| 122| 1157| 40|Ambleside[C] m.t. & chap|Winanderm 1| 278| 1095| +--+------------------------+------------------------+-----+-------+ [A] ALVECHURCH is situated in the middle division of the hundred of Halfshire; it was formerly a borough and governed by a bailiff, chosen annually at the court of the lord of the manor. The church is a large structure of Anglo Norman architecture, but the tower is modern. It however contains many ancient monuments: a hospital was founded here by Nicholas Lewkenor, of Hadsor, in 1580. The bishops of the county formerly had a palace here. Bishop Brain, Chancellor of England, in the reign of Edward III., to whom the Black Prince, wrote a circumstantial account of the battle of Poicters, died here in 1361. Bishop Latimer put it in repair in the reign of Henry VIII., it seems to have been merely a timber building. It has not been inhabited by any Bishop since the restoration, and was nearly a century ago, entirely pulled down, when the park was converted into farms. The river Arrow, which rises in the Lickey Hills, runs through the parish, towards Beoley Park, and Warwickshire; and the Ikenield Street, also passes it. This town formerly consisted of several streets, but is now fallen into decay, it however, receives some benefit from the Worcester canal, which passes it, and joins the Stratford-and-Avon canal, at King's Norton. [Sidenote: Church of Anglo Norman architecture.] [Sidenote: Dilapidations of time.] [B] ALVESTON. This parish contains the vestiges of two Roman camps; the one on the top of a hill called Oldbury, near the Severn; the other called Castle Hill; in both which places, various relics of antiquity have been discovered. [Sidenote: Two Roman camps.]