EVESBATCH, otherwise EVESBACH, is a small parish situated about 1 mile N. of
the main road between Worcester and Hereford (over Froome's hill), distant 5
miles S.S.E. of Bromyard, 8 W.N.W. of Malvern, 8 N. of Ledbury, 14 N.E. of
Hereford, and 13 W.S.W. of Worcester; is in Radlow hundred, Bishop's Froome
polling district, Bromyard union, county court district, and petty sessional
division. The population in 1861 was 87; in 1871, 96; inhabited houses, 17;
families or separate occupiers, 21. area of parish, 973 acres; annual rateable
value, £1,219. The Rev. Richard Seddon, Mr. Edwin Hall, the executors of the
late William Brewers, Esq., and of the late W.H. Sparrow, Esq., are the chief
landowners. The soil is clayey, producing hops, wheat, beans, fruit, and
roots. The parish commands some fine prospects over a wide range of scenery.
Evesbatch is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of
South Froome; living, a rectory. Value, £163, with 10 acres of glebe; patron
and rector, Rev. Richard Seddon, B.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who
was instituted in 1873. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew, and has just
undergone restoration. It is an ancient edifice with square tower. There is a
small school for boys and girls; average attendance, about 20.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters are received through Worcester via Bromyard, and
arrive from the latter place by messenger about 11 a.m.; despatched thereto at
4 p.m. there is no delivery on Sundays. Bromyard is the nearest money order
and telegraph office and post town.
Parish Church (St. Andrew's).- Rev. Richard Seddon, B.A., Rector; Messrs.
Richard Hill and ____, Churchwardens.
Parochial school (boys and girls).- ____, Mistress.