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| | GENUKI: Alvechurch, Worcestershire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | "ALVECHURCH, a parish belonging to the middle division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, but detached from it and lying locally in the upper division of the hundred of Halfshire, in the county of Worcester, 4 miles to the N.E. of Bromsgrove. |
 | | Alvechurch was a borough at a very early period, and the bishops of Worcester had a palace here from the reign of Henry II. |
 | | In the year 1648, the manor was sold by the parliament, and the episcopal palace fell into decay and disappeared. |
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