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manor before 1743. Aston Cantlow had its own guildhall and was granted a market in
1227, but the market appears to have died out before 1660.
Billesley - a very small, depopulated parish of 841 acres; Warwick deanery, Worcester
diocese; Stratford divison of Barlichway Hundred, Warwickshire. Alcester 4, Stratford
(post) 4, Henley 6. Manor held in succession by the Lee and Whalley families before 1721
and then by the Sherlock and Mills families. No separate parliamentary enclosure.
Binton - a parish of 1284 acres on the River Avon including Red Hill; Warwick deanery,
Worcester diocese; Stratford division of Barlichway Hundred, Warwickshire. Stratford
Union. Alcester 4, Stratford (post) 4, Bidford 4. The manor of Binton was held by the
Marquesses of Hertford from 1670. The separate manor of Binton Grange was in the hands
of the Kempson family until 1778 when it was sold to Lord Beauchamp. Enclosed with
the hamlet of Drayton in Old Stratford parish by an act of 1779. The soil is clay on lower
lias limestone.
Dormston - a small parish of 828 acres; Pershore deanery, Worcester diocese; upper
division of Pershore Hundred, Worcestershire; Pershore Union. Alcester (post) 7, Pershore
8, Worcester 10, Evesham 10. The manor of Dormston was held by several families
including Russell, Lutwyche, Timbrill, Keeling and Homer. Enclosure 1791. The soil is
stiff clay and subsoil lower lias.
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