CLIMATE. 
county, two ; by the city of Worcester, two; by Droit- 
wich, two ; by Evesham, two ; and by Bewdley, one. 
The Vale of Evesham is an indefinite tract of coun¬ 
try in the south-east part of the county: it includes the 
whole valley of the Avon, the contiguous upland to 
the north of that river, the whole of the vale land to 
the south extremity of the county, and the adjoining 
vale land of Gloucestershire ; it has always been 
famous for its fertility, particularly in corn, consisting 
generally of a deep rich loam, not easily exhausted of 
its productive qualities, if kept tolerably clean from 
weeds. 
Worcester is a city and bishop’s see; the county is in 
the diocese of Worcester, and province of Canterbury ; 
the bishop’s seat is at Hartlebury, in a fine pleasant, 
healthy, and fertile country, particularly famous for 
elm-timber, the finest in the kingdom. 
SECT. III.—CLIMATE. 
The climate of Worcestershire, but particularly of 
the middle, south, and west of the county, is remarka¬ 
bly mild, soft, healthy, and salubrious ; the Yale of 
Severn, but little elevated above the level of the sea, 
and the vallies of the Avon and theTeme, upon nearly 
the same level, with the contiguous uplands rising to 
50,100, or 150 feet above their level, have at this low' 
elevation a warmth and softness which ripens the grain, 
and brings to perfection the fruits of the earth from a 
fortnight to a month earlier than in more elevated 
countries, even though the soil and surface were simi¬ 
lar. 
It 
