Birch

is a small township in the parish of Baschurch, two miles N.W. from the Baschurch Railway Station, which in 1841 was returned as containing two houses and twenty-two inhabitants. The river Perry divides this township from Ruyton, and is skirted on the east by Boreatton Park. Rowland Hunt, Esq., is the landowner, and lord of the manor. The township contains 432 acres of land. Rateable value, £439. The Birch Park farm is occupied by John Vaughan.