a town of Worcestershire, in the hundred of Whitstone, 105 miles from London. There is here a considerable manufacture of silk. At high tides the river Severn occupies a large part of the parish. The population was 1801 to 860, in 1811 to 884, in 1821 to 906, and in 1831 to 1035.

FRANCIAVILLA, a city of the province of Salerno, in the kingdom of Naples. It is situated in the centre of the province, and surrounded with several small towns, containing 41,108 inhabitants, who grow much wheat, and make it into various kinds of goods. It also produces wine, and has considerable internal trade.