a market-town of England, county of Hereford, on a declivity near the Malvern Hills, 15 miles E. of Hereford. It consists, for the most part, of two streets, which cross each other. It contains an old parish church of Norman style, an hospital for the aged, founded 1232, and several chapels and schools. The manufactures are unimportant, consisting chiefly of ropes and sacking. A brisk trade, however, is carried on in hops, cider, perry, and limestone, the products of the neighbourhood. The Gloucester and Hereford Canal passes the town. Pop. (1851) 3027.