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INTRODUCTORY REVIEW 1
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 20
COUNTY OF WORCESTER 21
CITY OF WORCESTER 28
EVESHAM 39
DROITWICH 45
BEWDLEY 47
KIDDERMINSTER 50
DUDLEY 53
ELECTIONS OF COUNTY CORONERS 55
PUBLIC MEETINGS 59
THE COUNTY MAGISTRACY 88
REMARKABLE TRIALS 110
THE ODDINGLEY MURDER 123
EXECUTIONS 144
RAILWAYS 150
BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER 150
GRAND CONNEXION PROJECT 154
THE SCHEMES OF 1845 156
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON 158
IMPROVEMENT OF THE RIVER SEVERN 165
WORCESTER TOWN COUNCIL 177
WORCESTER INFIRMARY 197
WORCESTER MUSICAL FESTIVALS 204
NATURAL PHENOMENA 209
MISCELLANEOUS OCCURRENCES 216
THE COUNTY ARISTOCRACY 312
THE CHURCH 318
THE EXECUTIVE 321
APPENDIX 328