Abberton, Worcestershire
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For the village in Essex with the same name, see Abberton, Essex.
| Abberton | |
  Abberton shown within Worcestershire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERSHORE |
| Postcode district | WR10 |
| Dialling code | 01386 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Mid Worcestershire |
| List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire | |
Abberton is a small village in the English county of Worcestershire. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest's 19 children.[1] In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of 999 acres.[2] The village is mentioned in the Cartularium saxonicum in 972 as Eadbrihyincgtun,[3] and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Edbretintune and as Edbritone, when it was a Berewick, an outlying estate, held by the Church of St Mary of Pershore.[4] The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.
[edit] References
- ^ Noake's Guide to Worcestershire 1868
- ^ The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
- ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names (4th ed.), p. 1.
- ^ Williams, Ann; G H Martin. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin, pp. 484; 1303. ISBN 9780141439945.
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