Abberton, Worcestershire

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Abberton
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Abberton Church
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Abberton
Location within Worcestershire
Population67  [1]
OS grid reference SO993534
•  London 93 miles (150 km)
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PERSHORE
Postcode district WR10
Dialling code 01386
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52°10′45″N2°00′40″W / 52.1793°N 2.011°W / 52.1793; -2.011 Coordinates: 52°10′45″N2°00′40″W / 52.1793°N 2.011°W / 52.1793; -2.011

Abberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In 1991, the population was 44, this grew to 67 in 24 households in 2001. [2]

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The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.

History

Entrance to Abberton Hall Entrance to Abberton Hall (geograph-2403633).jpg
Entrance to Abberton Hall

The names 'Abberton' is derived from 'Estate called after Eadbriht' (Ēadbriht + ing + tūn). [3] The village is mentioned in the Cartularium Saxonicum in 972 as Eadbrihyincgtun, [4] 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. [5] It is also later recorded as Adbrighton in 1297-1377 and Abburton in 1535. [3]

Between the mid-16th century to late-18th century, the Manor of Abberton was held by the Sheldon family. [6]

In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local clerk's 19 children. [7] In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of 999 acres (4.04 km2). [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ Worcestershire County Council. 2001 Census Worcestershire County Population Report : Wychavon Parish Populations 2001 Census (PDF). p. 28.
  3. 1 2 Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN   978-0521168557.
  4. ↑ Ekwall, Eilert , The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 1. ISBN   0198691033 .
  5. ↑ Williams, Ann; G H Martin (24 September 2004). Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. pp. 484, 1303. ISBN   978-0-14-143994-5.
  6. ↑ "Abberton Conservation Area Appraisal". Wychavon District Council. July 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. ↑ Noake, John (1868). Noake's Guide to Worcestershire. London: Longman. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2020. ...the worthy clerk numbered one-fourth of the whole population in his own family, which included nineteen children!
  8. ↑ "The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5". Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006.


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