Abberton, Worcestershire

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Abberton
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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
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
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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

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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]

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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