Hill Croome

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Hill Croome
Location within Worcestershire
Population169 
Civil parish
  • Hill Croome
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52°03′45″N2°09′59″W / 52.062384°N 2.166367°W / 52.062384; -2.166367 Coordinates: 52°03′45″N2°09′59″W / 52.062384°N 2.166367°W / 52.062384; -2.166367

Hill Croome is a village, and a civil parish which covers 1000 acres, in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. [1] Historically a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow, [2] according to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 169. [3] Hill Croome was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell. [4]

History

A heritable messuage of land and a close in the hamlet of Baughton, which also lies in Hill Croome parish, were held in 1591 by John Turberville and his wife Joan under a lease from Thomas Walshe, Lord the Manor of Hill Croome. [5]

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References

  1. British History on-line
  2. Genuki details
  3. Census data Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Victoria County History of Worcestershire, online at - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp319-322