Birtsmorton

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Birtsmorton
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Birtsmorton
Location within Worcestershire
Population257 
OS grid reference SO799355
  London 100 miles (160 km)
Civil parish
  • Birtsmorton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town MALVERN
Postcode district WR13
Dialling code 01684
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament
  • West Worcestershire
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°01′03″N2°17′28″W / 52.01759°N 2.29108°W / 52.01759; -2.29108 Coordinates: 52°01′03″N2°17′28″W / 52.01759°N 2.29108°W / 52.01759; -2.29108

Birtsmorton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills of Worcestershire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 257. [1] It is in the south-west of the county, not far from the borders with Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

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History

The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and dates from the 14th century. [2] There is a large manor house, Birtsmorton Court, which is used today as a wedding venue. [3] It was the home for many centuries of the Nanfan family, some of whose tombs are in the church.

In 1703, the Rev. Samuel Juice, a former rector, endowed a village school in Rye Street. [4]

Birtsmorton was the birthplace of the chairmaker Philip Clissett who lived in the parish from his birth in 1817 until about 1842. [5]

Toponymy

The village belonged to the Le Bret family from the 12th century onwards. Bret means Breton. The same family name is associated with Westonbirt House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire. [6]

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References

  1. "Birtsmorton". City population. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. "St Peter & St Paul, Birtsmorton - a church near you". Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  3. Birtsmorton Court Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. British History Online "Birtsmorton". Online reference
  5. Rowell, T.A. "Philip Clissett, Chairmaker 1817-1913" . Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  6. Ekwall, Eilert (1951). Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. 3rd ed., reprinted with corrections. Oxford University Press. pp. 316, 485.