Abberton, Worcestershire
For the village in Essex with the same name, see Abberton, Essex.
| Abberton | |
 Abberton Church |
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  Abberton |
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| Population | 67 [1] |
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| OS grid reference | SO993534 |
| – London | 93 miles (150 km) |
| District | Wychavon |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| 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 |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Mid Worcestershire |
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Coordinates: 52°10′45″N 2°00′40″W / 52.1793°N 2.011°W
Abberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest's 19 children.[2] In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of 999 acres (4.04 km2).[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] The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.
References
- ↑ http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/cs-research-census-populationreport.pdf
- ↑ John Noake's Guide to Worcestershire (1868)
- ↑ The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
- ↑ Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 1. ISBN 0198691033.
- ↑ Williams, Ann; G H Martin. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. pp. 484; 1303. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
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