Bayton

This article is about the village in Worcestershire. For the Hambledon Club cricketer, see John Bayton.
Bayton
Bayton
 Bayton shown within Worcestershire
Population 443 [1]
OS grid referenceSO694732
    London  116 miles (187 km) 
Civil parishBayton
DistrictMalvern Hills
Shire countyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Kidderminster
Postcode district DY14
Dialling code 01299
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentWest Worcestershire
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Worcestershire

Coordinates: 52°21′22″N 2°26′59″W / 52.356208°N 2.449694°W / 52.356208; -2.449694

Bayton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 443.[1] The village is about 2½ miles south of Cleobury Mortimer. The Village Hall was built following years of hard work by local villagers. There is a church dedicated to St Bartholomew and within the Wyre Forest West group of parishes.[2]

Bayton was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/cs-research-census-populationreport.pdf
  2. Bayton Church - Wyre Forest West
  3. Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
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