Abberton, Worcestershire
| Abberton | |
|---|---|
 Abberton Church | |
  Abberton Location within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 67 [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 |
| UK Parliament | |
Abberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In 1991, the population was 44, this grew to 67 in 24 households in 2001.[2]
The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.
History
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
- ^ "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) - ^ Worcestershire County Council. 2001 Census Worcestershire County Population Report : Wychavon Parish Populations 2001 Census (PDF). p. 28.
- ^ a b Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0521168557.
- ^ 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 (24 September 2004). Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. pp. 484, 1303. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
- ^ "Abberton Conservation Area Appraisal". Wychavon District Council. July 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ^ 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!
- ^ "The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5". Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
External links
Media related to Abberton, Worcestershire at Wikimedia Commons- Abberton in the Domesday Book
