Abberton, Worcestershire

Human settlement in England

Wychavon

Worcestershire

Region

West Midlands

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Mid Worcestershire

List of places: UK; England; Worcestershire

52°10′45″N 2°00′40″W / 52.1793°N 2.011°W / 52.1793; -2.011

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.