Abberton, Worcestershire
| Abberton | |
| Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
 Abberton Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO993534 |
| Location: | 52°10’45"N, 2°-0’40"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 67 (2001[1]) |
| Post town: | Pershore |
| Postcode: | WR10 |
| Dialling code: | 01386 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wychavon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Worcestershire |
Abberton is a small village in the Pershore Hundred of Worcestershire.
The names 'Abberton' is derived from 'Estate called after Eadbriht' (Ēadbriht + ing + tūn).[2] The village is mentioned in the Cartularium Saxonicum in 972 as Eadbrihyincgtun,[3] 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.[4] It is also later recorded as Adbrighton in 1297-1377 and Abburton in 1535.[2]
Between the mid-16th century to late-18th century, the Manor of Abberton was held by the Sheldon family.[5]
In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local clerk's 19 children.[6] In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of 999 acres.[7]
In 1991, the population was 44, this grew to 67 in 24 households in 2001.[8]
The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003043/http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/cs-research-census-populationreport.pdf. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. pp. 484; 1303. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
- ↑ "Abberton Conservation Area Appraisal". Wychavon Council. July 2005. https://www.wychavon.gov.uk/?option=com_fileman&view=file&routed=1&name=Abberton%20Conservation%20Area%20Appraisal.pdf&folder=Documents%2FPlanning%2FConservation%20Area%20Appraisals&container=fileman-files. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
- ↑ Noake, John (1868). Noake's Guide to Worcestershire. London: Longman. p. 4. http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~fortroyal/NoakeGuide/4.html. 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". http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Worcestershire/places/Abberton.html. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
- ↑ Worcestershire County Council. 2001 Census Worcestershire County Population Report : Wychavon Parish Populations 2001 Census. p. 28. http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/1764/worcestershire_county_population_report.pdf.
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- Abberton in the Domesday Book
