Bordesley, Worcestershire

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Bordesley
Worcestershire

Bordesley from Butler's Hill
Location
Grid reference: SP039698
Location: 52°19’41"N, 1°56’39"W
Data
Post town: Redditch
Postcode: B97
Dialling code: 01527
Local Government
Council: Bromsgrove

Bordesley is a village north of Redditch, in Worcestershire.[1] Bordesley primarily comprises houses alongside the A441 Birmingham Road between Redditch and Alvechurch.

The name Bordesley derives from the Old English of Brordes Leah, meaning ‘Brord’s Meadow’.[2][3]

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References

  1. Information on Bordesley, Worcestershire  from GENUKI
  2. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 53 ISBN 0198691033
  3. Duignan, William Henry (1905). Worcestershire place names. London: Frowde. p. 23. OCLC 4256230.