Eldersfield

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Eldersfield
Worcestershire
Eldersfield Village Pond.jpg
Village pond
Location
Location: 51°58’43"N, 2°17’31"W
Data
Post town: Gloucester
Postcode: GL19
Local Government
Council: Malvern Hills
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Worcestershire

Eldersfield is a village and parish in the Pershore Hundred of Worcestershire. It stands exactly ten miles east of Ledbury and ten miles north of Gloucester; this fact can be found on a milestone on the side of the B4211 road that runs through Corse Lawn.

The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is in the Diocese of Worcester.[1] The parish registers survive from 1718, and there are bishops' transcripts for the earlier registers starting in 1561.[2] The Savage family were the local worthies and numerous of their 17th-century tombs in the church and graves in the churchyard were recorded by Nash c1780, including Christopher Savage gent. (1600-1681).[3]

Gadbury Camp

The Iron Age fort of Gadbury Camp can be found in the parish, to the east of the village. It is a listed monument.[4][5]

References

  1. Church of England, Diocese of Worcester. "St. John the Baptist, Eldersfield". http://www.achurchnearyou.com/eldersfield-st-john-the-baptist/. 
  2. Good, William. "Eldersfield Registers". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wrag44/eldersfield/eldersfield.htm. 
  3. Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 vols. by Treadway Russell Nash, 1781/2.
  4. National Heritage List 1005329: Gadbury Camp, Eldersfield
  5. Anon (2015). "Gadbury Camp A Scheduled Monument in Eldersfield, Worcestershire". Good Stuff. https://ancientmonuments.uk/103566-gadbury-camp-eldersfield. 

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