Abberton, Worcestershire

Abberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England.

For the village in Essex with the same name, see Abberton, Essex.
Entrance to Abberton Hall

Abberton

Abberton Church
Abberton
Location within Worcestershire
Population67 [1]
OS grid referenceSO993534
• London93 miles (150 km)
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPERSHORE
Postcode districtWR10
Dialling code01386
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

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 (4.04 km2).[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
  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Watts, Victor (2007). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0521168557.
  3. Ekwall, Eilert, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 1960. p. 1. ISBN 0198691033.
  4. Williams, Ann; G H Martin. Domesday Book: A Complete Translation. London: Penguin. pp. 484, 1303. ISBN 978-0-14-143994-5.
  5. "Abberton Conservation Area Appraisal". Wychavon District Council. July 2005. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. 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!
  7. "The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5". Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006.
  8. Worcestershire County Council. 2001 Census Worcestershire County Population Report : Wychavon Parish Populations 2001 Census (PDF). p. 28.



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