Abberton | |
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Abberton Church | |
Location within Worcestershire | |
Population | 67 [1] |
OS grid reference | SO993534 |
• London | 93 miles (150 km) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PERSHORE |
Postcode district | WR10 |
Dialling code | 01386 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
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.
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]
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...the worthy clerk numbered one-fourth of the whole population in his own family, which included nineteen children!