Bordesley
Bordesley from Butler's Hill
Bordesley is located in Worcestershire
Bordesley
Bordesley
Location within Worcestershire
OS grid referenceSP039698
• London97 miles (156 km)
Civil parish
  • Alvechurch
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townREDDITCH
Postcode districtB97
Dialling code01527
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°19′41″N 1°56′39″W / 52.327968°N 1.944237°W / 52.327968; -1.944237

Bordesley is a village north of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England.[1] Bordesley primarily comprises houses alongside the A441 Birmingham Road between Redditch and Alvechurch. The name Bordesley derives from the Old English of Brorde's Lēah, meaning the wood of someone called Brord(e).[2][3]

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References

  1. ^ "Genuki: Bordesley, Worcestershire". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  3. ^ Duignan, William Henry (1905). Worcestershire place names. London: Frowde. p. 23. OCLC 4256230.
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