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Worcestershire A-D

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Abberley

Edboldelege: Ralph de Tosny.

Abberley Hall.

Abberton

Edbretitune: Pershore Church before and after 1066.

Hall.

Ab Lench

Abeleng: Urso from Worcester Church.

Also known as Abbot's Lench, probably Hob's Lech originally.

Abbots Morton

Mortune: Ranulf from Evesham Church.

Black and white timbered houses; once a refuge from outlaw raiders from Feckenham Forest.

Aldington

Aldintone: Evesham Church. Mill.

Alton

Alvintune: Ralph de Tosny.

Alton Lodge; Alton Villa.

Alvechurch

Alvievecherche: Worcester Church.

Half-timbered houses; traces of a moat and fishponds; remains of an episcopal palace.

Ashborough

Asseberga:

Lost.

Ashton under Hill

Es(se)tone: King's land.

Astley

Eslei: St Taurin's Church from Ralph de Tosny. Church, 4 mills.

Astley Hall; church with Norman carvings.

Aston Fields

Estone: Worcester Church. 2 mills.

Part of Bromsgrove.

Aston Somerville

Estune: King's land.

Manor Farm.

Atch Lench

Achelenz: Worcester Church; Evesham Church. Mill. Honey.

B

Baddington

Bedindone: Worcester Church.

Bant (originally Baddington) Mill.

Badsey

Badesei: Evesham Church.

Barley

Burgelege: Worcester Church, in the king's hands.

Barley House; Barley Cottage.

Bastwood

Bestewde:

Lost.

Bayton

Betune: Rayner from Ralph de Tosny. Mill.

Beckford

Beceford: King's land.

Bellbroughton

Brotune: Urso d'Abetot, formerly Countess Godiva. Church.

Known for scythe-making.

Bell Hall

Bellem: Robert from William FitzAnsculf. Salthouse.

Bell Hall; Bell Hall Farm.

Bellington

Belintones: William FitzAnsculf.

Bellington Farm; Bellington Mill.

Bengeworth

Beningeorde / Bennicworte: Abbot of Evesham and Urso the Sheriff from Worcester Church; Evesham Church.

Part of Evesham.

Bentley

Beneslei: William from Urso d'Abetot.

Now Upper Bentley; Bentley House; Upper Bentley Farm.

Beoley

Beolege: Pershore Church.

Beoley Hall.

Berrington

Beritune: Osbern FitzRichard, formerly his father. Mill.

Now 2 hamlets, Berrington and Berrington Green.

Besford

Beford: William the priest from Westminster Church and Urso and Walter Ponther from him.

Besford Hall.

Bickmarsh

Bichemerse: King's land.

Bickmarsh Hall.

Birlingham

Berlingeham: Westminster Church and Urso from the church. Fishery.

Bishampton

Bisantune: Worcester Church, Roger de Lacy from the church and 2 Frenchmen from him. Mill.

Orchards.

Bockleton

Boclintun: Bishop of Hereford.

Bockleton Farm.

Bradley Green

Bradelege: Archdeacon Alric from Worcester Church.

Scattered; on the Roman road to Droitwich.

Bransford

Bradnesforde: Urso from Pershore Church. Mill.

Bransford Court.

Bredicot

Bradecote: Walter Ponther from Worcester Church. Woodland in the king's forest.

Roman coins were found here.

Bredon

Breodun: Worcester Church. Mill.

Bredon Hill with Iron Age fortifications and a view of 14 counties.

Bredons Norton

Nortune: Durand from Worcester Church.

Norton Park, home of Thomas Copley, Raleigh's companion on the voyage to America in the late 16th century.

Bretforton

Bratfortune: Evesham Church. Mill.

Timbered cottages.

Bricklehampton

Bricstelmestune: Westminster Church.

Hall.

Broad Marston

Merestune: King's land.

Marston Grange.

Broadwas

Bradewesham: Worcester Church. 2 mills, fishery (with Hallow).

Black and white houses; Broadwas Court. Edward Elgar (1857-1934) was born at Broadheath nearby.

Broadway

Bradeweia: Pershore Church.

Houses built using famous yellow Cotswold stone.

Bromsgrove

Bremesgrave: King William holds BREMESGRAVE in lordship with 18 outliers: MOSELEY, (Kings) NORTON, 'LINDSWORTH', WYTHALL, WYTHWOOD, HOUNDSFIELD, 'TESSALL', REDNAL, LEA (Green), 'COMBLE', BURCOT, ASHBOROUGH, TUTNALL, 'TYNSALL', ROCKBURY, 'SHURVENHILL', WOODCOTE (Green), TIMBERHANGER. 30 hides between them, including the manor. Earl Edwin held this manor before 1066. Now in lordship 2 ploughs; 20 villagers, a reeve and a beadle with a priest and 92 smallholders; between them they have 77 ploughs. 9 male slaves, 1 female. 3 mills at 13s 4d; woodland 7 leagues long and 4 leagues wide; 4 hawk's eyries. To this manor belong 13 salthouses in Droitwich, and 3 salt-workers who pay 300 measures of salt from these salthouses. Before 1066, 300 cartloads of timber were given them by the keepers of the woodland. 6 lead vats.

Market town.

Broughton Hackett

Broctune: The Sheriff from Westminster Church and Aiulf from him.

Burcot

Bericote: King's land. Assessed with Bromsgrove, etc.

Bushley

Biselege / Biselie: King's land. Cowman, dairymaid. Worcester Church, in the king's hands.

Bushley Park; Bushley Green.

C

Carton

Carletune: Odo from Osbern FitzRichard.

Carton Farm.

Chaddesley Corbett

Cedeslai: Aldeva, a woman, the pre-Conquest holder. 3 mills (12 packloads of corn).

Half-timbered house. Harvington Hall nearby is Tudor with wall-paintings and secret passages.

Chadwich

Celdu(u)ic: King's land.

Chadwich Manor; Chadwich Grange Farm. The estate was given to the National Trust by the Cadbury family.

Chawson

Celvestune: William from William Goizenboded; Earl Roger.

On the outskirts of Droitwich.

Childswickham

Wicuene: King's land.

Thatched cottages; a medieval wayside cross.

Chevington

Civintone: Pershore Church.

Church Honeybourne

Uniburne: Evesham Church.

Part of Honeybourne. Separated from Cow Honeybourne by the Roman Rycknield Street.

Churchill (Kidderminster)

Corcehalle: Walter from William FitzAnsculf.

An old yew in the churchyard.

Churchill (Worcester)

Circehille: Walter from Worcester Church. Mill.

Church Lench

Circelenz: Evesham Church.

Orchards.

Cleeve Prior

Clive: Worcester Church itself holds Cleeve Prior with (Atch) Lench. 10½ hides. In lordship 2 ploughs; A Priest who has 1 hide and 2 ploughs; 9 villagers and 5 smallholders with 4 ploughs. A mill which pays 1 sester of honey. 4 male and 4 female slaves; meadow, 20 acres. The value was £7; now £6. 2 hides, less 1 virgate, of this land are waste.

Clent

Clent: King's land.

Celebrates the restoration of Charles II on Oak Apple Day.

Clifton upon Teme

Clistune: Osbern FitzRichard and Abbot of Cormeilles from the king. Robert d'Oilly from Osbern FitzRichard.

Red brick and black and white houses.

Clopton

Cloptune:

Lost.

Cofton Hackett

Costone: Worcester Church; Thorold and Walter from Urso d'Abetot. Mill.

Cofton Hall; Longbridge motors nearby.

Comberton

Cumbrintune / Cumbritone: Gilbert FitzThorold and Urso from Westminster Church; Pershore Church. Mill.

Now 2 villages, Great and Little Comberton.

Comble

Comble:

Lost.

Conningswick

Colingvic: Ralph de Mortimer.

Conningswick Farm.

Cookhill

Cochehi: Erlebald from Urso d'Abetot.

Cooksey Green

Cochesei / sie: King's land; Herbrand and William from Urso d'Abetot.

Cotheridge

Codrie: Osbern FitzRichard from Worcester Church. Mill.

Timber-framed Cotheridge Court.

Cow Honeybourne

Heniberge: King's land.

Part of Honeybourne, on the Roman Rycknield Street.

Cradley

Cradeleie: Payne from William FitzAnsculf.

On the outskirts of Stourbridge which was famous for gunsmiths.

Croome d'Abitot

Crumbe: Siward from Worcester Church.

Croome Court and gardens, designed by Capability Brown, with work by Adam and Chippendale.

Cropthorne

Cropetorn: Worcester Church. Mill. 20 sticks of eels.

Church with a Saxon cross.

Crowle

Croelai / Crohlea: Roger de Lacy from Worcester Church and Odo from him; Urso from Osbern FitzRichard. Mill. 2 salthouses.

Red brick and half-timbered cottages; orchards.

Cudley

Cudelei: Urso from Worcester Church, formerly Alfeva 'on the terms she could beg'.

Cudleigh Court Farm.

D

Defford

Depeforde: Westminster Church and 2 Frenchmen from the church.

Doddenham

Dodeham: Gilbert FitzThorold. Mill.

Dormston

Dormestun: William FitzCorbucion from Westminster Church and Albert from him.

Dormston Manor.

Doverdale

Lunvredele: William from Urso d'Abetot. Church, mill.

Doverdale Manor; traces of the old manor house moat.

Drake's Broughton

Broctune: Pershore Church and Urso from the church.

Orchards.

Droitwich

Wic / Wich: King's land; Worcester Church; St. Denis' Church; Coventry Church; Westminster Church; Pershore Church; Evesham Church; St. Guthlac's Church; Ralph de Tosny; Roger de Lacy; Osbern FitzRichard; Harold FitzRalph; Urso d'Abetot; Hugh de Lasne; Aldeval. All holding and/or receiving revenue from brine pits, lead vats, leadworks, 4 furnaces and many salthouses.

Market town with timber-framed houses, once the Roman site of Salinae and a Saxon centre of salt production. 'Droit' indicates the right, given by Edward III, to manufacture salt; previously the settlement was only 'Wich'.

Dudley

Dudelei: William FitzAnsculf, whose castle is there.

Industrial town with a patly Norman castle. Coal was first used here for smelting in the 17th century.

Dunclent

Dunclent: Nigel (the doctor) also holds DUNCLENT, and Urso from him. 3 hides. In lordship 1 plough; 2 smallholders and 2 ploughmen; 5 ploughs would be possible. The value was 25s; now 10s. Odo held it from St. Guthlac's.

Dunclent Farm.

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