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Salwarpe

Salewarpe: Urso from Coventry Church and Earl Roger. Mill, 5 salthouses.

Half-timbered Salwarpe Court and Old Mill House.

Sedgeberrow

Seggesbarue: Doda from Worcester Church, for the monks' supplies. 2 mills.

First granted to Worcester Church in 777. The manor house is on a site which belonged to the Worcester monks.

Severn Stoke

Stoche: Alfred of Marlborough from Westminster Church.

Shell

Scelves: Herman from Roger de Lacy. 4 salthouses, enclosed woodland.

Shelsley

Caldeslei / Celdeslai: Walter from Ralph de Tosny; Osbern FitzRichard. 2 fisheries (16 sticks of eels).

Now 2 villages, Shelsley Walsh, whose part Norman church is limestone quarried from Southstone Rock, and Shelsley Beauchamp.

Sheriffs Lench

Lenche: Urso the Sheriff from Bishop of Bayeux, who seized the land from Evesham Church.

Sheriffs Lench Farm.

Shurvenhill

Suruehel:

Lost.

Sodington

Sudtune: A man-at-arms from Ralph de Mortimer.

Sodington Hall, near a moated site.

Spetchley

Speclea: Roger de Lacy from Worcester Church.

Spetchley Park.

Stanford on Teme

Stanford: Hugh from Roger de Lacy; Osbern FitzRichard.

Stanford Court, now a factory.

Stildon

Stilledune: Drogo FitzPoyntz.

Stildon Manor.

Stockton on Teme

Stotune: Roger de Lacy. Mill.

Stoke Bliss

Heref Stoch: King's land.

Stoke Prior

Stoche: Worcester Church. 2 mills.

19th century salt trade centre; salt works, built by John Corbett, the 'salt king'.

Stone

Stanes: Erlebald from Urso d'Abetot. Mill.

Stoulton

Stoltun: Urso the Sheriff from Worcester Church.

Suckley

Suchelei / Suchelie: King's land. Mill, 12 beehives, fishery.

Suckley Court.

Sutton

Sudtone: King's land. Assessed with Kidderminster etc.

Part of Kidderminster; Sutton Farm.

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Tardebigge

Terde(s)berie: King's land. 2 lead vats.

Tenbury Wells

Tame(t)deberie: Cormeilles Church; Osbern FitzRichard, formerly his father.

Market town, a saline spa in the 19th century.

Thickenappletree

Tichenapletreu:

Lost.

Tibberton

Tidbertun: Worcester Church. 3 mills.

Timberhanger

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

Tonge

Tonge:

Lost.

Trimpley

Trinpelei: King's land. Assessed with Kidderminster, etc.

Scattered.

Tutnall

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

Tynsall

Tuneslega:

Lost.

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Ullington

Wenitone: King's land.

Upper Arley

Ernlege: King's land.

Arley Park.

Upton on Severn

Uptun: ...the Bishop [of Worcester] also holds Ripple with 1 member Upton (on Severn). 25 hides which pay tax. Of these 13 are in lordship; 4 ploughs there; 2 priests who have 1½ hides with 2 ploughs; 40 villagers and 16 smallholders with 36 ploughs. 8 male slaves, 1 female. A mill; meadow, 30 acres; woodland league long and 3 furlongs wide, in Malvern (Chase) (Malferna). From this he had honey and hunting and whatever came from there and 10s in addition. Now it is in the Forest. The Bishop receives from it pasture dues, firewood and (timber) for repairing houses. The value was and is £10.

Upton Snodsbury

Snodesbyrie: Westminster Church and Urso from the church.

Black and white cottages.

Upton Warren

Uptune: Erlebald from Urso d'Abetot. Mill.

17th century Badger Court.

Upwich

Upeuuic:

Lost.

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Wadborough

Wadberge: Pershore Church and Robert the Bursar and Urso from the church. Pasturage for the monk's cows.

Wannerton

Wenuertun: King's land. Assessed with Kidderminster, etc.

Wannerton Farm.

Warley

Werwelie: Alfhelm from William FitzAnsculf.

Warley Woods in Birmingham.

Warndon

Wermedun: Urso from Worcester Church and Robert from him.

Suburb of Worcester.

Wast Hills

Warstelle: Worcester Church.

Hill and playing fields on the outskirts of Birmingham.

Westmancote

Westmonecote: Urso from Worcester Church.

Now 2 villages, at the foot of Bredon Hill.

White Ladies Aston

Estun: Urso from Worcester Church and Robert from him.

Named after a 13th century Cistercian nunnery.

Whittington

Windintun: Walter Ponther from Worcester Church. Fishery.

Suburb of Worcester.

Wick (nr Pershore)

Wicha / Wiche: Westminster Church and Urso and Gilbert from the church; Pershore Church. Fishery.

Half-timbered cottages.

Wick Episcopi

Wiche: Worcester Church. 2 mills, 2 fisheries.

Part of Worcester.

Wickhamford

Wiquene: King's land; Evesham Church. Mill.

Timbered manor house; arms of George Washington's family in the church.

Willingwick

Welingewiche / Willingewic:

Lost.

Witton in Droitwich

Witone / tune: William FitzCorbucion; Gunfrid from Urso d'Abetot. 3 salthouses (60 measures of salt), part of a salthouse (10 measures of salt).

Part of Droitwich.

Wolverley

Ulwardelei: Worcester Church. Mill.

Wolverley Court; birthplace of the printer John Baskerville (1706-75).

Wolverton

Ulfrintun: Urso the Sheriff and Worcester Church; Roger de Lacy from Worcester Church, and Aiulf from Roger.

Now 2 hamlets.

Woodcote Green

Udecote: King's land. Assessed with Bromsgrove, etc. Erlebald from Urso d'Abetot.

Woodcote Manor, 2 farms and a lodge.

Worcester

Wirecestre: Worcester Church, and Urso, Osbern FitzRichard, Walter Ponther and Robert the Bursar from the church; Evesham Church.

City on the River Severn. The cathedral, rebuilt by Bishop Wulfstan, c.1080, has an 11th century crypt and a Norman chapter house.

Worsley

Wermeslai: Ralph de Tosny.

Worsley Farm.

Wribbenhall

Gurbehale: King's land. Assessed with Kidderminster, etc.

Nature reserve.

Wychbold

Wicelbold: Osbern FitzRichard. 5 mills, 26 salthouses.

Hall.

Wyre Piddle

Pidele: Robert the Bursar from Worcester Church.

Wythall

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

Commuter suburb of Birmingham.

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