Abberton | |
Abberton Church |
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Abberton
Abberton shown within Worcestershire |
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Population | 67 [1] |
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OS grid reference | SO993534 |
- London | 93 miles (150 km) |
District | Wychavon |
Shire county | Worcestershire |
Region | West Midlands |
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 |
EU Parliament | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | Mid Worcestershire |
List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire |
Abberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest's 19 children.[2] In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of 999 acres (4.04 km2).[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] The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.