Abberton, Worcestershire

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Abberton
latitude= 52.1793
longitude= -2.011
population =
shire_district=
shire_county = Worcestershire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Mid Worcestershire
post_town= PERSHORE
postcode_district= WR10
postcode_area=WR
dial_code= 01386
os_grid_reference= SO993534

Abberton is a small village in the English county of Worcestershire. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest's 19 children. [ [http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~fortroyal/NoakeGuide/index.html Noake's Guide to Worcestershire 1868] ] In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of convert|999|acre|km2. [ [http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Worcestershire/places/Abberton.html The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5] ] The village is mentioned in the "Cartularium saxonicum" in 972 as "Eadbrihyincgtun", [Ekwall|1] 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. [cite book| last =Williams | first =Ann | authorlink = | coauthors =G H Martin | title =Domesday Book: A Complete Translation | publisher = Penguin| date = | location =London | pages =pp. 484; 1303 | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =9780141439945 ] The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall.

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