Abberton is a small village in
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...
, England. In 1991, the population was 44, this grew to 67 in 24 households in 2001.
The principal house in the village is
Abberton Hall.
History
The names 'Abberton' is derived from 'Estate called after Eadbriht' (''Ēadbriht'' + ing + tūn).
The village is mentioned in the ''
Cartularium Saxonicum'' in 972 as ''Eadbrihyincgtun'', and is recorded in the ''
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
'' 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. It is also later recorded as ''Adbrighton'' in 1297-1377 and ''Abburton'' in 1535.
Between the mid-16th century to late-18th century, the Manor of Abberton was held by the Sheldon family.
In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local clerk's 19 children.
In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of .
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Villages in Worcestershire
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