Doverdale is a small village and

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, England, to the west of

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. It has a parish church. Doverdale Manor is one of largest properties in the village and is grade II

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. Since 1973 there has been a combined parish council for

Ombersley Ombersley is a village and civil parish in Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Holt Fleet, where Telford's 1828 Holt Fleet Bridge crosses the River Severn. The 2011 census recorded a ...

and Doverdale. The parish council website, , states that "combining of the Parishes of Ombersley and Doverdale in 1973 created one of the largest parishes in Worcestershire", and the Neighbourhood Development Plan refers (eg page 5) to "the parish of Ombersley and Doverdale", but other sources -

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- indicate that the two parishes still exist as separate entitities. Ombersley is in

Wychavon Wychavon is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, with a population size of 132,500 according to the 2021 census. Its council is based in the town of Pershore, and the other towns in the district are Droitwich Spa and Evesha ...

district of the county of

, and in the parliamentary constituency of

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. there are 6

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s in the parish.To view the full list, go to https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search?searchType=nhleadvancedsearch and enter "Doverdale" as "Parish"

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