Evesbatch is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

north east of

Hereford Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...

, in the county of

Herefordshire Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire ...

, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 63. The parish touches

Acton Beauchamp Acton Beauchamp () is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately north-east from the city and county town of Hereford, and south-east from the market town of Bromyard. Acton eauchampwas a settlement in Dome ...

Bishop's Frome Bishop's Frome (or Bishops Frome) is a village and civil parish in eastern Herefordshire, England. The village is north-east of the city and county town of Hereford, west of Malvern and south of Bromyard. The civil parish includes the haml ...

and

Cradley and Storridge Cradley may refer to: * Cradley, Herefordshire, England ** Cradley and Storridge, a civil parish formerly called just "Cradley" * Cradley, West Midlands, a suburb of Halesowen in the West Midlands * Cradley Heath, a small town in the Sandwell boro ...

. Evesbatch shares a parish council with Acton Beauchamp and Stanford Bishop called "Acton Beauchamp Group Parish Council".

Landmarks

There are 5

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in Evesbatch. Evesbatch has a church called St Andrew.

History

The name "Evesbatch" means 'Esa's valley-stream'. Evesbatch was 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 manusc ...

as ''Sbech''.

References

External links

*
Evesbatch old lake
. Built pre-1900, part of the original Cadbury estate. Villages in Herefordshire Civil parishes in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub