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Peopleton 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 ...
in the
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
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 His ...
, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 640, with 245 households.


Location

Peopleton is located about south east of
Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
and north of
Pershore Pershore is a market town in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. The town is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census, the population was 7,125. The town i ...
. The parish is bounded by
Bow Brook The Bow Brook is a substantial brook that flows for through Worcestershire, England. It is a lower tributary of the River Avon which it joins near Defford downstream of Eckington Bridge. Its principal tributaries include the Stoulton, De ...
to the west, Piddle Brook to the east and the
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to the south. The parish is bounded by the parishes of
White Ladies Aston White Ladies Aston is a village in the Wychavon local government district of Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, and also lends its name to the Civil Parish in which the village is located. The village is located to the east of the A44 which ...
, Upton Snodsbury, Naunton Beauchamp, Throckmorton,
Pinvin Pinvin is a village in Worcestershire, England, a little to the north of Pershore, about south-east of Worcester, and about north-west of Evesham and lies on the crossroads of the A44, A4104 and B4082. It is also the location of Pershore railway ...
, Drakes Broughton & Wadborough and Stoulton. Peopleton is in the Upton Snodsbury
electoral ward A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
.


Amenities

The village church is dedicated to
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, and is in the
Anglican Diocese of Worcester The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England (Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese was founded around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many ...
. It dates from the 13th century with modifications in the 14th and 19th centuries. Opposite the church in the centre of the village lies the Crown Inn public house. The tin at the Cricket Ground is where items such as
cricket ball A cricket ball is a hard, solid ball used to play cricket. A cricket ball consists of a cork core wound with string then a leather cover stitched on, and manufacture is regulated by cricket law at first-class level. The trajectory of a crick ...
,
stump (cricket) In cricket, the stumps are the three vertical posts that support the bails and form the wicket. '' Stumping'' or ''being stumped'' is a method of dismissing a batsman. The umpire ''calling stumps'' means the play is over for the day. Part of ...
,
roller (agricultural tool) The roller is an agriculture, agricultural tool used for flattening land or breaking up large clumps of soil, especially after ploughing or disc harrowing. Typically, rollers are pulled by tractors or, prior to mechanisation, a team of animals su ...
and
beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...
s can be found, this is a valuable part of the cricketing society of Peopleton In December 2010 the long-established village shop and post office became a community shop, with a legal structure based on the Plunkett Foundation rules. In February 2011 it was featured on an edition of the
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...
Countryfile ''Countryfile'' is a British television programme which airs weekly on BBC One and reports on rural, agricultural, and environmental issues in the United Kingdom. The programme is currently presented by John Craven, Adam Henson, Matt Baker, T ...
programme focusing on Worcestershire . A tea room was opened during celebrations of the first anniversary of the community shop in December 2011. The village hall and playing fields are on the northern edge of the village. The village hall is home to the Peopleton Scout Group. The village school was closed after the
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, and the building is now used as a private residence. The only school in the village is now
Bowbrook House School Bowbrook House School is a mixed independent school for around 200 pupils aged 3 to 16 with around 30 teaching staff. It is located in a Georgian mansion set on a 14-acre campus in the village of Peopleton near the town of Pershore in England ...
, an independent day school, situated in a mansion at the south end of the village. This house was previously occupied by parish benefactor Caroline Baroness Norton, and later by the mother of
Barbara Cartland Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland, (9 July 1901 – 21 May 2000) published as Barbara Cartland was an English writer, known as the Queen of Romance, who published both contemporary romance, contemporary and historical romance novels, the lat ...
; in the Second World War it was used by
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to accommodate European Voluntary Workers. To the north of Peopleton the track to White Ladies Aston fords Bow Brook at Barrels Bridge. After the extensive floods in 2007 when a quarter of the houses in Peopleton were flooded, Peopleton Parish Council raised money for a drainage system to reduce the effects of any future flooding.


Public transport

A bus service operated by N.N. Cresswell links Peopleton to Upton Snodsbury,
Pershore Pershore is a market town in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. The town is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census, the population was 7,125. The town i ...
, and Drakes Broughton.
Pershore railway station Pershore is a market town in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. The town is part of the West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency), West Worcestershire parliament ...
is the closest passenger railway station.


History

The place-name 'Peopleton' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 972, where it appears as ''Piplincgtun''. It appears as ''Piplintune'' 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 ...
of 1086. The name means 'the town or settlement of Pyppel's people'. The Worcestershire map in
John Speed John Speed (1551 or 1552 – 28 July 1629) was an English cartographer, chronologer and historian of Cheshire origins.S. Bendall, 'Speed, John (1551/2–1629), historian and cartographer', ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (OUP 2004/ ...
's ''Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'' refers to Peopleton as "Pippleton". In the early 20th century the cricket club was founded and has progressed nicely over the last century. In 2018 the village was named Cricket Village of the Year by the Ex - England ODI Cricket Captain James Tredwell. The Cricket Club has a very famous connection with the French City of
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and its
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, where the notorious club motto Blozzer, Dijon, Wedge comes from. The motto has huge significance for all player members, so much that a Blozzer, Dijon, Wedge Tour was created.


Notable residents

* John Days, Worcestershire cricketer in the 1900s, was born in Peopleton. *
Jeremy Paxman Jeremy Dickson Paxman (born 11 May 1950) is an English broadcaster, journalist, author, and television presenter. Born in Leeds, Paxman was educated at Malvern College and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he edited the undergraduate ne ...
,
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, was brought up in
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and Peopleton. *
John Snow John Snow (15 March 1813 – 16 June 1858) was an English physician and a leader in the development of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. He is considered one of the founders of modern epidemiology, in part because of his work in tracing the so ...
, professional
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er in the 1960s and 1970s, was born in Peopleton. * Giles Turberville (died March 1689), a prosperous local farmer, left "to the poor of Peopleton 6 shillings and 8 pence" in his will.


Notes


References

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