Sedgeberrow is a village and
civil parish
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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 Evesh ...
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 H ...
, England, about south of
Evesham. It stands beside the
River Isbourne
The River Isbourne is 14 mile (22 km) long tributary of the River Avon which flows through Gloucestershire and Worcestershire in the Midlands of England.
Course
The source of the river is a series of springs that occur on the northern f ...
, a tributary of the
River Avon.
History
The Toponymy has evolved through forms including ''Secgesbearawe'' in the 10th century, ''Seggesbereg'' or ''Shegeberwe'' in the 13th century and ''Seggeberugh'' in the 14th century. Other forms of the name from different periods are cited in the course of the history of the manor.
[A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 3, pp. 518-521]
Sedgeberrow is an ancient
manor. In AD 777 King
Offa of Mercia granted ''Segcgesbearuue'' or ''Secgesbearuue'' to King
Ealdred, of
Hwicce
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, which was part of the Kingdom of
Mercia
la, Merciorum regnum
, conventional_long_name=Kingdom of Mercia
, common_name=Mercia
, status=Kingdom
, status_text=Independent kingdom (527–879) Client state of Wessex ()
, life_span=527–918
, era= Heptarchy
, event_start=
, date_start=
, ...
. Ealdred in turn granted Sedgeberrow to the
Bishop of Worcester. In 1086 the
Domesday Book
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recorded that ''Seggesbarwe'' was held by the monks of
Worcester Priory
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. In 1539-40 the Crown
dissolved the Priory and in 1542 it granted ''Segebarowe'' to the
Dean
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and
Chapter of
Worcester Cathedral
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. After the
English Civil War
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the
Commonwealth of England
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sold off ''Sedgborowe'' manor house in 1651 and its lands in 1654. In 1660 the
Stuart monarchy
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was
restored and Sedgeberrow was restored to the Dean and Chapter. In 1859 the manor was transferred to the
Ecclesiastical Commissioners
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, who continued to hold it until the 20th century.
[
The Church of England parish church of ]Saint Mary the Virgin
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was consecrated in 1331.[ It has a small western bell tower with a ]spire
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and three bells. The oldest was cast in 1623 by Godwin Baker of Worcester
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* Worcester Park, London, Engla ...
, the next by Henry Bagley of Chacombe
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in 1665 and the last by Abraham Rudhall of Gloucester
Rudhall of Gloucester was a family business of bell founders in the city of Gloucester, England, who between 1684 and 1835 cast more than 5,000 bells.
History
There had been a tradition of bell casting in Gloucester since before the 14th century. ...
in 1718.[ The church was restored in 1868 and a vestry was added in 1900, but its original 14th-century form is largely unchanged.][ The parish is now part of the Benefice of ]Hampton
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*Ha ...
with Sedgeberrow and Hinton-on-the-Green
Hinton on the Green is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire in England. It is situated at the foot of Bredon Hill, about two miles south of Evesham.
Description
At a little over three square miles, the land is ...
.
A 17th century half-timbered cottage in the southern part of the village includes the remains of an earlier stone building. The remains include two gothic
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**Gothic language, an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths
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windows, from which the authors of the ''Victoria County History'' concluded that the building was probably a chapel.[
After the dissolution of the monasteries, Worcester Priory's manor house in Sedgeberrow was demolished and a half-timbered court house was built on the site. A chimney stack on one side of the house bears the date 1572. Several half-timbered cottages in the village from the 17th century also survive.][
Sedgeberrow is on the main road between Evesham and Cheltenham. In the 18th century this road was improved as the Cleeve and Evesham Turnpike. In 1923 the road was classified as part of the ]A435
List of A roads in zone 4 in Great Britain
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. More recently the part of the A435 between Teddington, Gloucestershire and Alcester
Alcester () is a market town and civil parish of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England, approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Reddit ...
has been reclassified as part of the A46 road
The A46 is a major A road in England. It starts east of Bath, Somerset and ends in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, but it does not form a continuous route. Large portions of the old road have been lost, bypassed, or replaced by motorway developmen ...
. The main road now passes Sedgeberrow on a bypass slightly north of the village, crossing the Isbourne on a new bridge.
On 20 July 2007 the Isbourne burst its banks and flooded the village. The Environment Agency has flood defences for the village but they were overwhelmed. There was an estimated £10 worth of damage.
Amenities
Sedgeberrow has a Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...
First School.
The village has a public house
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, the Queen's Head. In 2007 It was acquired by the Hook Norton Brewery
Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, several miles outside the Cotswold Hills. Founded in 1849, the brewing plant is a traditional Victorian 'tower' brewery in which all the stages of the brewing pr ...
.
Sedgeberrow has a Women's Institute
The Women's Institute (WI) is a community-based organisation for women in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. The movement was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Erland and Janet Lee with Adelaide Hoodless being the ...
Sedgeberrow Women's Institute
that meets at the village hall
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United Kingdom
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. Although the village has always been in Worcestershire, the WI belongs to the Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean.
The county town is the city of Gl ...
Federation of Women's Institutes.
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References
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Villages in Worcestershire