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Inkberrow
Inkberrow is a village in Worcestershire, England, often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the fictional setting of BBC Radio 4's long-running series ''The Archers''. In particular, The Bull, the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on The Old Bull in Inkberrow. History The earliest recorded version of the village is Intanbeorgas, "Inta's mounds or barrows", from 789. By the 15th century, the spelling may have become ''Ingtebarwe''; nearby villages also mentioned include Church Lench, Abbots Morton and Arrow. By the 16th century, it was known as Inkebarrow. The area was within Feckenham Forest, a royal forest with harsh forest law punishments. Cookhill Priory stood to the east, at the edge of the county. In 2006 Inkberrow was awarded the title of Worcestershire Village of the Year and won the Building Community Life section of the competition. Inkberrow was identified as a potential site for a new town in the 1960s, but this plan was not carried out. Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dormston
Dormston is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire about south of Redditch. Name Dormston's toponym has evolved from ''Deormodesealdtune'' in the 10th century ''via'' ''Dormestun'' in the 11th Century and ''Dormyston'' in the 15th century before reaching its present form.Page & Willis-Bund, 1924, pages 65-68 History Dormston existed in the 10th century, when King Edgar confirmed a grant of property including five ''manses'' at Dormston to Pershore Abbey of St.Mary. This was then given, with part of the manor of Pershore, to Westminster Abbey by Edward the Confessor, and Dormston was included in 1086 among the lands of St. Peter of Westminster. William Fitz Corbucion, whose principal seat was at Studley in Warwickshire, is said by Dugdale to have been succeeded by a Robert, who had been followed before 1166 by Peter Corbucion of Studley, who was then holding a knight's fee in Worcestershire (evidently Dormston) of the Abbot of Westminster. By 1320 the fee of Dormston had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |