Conderton is a small hamlet 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.

Toponymy

The name Conderton is derived from the Old English ''Cantware-tūn'', meaning "Farmstead of the

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

dwellers or Kentishmen". It has been recorded as ''Cantuaretun'' (875) and ''Canterton'' (1201).

History

There is evidence of Roman activity within the area, shown by the presence of samian pottery in a nearby site. The earliest known record of Conderton is in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 875, where it is grouped together with

Overbury Overbury is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, midway between Evesham and Tewkesbury south of Bredon Hill. The manor of Overbury was purchased by the banking family of Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disam ...

and Pendock. Land in the area was granted to St Mary's minster, Worcester, by Ceolwulf II of Mercia. Conderton is not mentioned within 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 ...

, but is assumed to still be connected to Overbury.

Governance

Conderton is primarily governed by Overbury Parish Council. It is then governed by Wychavon District Council. It falls within the

West Worcestershire West Worcestershire is a constituency in Worcestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Harriett Baldwin, a Conservative. The constituency is considered a safe seat for the Conservatives. The constituency b ...

constituency.

Geography

Conderton is located on the south side of

Bredon Hill Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Evesham in the Vale of Evesham. The summit of the hill is in the parish of Kemerton, and it extends over parts of eight other parishes (listed below). The hill is geologically pa ...

, near the villages of Overbury and Beckford.

References

Hamlets in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub