Ab Lench is a village

Village

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 in the English

England

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 county of Worcestershire

Worcestershire

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. It was recorded in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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of 1086 . The village lies 1 miles (1.6 km) from Church Lench and Rous Lench, 2 miles (3.2 km) from Harvington and 4 miles (6.4 km) from Ragley Hall

Ragley Hall

Ragley Hall is located south of Alcester, Warwickshire, eight miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. It is the ancestral seat of the Marquess of Hertford and is one of the stately homes of England.-The present day:...

 . It is about fifteen miles (24 km) from Stratford

Stratford-upon-Avon

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 and six miles (10 km) from Evesham

Evesham

Evesham is a market town and a civil parish in the Local Authority District of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England with a population of 22,000. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon...

.

It was classed as a 'Civil Parish

Civil parish

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' from 1866 to 1933 when it was merged with Church Lench

Church Lench

Church Lench is a village in Worcestershire, England, approximately 5.5 miles due north of Evesham. It is the largest of the surrounding Lenches, accommodating the Lenches Sports Club, the Lenches Members Club, as well as Church Lench First School and Church Lench village hall....

. The parish of Ab Lench comprised an area of 884 acres (3.6 km²) and had a population of 89 in 1801. This fell to 41 in 1901 and just 31 in 1921. The population had increased again to 57 by 1931, shortly before the Parish

Parish

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 was merged.
The village has also been known as "Abbots Lench", as recorded in the 1911 census, and "Hob Lench" as noted by the Royal Historical Society

Royal Historical Society

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in 1991.