Abbots Morton
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Abbots Morton is a village
Village
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 and civil parish
Civil parish
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 in the English
England
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 county of Worcestershire
Worcestershire
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. It consists of approximately 70 dwellings and 250 people. It retains 4 mixed working farms within the village boundaries. The village was the country retreat for the Abbots of 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...

 Abbey and the moat that surrounded their house is still visible. The village church is dedicated to St Peter and is over 1000 years old.

The hamlet
Hamlet (place)
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of Morton Spirt lies east of the village.
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