Hartlebury is a village

Village

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 in Worcestershire

Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...

, England

England

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. It is a few miles south of Kidderminster

Kidderminster

Kidderminster is a town, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. It is located approximately seventeen miles south-west of Birmingham city centre and approximately fifteen miles north of Worcester city centre. The 2001 census recorded a population of 55,182 in the town...

 and is in Wychavon

Wychavon

Wychavon is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in Pershore. Other towns in the district include Droitwich Spa, Evesham and Broadway. The district extends from the south-east corner of Worcestershire north and west...

 district. The village registered a population

Population

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 of 2,549 in the Census 2001

United Kingdom Census 2001

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.

The railway station

Hartlebury railway station

Hartlebury railway station serves the village of Hartlebury in Worcestershire. All trains serving the station are operated by London Midland; however, Hartlebury has only a limited service, especially outside peak hours...

 is about half a mile to the east of the village.

Hartlebury Castle

Hartlebury Castle

Hartlebury Castle

Hartlebury Castle, a Grade I listed building, in Worcestershire, central England, was built in the mid-13th century as a fortified manor house on land given to the Bishop of Worcester by King Burgred of Mercia. It lies near Stourport town in north Worcestershire. The manor of Hartlebury...

 was built in the mid-13th century as a fortified manor house

Manor house

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. Until 2007 it was the residence of the Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

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, with two-thirds of the building leased out to Worcestershire County Council as the Worcestershire County Museum

Worcestershire County Museum

Worcestershire County Museum is a local museum at Hartlebury Castle in Hartlebury, Worcester, England, run by the Worcestershire County Museum Service, part of the Worcestershire County Council....

. Hartlebury Castle is a Grade I listed building. It is about a mile to the west of the village and half a mile to the west of the church.

Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School

Hartlebury was formerly the location of Queen Elizabeth I Grammar School. Records of the school date back to a mention in the Domesday Book

Domesday Book

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of William the Conqueror in 1066, but apart from that, other early accounts date back to 1400, centuries before Eton, Harrow and Rugby were founded. The school was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth I in 1557. Originally a private boys school, it was taken over by the State, and was closed when it was merged in 1977 with King Charles I Grammar School, Kidderminster, and The Kidderminster Girls High School to form King Charles I School

King Charles I School

King Charles I School is a voluntary controlled mixed school in the town of Kidderminster, in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England.-Present Day and OFSTED:...

. The historic old school was sold off to become a private residence. The magnificent new building, with its commanding views over the countryside, was narrowly rescued from demolition by the Old Boys Association.

A private school, for young boys and girls, operated there until 2007, and then as a charitable organisation. Then in 2008 it was re-launched as The New Elizabethan School, which was featured in a BBC documentary. None of these later schools has any connection, other than the premises, with the Grammar School.