Wychavon
Encyclopedia
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. The districts to the west are Malvern Hills
and Worcester
and to the north Wyre Forest
.
The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972
, on 1 April 1974. It was a merger of the boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham along with Evesham
Rural District
and most of Droitwich Rural District and most of Pershore
Rural District.
The district's name, which was invented in 1973, contains two elements. "Wych" recalls the Saxon
Kingdom of Hwicca
, and "Avon" is for the River Avon
.
Wychavon District Council is joint 'Council of the Year 2007', along with High Peak Borough Council
. It was also featured as the 'Best Council to work for' by the Sunday Times
es
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
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Its council is based in Pershore
Pershore
Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population was 7,304...
. Other towns in the district include Droitwich Spa
Droitwich Spa
Droitwich Spa is a town in northern Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe.The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times. The natural Droitwich brine contains 2½ lbs...
, 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...
and Broadway
Broadway, Worcestershire
Broadway is a village and civil parish in the Worcestershire part of the Cotswolds in England.Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds", Broadway village lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment...
. The district extends from the south-east corner of Worcestershire north and west. The districts to the west are Malvern Hills
Malvern Hills (district)
Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county that borders Herefordshire. It was originally formed in 1974 and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1998...
and Worcester
Worcester
The City of Worcester, commonly known as Worcester, , is a city and county town of Worcestershire in the West Midlands of England. Worcester is situated some southwest of Birmingham and north of Gloucester, and has an approximate population of 94,000 people. The River Severn runs through the...
and to the north Wyre Forest
Wyre Forest (district)
This article is about the local government district in WorcestershireWyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, covering the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, and several civil parishes and their villages...
.
The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972
The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....
, on 1 April 1974. It was a merger of the boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham along with 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...
Rural District
Rural district
Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the administrative counties.-England and Wales:In England...
and most of Droitwich Rural District and most of Pershore
Pershore
Pershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population was 7,304...
Rural District.
The district's name, which was invented in 1973, contains two elements. "Wych" recalls the Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
Kingdom of Hwicca
Hwicce
The Hwicce were one of the peoples of Anglo-Saxon England. The exact boundaries of their kingdom are uncertain, though it is likely that they coincided with those of the old Diocese of Worcester, founded in 679–80, the early bishops of which bore the title Episcopus Hwicciorum...
, and "Avon" is for the River Avon
River Avon, Warwickshire
The River Avon or Avon is a river in or adjoining the counties of Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire in the Midlands of England...
.
Wychavon District Council is joint 'Council of the Year 2007', along with High Peak Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council
High Peak Borough Council is a non-metropolitan district council with borough status in the north of Derbyshire, England. It forms part of the two tier system of local government alongside Derbyshire County Council for the High Peak. The administrative base of High Peak Borough Council is split...
. It was also featured as the 'Best Council to work for' by the Sunday Times
Civil Parishes
The Wychavon district includes the following Civil parishCivil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
es
- AbbertonAbberton, WorcestershireAbberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest's 19 children. In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of...
Parish Meeting - Abbots MortonAbbots MortonAbbots Morton is a village and civil parish in the English county of Worcestershire. 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 Abbey and the moat that...
Parish Council - Ashton-under-Hill Parish Council
- BadseyBadseyBadsey is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. It has two parks and a small first school located in the centre of the village.-Location:...
and AldingtonAldington, WorcestershireAldington is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is about three miles east of Evesham, and according to the census of 2001, had a population of 232....
Parish Council - BeckfordBeckford, WorcestershireBeckford is a small village on the main Cheltenham to Evesham Road, five miles north-east of Tewkesbury, on the Worcestershire - Gloucestershire border, England....
Parish Council - BickmarshBickmarshBickmarsh is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 65. The village is on the Warwickshire border, and is about eight miles north-east of Evesham....
Parish Meeting - BirlinghamBirlinghamBirlingham is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, about three miles south of Pershore. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 325...
Parish Council - BishamptonBishamptonBishampton is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England with a population of 678.. It contains a church, a village shop and post office, a hairdresser, a village hall with a park and children's play areas, and a pub. There is a Nature reserve and a cricket pitch...
and ThrockmortonThrockmorton, WorcestershireThrockmorton is a small village and civil parish in the administrative district of Wychavon, in the county of Worcestershire, England.The village lies 5.2 miles northeast of Pershore , five miles north-west of Evesham and 12 miles southeast of the city of Worcester...
Parish Council - Bredicot Parish Meeting
- BredonBredonBredon is a large village and civil parish in Wychavon District at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill, at “the beginning of the Cotswolds”...
, Bredons Norton and Westmancote Parish Council - BretfortonBretfortonBretforton is a rural village in Worcestershire, England. Bretforton is east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham. It is the largest farming village around Evesham. At the 2001 census, Bretforton had a population of 1,023 in 428 households...
Parish Council - BroadwayBroadway, WorcestershireBroadway is a village and civil parish in the Worcestershire part of the Cotswolds in England.Often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds", Broadway village lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment...
Parish Council - Broughton HackettBroughton HackettBroughton Hackett is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is about 5 miles east of the city of Worcester, on the A442 and according to the 2001 census had a population of 173....
Parish Meeting - CharltonCharlton, WorcestershireCharlton is a village in the Wychavon district of the county of Worcestershire, England.During the 2007 United Kingdom floods, many homes were affected for the second time in a decade.Charlton lies between the River Avon and Bredon Hill...
Parish Council - ChildswickhamChilds WickhamChildswickham is a village in Worcestershire, England, situated within the flat openlandscape of the Vale of Evesham, between the Bredon and Cotswold Hills, two miles from Broadway...
Parish Council - Church LenchChurch LenchChurch 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....
Parish Council - ChurchillChurchill, WorcestershireChurchill is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, near to Kidderminster. It is in the civil parish of Churchill and Blakedown and is one of the few surviving water-powered plating forges in the United Kingdom - Churchill Forge Mill.-Further reading:* A Pictorial History...
Parish Meeting - Cleeve PriorCleeve PriorCleeve Prior is a village in the Vale of Evesham Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the cliff on the Worcestershire/Warwickshire border above the river Avon. There are many picturesque houses made from the local lias stone, including the Kings Arms public house and the 150 year old school....
Parish Council - CookhillCookhillCookhill is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, on the county border near Alcester.-Politics:Cookhill is represented mainly by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party, and is part of the South Redditch ward of Worcestershire County Council and as of January 2010 is...
Parish Council - CropthorneCropthorneCropthorne is a village in Worcestershire, England within the Vale of Evesham, approximately southeast of Worcester. Cropthorne has a population of 589, in 237 households . Located on a small ridge overlooking the River Avon, its ancient orchards sweep down to the river and offer clear, unbroken...
Parish Council - CrowleCrowle, WorcestershireCrowle is a village in Worcestershire, England situated east of the City of Worcester.Crowle is known for its Church of England St John the Baptist Church....
Parish Council - DeffordDeffordDefford is a small village in the county of Worcestershire, England, located between the towns of Pershore and Upton-upon-Severn.Defford also has a primary school, Defford cum Besford First School,and three pubs....
and BesfordBesfordBesford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147. The village is near Pershore, off the road from Upton-upon-Severn. A historic house, Besford Court , is located in the village...
Parish Council - DodderhillDodderhillDodderhill is a village and civil parish, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, located on the River Salwarpe. The parish is bisected by the M5 motorway, constructed in 1962...
Parish Council - Drakes BroughtonDrakes BroughtonDrakes Broughton is a village in Worcestershire, England.The village is situated on the B4084 road 2 miles north of Pershore and 7 miles south of Worcester.The village has two pubs; the Old Oak and the Plough and Harrow....
and WadboroughWadboroughWadborough is a small village 2 miles outside Pershore and 7 miles from Worcester. The village is in Worcestershire, England. The village is an old farming community, with its nearest church a mile away in Pirton....
with PirtonPirton, WorcestershirePirton is a small village in the English county of Worcestershire.Pirton has some uncommon features for a village.A folly- near Pirton pool,...
Parish Council - Droitwich Spa Town Council
- EckingtonEckington, WorcestershireEckington is a small village near to the southern border of the English county of Worcestershire, according to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,202....
Parish Council - ElmbridgeElmbridge, WorcestershireElmbridge is a small village in Worcestershire, England. There is an Anglican church dedicated to Saint Mary....
Parish Council - Elmley CastleElmley CastleElmley Castle is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, in England, United Kingdom. It is located on the north side of Bredon Hill 4 kilometres south east of Pershore in the local government district of Wychavon.- Amenities and history :...
, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council - Elmley Lovett Parish Council
- EveshamEveshamEvesham 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...
Town Council - FladburyFladburyFladbury is a traditional English village located in rural Worcestershire, England. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book, almost 1,000 years ago. It is sited on the banks of the River Avon, with many interesting and original buildings and features. Cropthorne village is on the opposite...
Parish Council - Flyford FlavellFlyford FlavellFlyford Flavell is a village in Worcestershire, England. It has a well stocked village shop and post office, an excellent pub in the centre of the village, and an excellent school. A garage and another pub lie on the periphery of the village....
, Grafton FlyfordGrafton FlyfordGrafton Flyford is a village in Worcestershire, England....
and North PiddleNorth PiddleNorth Piddle is a small civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is located at Piddle Brook.North Piddle is a historic parish and a few of the parish's structures have been designated as listed buildings by English Heritage, because they are structures of special...
Parish Council - Great CombertonGreat CombertonGreat Comberton is a village in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom.-Location:Great Comberton village is located 3 kilometres or two-and-a-half miles south of Pershore, below the steep northern slopes of Bredon Hill, a thousand feet high....
Parish Council - HadzorHadzorHadzor is a small village in Worcestershire, England. There are around fourteen houses and a Roman Catholic church in the village, although there is no shop or school and the Church of England church was closed in the 1970s...
, HimbletonHimbletonHimbleton is a village in Worcestershire, England. It lies about south-east of Droitwich and north-east of Worcester. There is an Anglican church, dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene ....
, HuddingtonHuddingtonHuddington is a village in Worcestershire, England.- Location :Huddington is located five miles east of Worcester and five miles south east of Droitwich Spa.- History & Amenities :...
and OddingleyOddingleyOddingley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Worcestershire, approximately north-east of the county town of Worcester.-History:-Toponymy:...
(Saleway) Parish Council - Hampton Lovett and Westwood Parish Council
- HanburyHanbury, WorcestershireHanbury is a small rural village in Worcestershire, England near Droitwich Spa and the M5 motorway.- History :Although some flint tools of indeterminate date have been found in the parish the main feature surviving from prehistory is the iron age hill fort on Church Hill...
Parish Council - HartleburyHartleburyHartlebury is a village in Worcestershire, England. It is a few miles south of Kidderminster and is in Wychavon district. The village registered a population of 2,549 in the Census 2001.The railway station is about half a mile to the east of the village....
Parish Council - HarvingtonHarvingtonHarvington is a village near Evesham in Worcestershire, England.-Past:Harvington is first mentioned in the Anglo Saxon charters of 709CE when it was known as HERVERTON.-Harvey:The famous portrait artist lives in Harvington...
Parish Council - Hill and MoorHill and MoorHill and Moor is a civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It includes the village Lower Moor and the hamlets of Upper Moor, Hill and Hill Furze.-External links:*...
Parish Council - Hindlip, Martin HussingtreeMartin HussingtreeMartin Hussingtree is a small village situated between Droitwich Spa and Worcester in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is north of another village called Fernhill Heath. It is situated on a junction of the A38 and A4538...
and Salwarpe Parish Council - Hinton-on-the-GreenHinton-on-the-GreenHinton-on-the-Green is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire in England. It is situated at the foot of Bredon Hill about two miles south of Evesham....
and Aston SomervilleAston SomervilleAston Somerville is a small village approximately south of Evesham, Worcestershire, England. More information including books on the Somerville family, a pamphlet on the village and St Mary's Church can be found here:...
Parish Council - HoneybourneHoneybourneHoneybourne is a village and civil parish about east of Evesham in Worcestershire, England. Much of the parish is farmland. RAF Honeybourne just south of the village was operational from 1940 until 1947.-History:...
Parish Council - InkberrowInkberrowInkberrow is a village in the district of Wychavon, Worcestershire that is often thought to be the model for Ambridge, the setting of the BBC Radio 4 long running radio serialisation or soap opera The Archers. In particular 'The Bull', the fictional Ambridge pub, is supposed to be based on a very...
Parish Council - KemertonKemertonKemerton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire in England. It lies at the extreme south of the county in the local government district of Wychavon. Until boundary changes in 1931, it formed part of neighbouring Gloucestershire, and it remains in the Diocese of Gloucester...
Parish Council - KingtonKington, WorcestershireKington is a village in Worcestershire, England. Situated near to Flyford Flavell, the earliest known recording of Kington in the Domesday Book under "cyne-turne" – the "King's farmstead"....
and DormstonDormstonDormston is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire about south of Redditch.-History: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...
Parish Council - Little CombertonLittle CombertonLittle Comberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. It is located to the southeast of Pershore.Little Comberton has a village website: www.little-comberton.com....
Parish Council - Naunton BeauchampNaunton BeauchampNaunton Beachamp is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester....
Parish Council - North and Middle LittletonNorth and Middle LittletonNorth and Middle Littleton is a civil parish located in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. The parish comprises the villages of North Littleton and Middle Littleton, and is located near the larger settlement of South Littleton...
Parish Council - North Claines Parish Council
- Norton and Lenchwick Parish Council
- Norton-juxta-Kempsey Parish Council
- OffenhamOffenhamOffenham is a large rural village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, located about three miles east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham. The River Avon flows through Offenham. The civil parish extends beyond the area of the settlement of Offenham and includes...
Parish Council - OmbersleyOmbersleyThe village of Ombersley is in the Wychavon District Council area of Worcestershire.The first known reference to the village was the granting of a Charter to Abbot Egwin, later Saint Egwin, of Evesham Abbey in 706 AD. This was the Charter of King Æthelweard of the Hwicce, which granted twelve...
and Doverdale Parish Council - OverburyOverburyOverbury is a village and civil parish in the English county of Worcestershire.It is located midway between the towns of Evesham and Tewkesbury to the south of Bredon Hill....
and CondertonCondertonConderton is a small hamlet in Worcestershire, England. It had a larger population at the time of the Domesday Book than its present 100 or so residents....
Parish Council - PebworthPebworthPebworth is a village and civil parish in the county of Worcestershire, lying about 8 km north-north-west of the town of Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire. Until 1931, the parish – which includes the hamlet of Broad Marston – was itself in Gloucestershire, as part of Pebworth Rural District...
Parish Council - PeopletonPeopletonPeopleton is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 640, with 245 households.-Location:Peopleton is located about south east of Worcester and north of Pershore...
Parish Council - PershorePershorePershore is a market town in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. Pershore is in the Wychavon district and is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2001 census the population was 7,304...
Town Council - PinvinPinvinPinvin is a village in Worcestershire, England, a little to the north of Pershore, about 7½ miles south-east of Worcester, and about 6 miles north-west of Evesham and is in fact the location of Pershore railway station. The name is thought to come from 'Penda's fen' after the Mercian King Penda...
Parish Council - Rous Lench Parish Council
- SedgeberrowSedgeberrowSedgeberrow is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England, about south of Evesham. It stands beside the River Isbourne, a tributary of the River Avon.-History:...
Parish Council - South LittletonSouth LittletonSouth Littleton is a village and civil parish located in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England.South Littleton is located midway between Evesham and Bidford on Avon. South Littleton is the largest of The Littletons, with North and Middle Littleton being smaller...
Parish Council - SpetchleySpetchleySpetchley is a hamlet located in the County of Worcestershire, England, and lends its name to the Civil Parish in which the hamlet is located....
Parish Meeting - Stock and Bradley Parish Council
- Stoulton Parish Council
- StrenshamStrenshamStrensham is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. In the 2001 census, the civil parish of Strensham had a population of 314 across 127 households...
Parish Council - TibbertonTibberton, WorcestershireTibberton is a village in Worcestershire, England.The unusual dedication of Tibberton's Church of England parish church to St. Peter ad Vincula is derived from the ancient Basilica of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome....
Parish Council - Upton Snodsbury Parish Council
- Upton WarrenUpton WarrenUpton Warren is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district, in Worcestershire, England. The village is situated just off the A38 road between Bromsgrove and Droitwich Spa, and on the River Salwarpe...
Parish Council - White Ladies AstonWhite Ladies AstonWhite Ladies Aston is a village in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, and also lends its name to the Civil Parish in which the village is located.- History & amenities :The parish is bound to the east by the Bow Brook...
Parish Meeting - WhittingtonWhittington, WorcestershireWhittington is a small village near Worcester close to Junction 7 of the M5 motorway, bounded by the motorway and the main Evesham to Worcester A44 trunk road, in the District of Wychavon...
Parish Council - WickWick, WorcestershireWick is a village in the district of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located 2 miles from the town of Pershore in the Vale of Evesham, and nestles in a large bend in the River Avon. It is bounded by areas of parkland listed by the Wychavon District Council as Locally...
Parish Council - WickhamfordWickhamfordWickhamford is a village and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the A44 road approximately halfway between the towns of Evesham and Broadway...
Parish Council - Wyre PiddleWyre PiddleWyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham and Pershore...
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