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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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FLADBURY, a village in Pershore district, and a parish partly also in Evesham and Droitwich districts, Worcester. The village stands on the river Avon, adjacent to the West Midland railway, 3 miles E of Pershore; was anciently known as Fleathanbyrig; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Pershore. The parish includes also the hamlets of Abbots-Lench and Hill and Moor, and the chapelries of Wyre-Piddle, Throckmorton, and Stock and Bradley. Acres, 7, 862. Real property, £8, 558. Pop., 1, 514. Houses, 338. The property is subdivided. The manor was given, in 671, by Etheldred to Bishop Ostforus. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacies of Wyre-Piddle and Throckmorton, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £721.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient, and contains some interesting monuments; and the chancel was restored in 1865. The chapelry of Bradley became a separate charge in 1864. There are churches at Wyre-Piddle and Throckmorton, a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £62.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Fladbury AP/CP Worcestershire AncC |
| Place names: | FLADBURY | FLEATHANBYRIG |
| Place: | Fladbury |
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