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Hill Croome

Hill Croome
Hill Croome Church
Hill Croome is located in Worcestershire
Hill Croome
Hill Croome
Location within Worcestershire
Population169 
Civil parish
  • Hill Croome
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWorcester
Postcode districtWR8
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°03′45″N 2°09′59″W / 52.062384°N 2.166367°W / 52.062384; -2.166367

Hill Croome is a village, and a civil parish which covers 1000 acres, in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England.[1] Historically a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow,[2] according to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 169.[3] Hill Croome was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell.[4]

History

See also: History of Worcestershire

A heritable messuage of land and a close in the hamlet of Baughton, which also lies in Hill Croome parish, were held in 1591 by John Turberville and his wife Joan under a lease from Thomas Walshe, Lord the Manor of Hill Croome.[5]

References

  1. ^ British History on-line
  2. ^ Genuki details
  3. ^ Census data Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ * 'Parishes: Pershore, St Andrew with Defford and Wick', in A History of the County of Worcester: Volume 4, ed. William Page and J W Willis-Bund (London, 1924), pp. 163–177 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol4/pp163-177 [accessed 30 August 2015]
  5. ^ The Victoria County History of Worcestershire, online at - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp319-322
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