Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 52.0176°N -2.2911°W |
Official Name: | Birtsmorton |
Population: | 257 |
Static Image Name: | Birtsmorton churcht.jpg |
Static Image Width: | 250 |
Static Image Caption: | Birtsmorton Church |
Shire District: | Malvern Hills |
Shire County: | Worcestershire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Civil Parish: | Birtsmorton |
Constituency Westminster: | West Worcestershire |
Postcode District: | WR13 |
Postcode Area: | WR |
Post Town: | MALVERN |
Dial Code: | 01684 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO799355 |
London Distance: | 100miles |
Birtsmorton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills of Worcestershire, England, which at the 2021 census had a population of 257.[1] It is in the south-west of the county, not far from the borders with Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.
See also: History of Worcestershire. The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and dates from the 14th century.[2] There is a large manor house, Birtsmorton Court, which is used today as a wedding venue.[3] It was the home for many centuries of the Nanfan family, some of whose tombs are in the church.
In 1703, the Rev. Samuel Juice, a former rector, endowed a village school in Rye Street. [4]
Birtsmorton was the birthplace of the chairmaker Philip Clissett who lived in the parish from his birth in 1817 until about 1842.[5]
The village belonged to the Le Bret family from the 12th century onwards. Bret means Breton. The same family name is associated with Westonbirt House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.[6]