Croome D'Abitot explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.1023°N -2.1731°W
Official Name:Croome D'Abitot
Static Image:Croome D'Abitot church - geograph.org.uk - 298736.jpg
Static Image Width:180px
Static Image Caption:Croome D'Abitot church
Shire District:Malvern Hills District
Shire County:Worcestershire
Region:West Midlands
Civil Parish:Croome D'Abitot
Constituency Westminster:West Worcestershire
Postcode District:WR8
Postcode Area:WR
Post Town:Worcester

Croome D'Abitot is a village and civil parish, which shares a joint parish council with Severn Stoke, in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish church of St Mary Magdalene is situated in the grounds of Croome Court.[1]

History

See also: History of Worcestershire. Known today as Croome / Croome d'Abitot / Earl's Croome / Earls Croome, it is listed within the hundred of Oswaldslow in the historic county of Worcestershire as being land owned by the bishop of Worcester (St. Mary) in both 1066 and 1086.[2] The first Norman sheriff of Worcester Urse d'Abetot, controlled many lands of the church. Through his daughter Emmeline, Urse is an ancestor of the Beauchamp family, who eventually became Earls of Warwick.

Croome D'Abitot was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War.[3]

Croome D'Abitot was the birthplace of the Anglican Bible commentator John Trapp.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Bridges, Tim Churches of Worcestershire, 2005ed Logaston Press p74
  2. http://opendomesday.org/place/XX0000/croome-dabitot-and-earls-croome/ Open Domesday Online: Croome (d'Abitot) and (Earl's) Croome
    • '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]
  3. Encyclopedia: John Trapp . . 11 . 501 . Funk and Wagnalls . 1911 . 2019-08-18.