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Cropthorne, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Cropthorne, a village and a parish in Worcestershire. The village stands on the river Avon, 1½ mile SSE of Fladbury station on the G.W.R., and 3½ miles E by S of Pershore, and has a post office under Pershore; money order office, Fladbury; telegraph office, Fladbury railway station. Acreage, 1538; population, 367. There is an iron bridge over the Avon. The manor belonged to the Dineley family, and passed to the Hollands. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £243 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Worcester. The church is Perpendicular, and has some Norman arches; it contains some curious monuments to the Dineley family. The chancel was rebuilt and the tower thoroughly repaired in 1893.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWorcestershire 
Ecclesiastical parishCropthorne St. Michael 
HundredOswaldslow 
Poor Law unionPershore 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Cropthorne from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

Online maps of Cropthorne are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictWychavon
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR10
Post TownPershore

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