Hill Croome
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]
| Hill Croome | |
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 Hill Croome Church | |
  Hill Croome Location within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 169 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Worcester |
| Postcode district | WR8 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
History
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
- British History on-line
- Genuki details
- Census data Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
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- '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]
- The Victoria County History of Worcestershire, online at - http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp319-322
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