Acton Beauchamp
| Acton Beauchamp | |
|---|---|
 Acton Beauchamp Church and Church House | |
  Acton Beauchamp Location within | |
| Population | 229 (2011 Census) |
| District | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WORCESTER |
| Postcode district | WR6 |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Coordinates: 52°08′53″N 2°28′30″W / 52.148°N 2.475°W
Acton Beauchamp (/ˈæktən ˈbiːtʃəm/) is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately 12 miles (19 km) north-east from the city and county town of Hereford, and 3 miles (5 km) south-east from the market town of Bromyard.
The name Acton Beauchamp means 'Oak-tree farm'. The 'Beauchamp' part was added later after the Beauchamp family held the manor in the 13th Century. Despite being in Herefordshire, Acton Beauchamp was in the upper division of Worcestershire Doddingtree Hundred.[when?][1] The parish population is scattered among farms, cottages and other housing over the hillsides, and was 229 at the 2011 Census.[citation needed] The village has a spring which is intermittent.
The parish church, dedicated to Saint Giles, is built in Norman style, partly rebuilt in 1819. It contains an Anglo Saxon carved stone door lintel reused in the wall of the Norman church tower; the carving depicts a bird, a lion, and what is possibly a goat.[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Herefordshire/Acton%20Beauchamp
External links[]
Media related to Acton Beauchamp at Wikimedia Commons- British History Online
- Acton Beauchamp: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
- Acton Beauchamp on Vision of Britain
- Acton [Beauchamp] in the Domesday Book
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