Abberton Worcestershire Family History Guide
Abberton Ancient Parish (also a Civil Parish) is situated in the county of Worcestershire. In the 1850s, the village had 80 inhabitants, one fourth of this was the local priest’s 19 children. In 1894, the town had a population of 95 and an area of 999 acres (4.04 km2). The village is mentioned in the Cartularium saxonicum in 972 as Eadbrihyincgtun, and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Edbretintune and as Edbritone, when it was a Berewick, an outlying estate, held by the Church of St Mary of Pershore. The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall1.
Local Government Areas: Pershore Hundred, Pershore Poor Law Union, Pershore Civil Registration District, Pershore Rural Sanitary District, Pershore Rural District
Ecclesiastical Areas: Pershore Rural Deanery (until 1907), Feckenham Rural Deanery (1907-73), Pershore Rural Deanery (1974-)
Church: St Edburgha’s
The parish register begins with 1661.
A school board for the united district of Abberton, Flyford, Naunton, Kington, Dormstone, and North Piddle, was formed October 28th, 1874, and a school at Flyford was opened in March 1877.
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist.
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Abberton Parish Registers
Search online registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials including digitised images of original records and registers and indexed transcriptions.
Abberton, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
Abberton, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922
Abberton, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947
Abberton, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997
The following Worcestershire Monumental Inscriptions, hosted by Findmypast, are a collection of transcriptions created by the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry.
Abberton St Edburgha Monumental Inscriptions 1659-1962
Abberton Parish Records
An index of parish records of people from Abberton Worcestershire. The index includes information from Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1 and A Calendar of Wills and Administrations registered in The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester v.2 1601 to 1652.
Quarter Session Records
The records below have been extracted from the book Calendar of the Quarter Sessions papers Worcestershire v1.
4 April 1617. Recognizance before John Baker by William Perkins of Abberton Yeoman Richard Russell of Flyford Flavell Gentleman and Richard Wakeman of the same Clerk for the appearance of the said William Perkins at Sessions. Discharge dated 21 April endorsed. XXIII. 23.
9 January 1610. Recognizance before Francis Dingley by Thomas Stevens of Abberton Husbandman Richard Williams of Abbots Morton Clerk and Ralph Stevens of Abberton Husbandman for the appearance of the said Thomas at Sessions. XVIII. 16.
17 September 1618. Examination before Robert Berkeley of William Hall of Coney in the County of Hertford as to stealing a pair of breeches and a pair of socks at Abberton. XXVI. 60.
(1619). Indictment of Willtam Hill for theft from John Jones at Aberton. A true Bill, XXVI. 10..
A Calendar of Wills and Administrations registered in The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester v.2 1601 to 1652
The following names of Abberton people have been extracted from the book A Calendar of Wills and Administrations registered in The Consistory Court of the Bishop of Worcester v.2 1601 to 1652. The book lists Wills and administrations that were preserved in the Probate Registry at Worcester for the period 1601 to 1652.
1602 Richards. Raphe, Abberton. W. I.
1604 Woodward, Henry, husbandman, Abberton. W. I.
1605 Brydg, Robert, sen., Abberton. W. I.
1608 Lawgher, Simon, yeoman, Abberton. W. I.
1608 Rynoldes, Mary, widow, Abberton. W. I.
1612 Woodward, Christopher, Abberton. W. I.
1628 Richards, Joan, widow, Abberton. W. I.
1638 Poulson, Richard, labourer, Abberton. W.
1638 Robynes, John, yeoman, Abberton, Worcester. W. I.
1641 Bristow, Francis, Abberton. Admon. and I.
1647 Perkins, Giles, Abberton. Admon. and I.
1648 Bradley, John, yeoman, Abberton. Admon. and I.
1649 Perkins, William, yeoman, Abberton. Admon. and W. I.
1649 Perkins, Philip, Abberton. W. I.
Abberton Strays
William Woodward, of Aberton, co. Worc., & Esther Martin, of Mercoat, lic., 21 Sept. 1729 – Marriages at Aston Somerville 1661 to 1812 Gloucestershire Parish Registers Marriages Vol 4
Abberton Directory Transcriptions
Abberton Littlebury’s Worcestershire Directory 1879
Abberton Billings Directory of Worcestershire 1855
Abberton Bentley’s History and Directory of the Borough of Evesham 1840
Abberton Lewis Worcestershire Directory 1820
Abberton Parish History
Abberton The Little Guides 1939
Abberton (4m. NW. Pershore stn.). Old church, chiefly 13th cent., pulled down 1881; new one (St. Eadburh), with chancel, nave, S. porch, tower and spire in 13th cent style, erected on same site. Chalice-shaped font, 12th cent., with band of chevron ornament. Ancient church chest.
Source: The Little Guides, Worcestershire by F. T. S. Houghton. Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. Second edition. 1939.
Abberton The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
Abberton, a parish in Pershore district, Worcester, on the river Piddle, 3 miles SSW of Inkberrow, and 4 NNE of Pershore r. station. Post-town, Inkberrow under Bromsgrove. Acres, 1,001. Real property, £1,337. Pop., 82. Houses, 17. The property is all in one estate. There are saline springs, similar to the waters of Cheltenham. The living is a rectory, in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £161. Patron, W. Laslett, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Abberton The National Gazetteer 1868
Abberton, a par. in the upper div. of the hund. and union of Pershore, in the co. of Worcester, near Bromsgrove. The living is a discharged rect. in the dioc. of Worcester, val. £161, in. the patron, of W. Laslett. Esq. There is a mineral spring, the water of which is tonic and purgative, and is said to be little inferior to that of Epsom.
Source: The National Gazetteer: a Topographical Dictionary of the British Islands compiled from the latest and best sources and illustrated with a complete county atlas and numerous maps. Vol. 1. Virtue & Co. London. 1868.
Abberton A Topographical Dictionary of England 1845
Abberton, a parish, in the union, and Upper division of the hundred of Pershore, Pershore and E. divisions of the county of Worcester, 7 miles (N.E. by N.) from Pershore; containing 81 inhabitants.
This parish, bounded on the south by a branch of the river Piddle, comprises 990 acres, of which nearly one-half is fine pasture land, much esteemed for its dairy produce. The hall is a large structure, commanding a beautiful panoramic view of the eastern part of the county. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £5 8. 1½., and in the patronage of the Sheldon family; net income, £161. Here is a mineral spring, the water of which is bitter and cathartic, being somewhat similar to that at Cheltenham.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.
Abberton The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1840
Abberton, a parish in the upper division of the hund. and union of Pershore, Worcestershire; 6 miles north-east of Pershore; on a branch of the Avon. Living, a discharged rectory in the archd. and dio. of Worcester; rated at £5 8s. 1½d.; gross income £161. Patrons, in 1835, the Sheldon family, who have long held the manor. Pop., in 1801, 86; in 1831, 90. Houses 17. Acres 1,050. A. P. £1,407. Poor rates, in 1837, £68.
Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1840.
Abberton A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland 1833
Abberton, co. Worcester.
P. T. Pershore (103) 2 m. Pop. 82.
A parish in the hundred of Pershore; living a dis. rectory in the archdeaconry and diocese of Worcester; valued in K. B. 5l. 8s. 1½d; ann. val. P. R. 119l.; patron [1829) Mrs. Sheldon. This parish contains medicinal springs of the nature of those at Cheltenham.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of Great Britain and Ireland by John Gorton. The Irish and Welsh articles by G. N. Wright; Vol. I; London; Chapman and Hall, 186, Strand; 1833.
Abberton A Topographical Dictionary of England 1831
Abberton, a parish in the upper division of the hundred of Pershore, county of Worcester, 7 miles (N.E. by N.) from Pershore, containing 82 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry, and diocese of Worcester, rated in the king’s books at £5. 8. 1½., and endowed with £200 royal bounty. Mrs. Sheldon was patroness in 1808. Here is a mineral spring, the water of which is bitter and cathartic, similar to that at Cheltenham.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1831.
Abberton Worcestershire Delineated C. and J. Greenwood 1822
Abberton – a parish in the hundred of Pershore, upper division, 8 miles E.S.E. from Worcester, and 105 from London; containing 13 inhabited houses. This place is noted for having a medicinal spring, yielding a bitter and cathartic water, similar to that at Cheltenham. The living is a rectory; Rev. E. Herbert, incumbent; instituted 1808; patroness, Mrs. Sheldon. Population, 1801, 86 – 1811, 88 – 1821, 82.
Source: Worcestershire Delineated: Being a Topographical Description of Each Parish, Chapelry, Hamlet, &c. In the County; with the distances and bearings from their respective market towns, &c. By C. and J. Greenwood. Printed by T. Bensley, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London, 1822.
Abberton A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom 1808
Abberton, a parish in the hundred of Pershore, upper division Worcester, 2 miles from Pershore, 7 from Worcester, and 105 from London; containing 15 houses and 86 inhabitants; is noted for a bitter purging mineral water. The living is a rectory, value 5l. 8s. 1d.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom. Benjamin Pitts Capper. 1808.