Birtsmorton

Birtsmorton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills of Worcestershire, England, which at the 2001 census had a population of 250. It is in the south-west of the county, not far from the borders with Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.

Birtsmorton

Birtsmorton Church
Birtsmorton
Location within Worcestershire
Population250 
OS grid referenceSO799355
• London100 miles (160 km)
Civil parish
  • Birtsmorton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townMALVERN
Postcode districtWR13
Dialling code01684
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
  • West Worcestershire

History
See also: History of Worcestershire

The church is dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul and dates from the 14th century.[1] There is a large manor house, Birtsmorton Court, which is used today as a wedding venue.[2] It was the home for many centuries of the Nanfan family, some of whose tombs are in the church.

In 1703, the Rev. Samuel Juice, a former rector, endowed a village school in Rye Street. [3]

Birtsmorton was the birthplace of the chairmaker Philip Clissett who lived in the parish from his birth in 1817 until about 1842.[4]

Toponymy

The village belonged to the Le Bret family from the 12th century onwards. Bret means Breton. The same family name is associated with Westonbirt House near Tetbury, Gloucestershire.[5]

References
  1. "St Peter & St Paul, Birtsmorton - a church near you". Archived from the original on 13 May 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
  2. Birtsmorton Court Archived January 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. British History Online "Birtsmorton". Online reference
  4. Rowell, T.A. "Philip Clissett, Chairmaker 1817-1913". Retrieved 6 July 2013.
  5. Ekwall, Eilert (1951). Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names. 3rd ed., reprinted with corrections. Oxford University Press. pp. 316, 485.


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