Acton Beauchamp

52.148°N 2.475°W / 52.148; -2.475

Acton Beauchamp
Acton Beauchamp Church and Church House
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Acton Beauchamp
Acton Beauchamp
Location within
Population229 (2011 Census)
District
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWORCESTER
Postcode districtWR6
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

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. Acton [Beauchamp] was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Doddingtree, mentioned in the chapters for Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

Etymology

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.[1] The parish population is scattered among farms, cottages and other housing over the hillsides, and was 229 at the 2011 Census. The village has an intermittent groundwater spring.

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.

References
  1. Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, pg. 20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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