Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ABBERTON

ABBERTON, a parish in Pershore district, Worcester; on the river Piddle, 3 miles SSW of Inkberrow and 4 NNE of Pershore r. station. It has a postal-box under Pershore. 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.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Abberton AP/CP       Pershore RegD/PLU       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Abberton

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