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Abberley, Aberton, Acton Beauchamp

Reference code
PRA/01/39/01
Title
Abberley, Aberton, Acton Beauchamp
Date
compiled first half 19th century
Level of description
file
Extent and format
1 file (19 items)
Scope and content
According to E A B Barnard, ‘The Prattinton Collections of Worcestershire History’ (1931) (digitised copy available at https://collections.sal.org.uk/pra.12.01) the contents include:

Abberley:
Church, S.E. (1813); plan; S. door; N. door; Parsonage (1818); Lodge (2 engravings); lime-kiln on Abberley Hill (1812); "Abberley lime work" (eng.); plan of Woodbury Hill Camp.
[“By the middle of the 19th century the fabric [of the church] had been allowed to fall into considerable disrepair, and was abandoned. In 1908 the church and chapel were put into a state of repair. ."-V.C.H., Worcs. IV., 221-2, with two ills. and plan.]

Abberton:
Church (1812), S.E.; church, S.W.; font (1812). [The church was entirely rebuilt in 1881-2.]

Acton Beauchamp:
Church, S.E.; "before rebuilding," with details (2. Rickards. 1810); "after rebuilding" (1822); Fragment of ancient carving now forming top of doorway into tower," with admeasurement (3.1822).
Archival history
The cataloguing of this collection was carried out by volunteers as part of the Prattinton Cataloguing Project.

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Conditions governing access
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