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Abberley, Aberton, Acton Beauchamp

Reference code
PRA/01/39/01
Title
Abberley, Aberton, Acton Beauchamp
Level of description
file
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).
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