Nearby places
 |
Worcestershire |
 |
Contents & Site Map |
 |
Worcestershire Towns & Parishes |
|
"ASTLEY, (or Astley Abbotts), a parish in the hundred of Lower Doddingtree, in the county of Worcester, 2 miles to the S.W. of Stourport, 9 N. of Worcester, and 5 S.W. of Hartlebury railway station. Bewdley is its post town. It is situated in a fertile country, partly laid out in hop grounds, on the western bank of the river Severn. An alien priory, of the Benedictine order, was established here in 1160 by Ralph de Todeni. After several changes of ownership, it was granted by Henry VIII., at the Dissolution, to Sir Ralph Sadleir, known to historical students by his compilation of the State papers."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
Astley Tomb Effigies by Gilian Palmer
The transcription of the section for Astley from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
© Copyright Peter Abbott, GENUKI and contributors, 1999-2006, &c.
GENUKI is a registered trade mark of the charitable trust GENUKI, see
About GENUKI as an Organisation
These pages are intended for personal use only, so please respect our Conditions of Use.
Are you lost in the Genuki hierarchy or arrived here from a Search Engine?
If so, use the up-arrow(s) at the top of the page to go up the hierarchy.
URL of this page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WOR/Astley/index.html
Find help, report problems, and contribute information.