Axborough

Axborough
Axborough
 Axborough shown within Worcestershire
OS grid referenceSO855794
Civil parishWolverley & Cookley
DistrictWyre Forest
Shire countyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town KIDDERMINSTER
Postcode district DY10
Dialling code 01562
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire

Coordinates: 52°24′45″N 2°12′51″W / 52.412603°N 2.214174°W / 52.412603; -2.214174

Axborough is a low wooded hill east of Cookley in north Worcestershire, England.

Its Saxon name meant hassock grass barrow. This does not imply the existence of a tumulus, as in place names locally the term for them is low. The word beorh refers to a variety of hill.

Axborough lies within an area that was common land until Parliamentary inclosure in the late 18th century. A few houses exist along Axborough lane, but it is largely uninhabited.

External links

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