Ashton under Hill

Ashton under Hill

Ashton under Hill Ashton under Hill shown within Worcestershire
Population	743 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SO974379
– London	90 miles (140 km)
Civil parish	Ashton Underhill
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EVESHAM
Postcode district	WR11
Dialling code	01386
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Mid Worcestershire
List of places UK England Worcestershire

Coordinates: 52°02′N 2°01′W / 52.04°N 2.01°W / 52.04; -2.01

Ashton under Hill is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire in England. It is situated at the foot of Bredon Hill. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 743, about five miles south-west of Evesham.

Historically part of Gloucestershire, it was transferred to Worcestershire under the Provisional Order Confirmation (Gloucestershire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire) Act 1931.

The author Fred Archer lived in Ashton at Stanley Farm. He wrote a series of popular books about tales of country life. The books described life in the village between the years 1876 and 1939.

The village church, St Barbara's is reputedly the only church in England dedicated to St Barbara who is alleged to afford protection from lightning strikes. In 2005, villagers celebrated the 900th anniversary of the church.

Paris is a 5 house hamlet located above the village with panoramic views over the surrounding hills.

The school Bredon Hill Middle is located in Ashton under Hill, as is Ashton under Hill First. Ashton is also near to the local villages of Aston Somerville, Beckford, Elmley Castle, Hinton on the Green and Sedgeberrow.

Railways

Ashton-under-Hill railway station, belonging to the Midland Railway (later part of the LMS), and situated on a lengthy loop line, Gloucester Loop Line branching off the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway main line at Ashchurch, passing through Evesham railway station, Alcester and Redditch, and rejoining the main line at Barnt Green, near Bromsgrove. The loop was built to address the fact that the main line bypassed most of the towns it might otherwise have served, but it took three separate companies to complete.

The loop officially closed between Ashchurch and Redditch in June 1963, but poor condition of the track had brought about withdrawal of all trains between Evesham and Redditch earlier, in October 1962, being replaced by a bus service for the final eight months. Redditch to Barnt Green remains open on the electrified Birmingham suburban network.

Ashton under Hill station house still stands as a private residence.

References

↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-09-03. Retrieved 2006-09-03.

External links

Media related to Ashton under Hill at Wikimedia Commons
Ashton under Hill community site
Bredon Hill Middle School web site
Ashton [-under-Hill] in the Domesday Book

Settlements in the Wychavon district

Towns	Droitwich Spa Evesham Pershore

Villages	Ab Lench Abberton Abbots Morton Aldington Aston Somerville Ashton under Hill Atch Lench Badsey Beckford Bengeworth Besford Bridge Besford Bickmarsh Birlingham Bishampton Blackminster Bradley Green Bredon Bretforton Bricklehampton Broadway Broughton Hackett Charlton Cleeve Prior Conderton Crossway Green Defford Dodderhill Drakes Broughton Dunhampstead Dunhampton Eckington Elmbridge Elmley Castle Fernhill Heath Fladbury Flyford Flavell Grafton Flyford Grafton Great Comberton Hadzor Hampton Hanbury Hartlebury Harvington Hatfield Hawbridge Hawford Himbleton Hinton-on-the-Green Holberrow Green Honeybourne Huddington Kemerton Kersoe Kington Little Comberton Littleworth Martin Hussingtree Mere Green Murcot Netherton North and Middle Littleton North Piddle Norton Oddingley Offenham Ombersley Overbury Pebworth Pensham Peopleton Pinvin Pirton Salwarpe Sedgeberrow South Littleton Strensham Throckmorton Tibberton Upton Snodsbury Upton Warren Wadborough White Ladies Aston Whittington Wick Wickhamford Wychbold Wyre Piddle

Civil parishes	Civil parishes in the Wychavon district

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