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Aston Somerville

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OS grid reference
  
SP045382

Region
  
West Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Monday 8:17 PM

District
  
Wychavon

Civil parish
  
Aston Somerville

Country
  
England

Post town
  
BROADWAY

Shire county
  
Worcestershire

Aston Somerville

Weather
  
5°C, Wind SW at 14 km/h, 83% Humidity

Aston Somerville is a small village approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Evesham, Worcestershire, England.

Contents

Map of Aston Somerville, Broadway, UK

Farms and buildings

Historically, the Aston Somerville Village has consisted of three individual farms (originally known as the Lower, Middle and Upper Farms), albeit they have usually been farmed as one estate (most notably attributed to the Crowther Family in the 19th century).

St Mary's Church is a grade I listed building dating from the 13th century.

War memorials

The following names appear on the Village's war memorial in St. Mary's Church:

  • Percy Baverstock
  • Earnest Stock Dale
  • Gerald Haines - who is also commemorated on the Broadway War Memorial
  • George Frederick Hoddinot - "Fell at Damery" (also recorded on a tombstone)
  • James Pay
  • Alfred Perkins
  • Leonard Pitman
  • Recorded on another gravestone in the Churchyard is another World War I casualty:

  • Henry West KRR "Missing at Langemarch"
  • The sole World War II casualty recorded is:

  • Geoffrey Norman Wilson (son of Lt Col D.D. Wilson)
  • Marriages

    As of July 2012, information on marriages in Aston Somerville that occurred between 1700 and 1812 is available on the internet.

    References

    Aston Somerville Wikipedia