Little Witley manor passed to the Beauchamp family when Emeline de Abitot, the daughter and heiress of Urse d'Abetot, married Walter de Beauchamp then owner of Elmley Castle.
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He formed Oswaldslow Hundred, a 'triple hundred', in 964 by the authority of King Edgar.
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Bishop Oswald of Worcester (961-992) decided to reform the financing of the church by leasing more of its lands.
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It was located on the military road, Herepathe in Anglo-Saxon charters, known as Straete that led from Worcester, through Hallow and Grimley, to an as yet unidentified western fort or outpost.
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