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4 unusual facts about Little Witley


Little Witley

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.

He formed Oswaldslow Hundred, a 'triple hundred', in 964 by the authority of King Edgar.

Bishop Oswald of Worcester (961-992) decided to reform the financing of the church by leasing more of its lands.

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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