- Peopleton
infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Peopleton
latitude= 52.15196
longitude= -2.09177
population = 640
shire_district=Wychavon
shire_county =Worcestershire
region= West Midlands
constituency_westminster= Mid Worcestershire
post_town= PERSHORE
postcode_area= WR
postcode_district= WR10
dial_code= 01905
os_grid_reference= SO938504
london_distance= 96.5miPeopleton is a
village andcivil parish in theWychavon district ofWorcestershire ,England ,United Kingdom . In 2001 the parish had a population of 640 and 245 households. [cite web | title = Worcestershire County Council : 2001 Census Worcestershire County Population Report | publisher = Worcestershire County Council | url =http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/cs-research-census-populationreport.pdf | accessdate = 2007-09-05 ]Location
Peopleton is located about 7 miles South East of
Worcester and 3 miles North ofPershore . The parish is bounded by Bow Brook to the West, Piddle Brook to the East and the A44 to the South [cite web | title = 'Parishes: Peopleton', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 (1924), pp. 147-150. | publish = British History Online | url = http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42871 | accessdate = 2007-09-05 ] .The parish is bounded by the parishes of
White Ladies Aston ,Upton Snodsbury ,Nauton Beauchamp ,Throckmorton ,Pinvin , Drakes Broughton & Wadborough andStoulton .Peopleton is in the Upton Snodsbury electoral ward.
Amenities
The village church is dedicated to
Saint Nicholas in theAnglican Diocese of Worcester . It dates from the 13th Century with modifications in the 14th and 19th Centuries.Opposite the church in the centre of the village lies the Crown Inn public house.
Other amenities include a village shop & post office in the centre of the village and the village hall & playing fields in the North of the village.
The village school is now Bowbrook House School, an independent day school. [cite web | title = Bowbrook House School | url = http://www.bowbrookhouseschool.co.uk/BFI.asp?section=homepage]
History
The name Peopleton was originally "Piplinogtune" meaning "Pyppel's farmstead (or estate)". [cite web | title = Worcestershire Anglo-Saxon Charter Bounds p.188 | publisher = Boydell & Brewer | url = http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5soGrhJ665AC&printsec=frontcover#PPA188 ]
Notable residents
*
John Days , Worcestershire cricketer in the 1900s, was born in Peopleton.
*Jeremy Paxman , television presenter, was brought up inYorkshire and Peopleton.
* John Snow, professionalcricket er in the 1960s and 1970s, was born in Peopleton.Notes
External links
* [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42871 'Parishes: Peopleton', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4 (1924), pp. 147-150.]
* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/browse.php?p=225301 www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Peopleton ]
* [http://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/Peopleton.html Worcester Branch of the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry ] Lists where parish records can be found.
* [http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/cs-research-census-old-parish-peopleton.jpgMap of 1850 parish boundary.]
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