Axborough

Axborough is a low wooded hill east of Cookley in north Worcestershire, England.

Axborough
Axborough
Location within Worcestershire
OS grid referenceSO855794
Civil parish
  • Wolverley & Cookley
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townKIDDERMINSTER
Postcode districtDY10
Dialling code01562
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands

History

Its Saxon name meant hassock grass barrow. This does not imply the existence of a tumulus, as in place names locally the term for them is low. The word beorh refers to a variety of hill.

Axborough lies within an area that was common land until Parliamentary inclosure in the late 18th century. A few houses exist along Axborough lane, but it is largely uninhabited.

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