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Besford
Sign in to saveBesford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147. The village is near Pershore, off the road from Upton-upon-Severn. A historic house, Besford Court (a grade II* listed building), is located in the village. Besford Court was once used as a school known as Besford Court Hospital .
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Place details
- Locality
- Wychavon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.dial_code
- 01386
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Besford
- UK place.population
- 147
- UK place.static_image_name
- BesfordChurch(PhilipHalling)Aug2005.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 250
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The church of St Peter in Besford is one of the few timber frame churches in England
- UK place.shire_district
- Wychavon
- UK place.shire_county
- Worcestershire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.civil_parish
- Besford
- UK place.postcode_district
- WR8
- UK place.postcode_area
- WR
- UK place.post_town
- WORCESTER
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO910448
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Besford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147. The village is near Pershore, off the road from Upton-upon-Severn. A historic house, Besford Court (a grade II* listed building), is located in the village. Besford Court was once used as a school known as Besford Court Hospital The name Besford derives from the Old English Bettisford meaning 'Betti's ford'.
The village is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a member of the Seabright family, who appears in a nightshirt.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Besford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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