Conderton

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.032165|-2.053199|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Conderton

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| static_image = The Yew Tree Inn, Conderton.jpg

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| static_image_caption = The Yew Tree Inn

| shire_district = Wychavon

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

| civil_parish = Overbury

| constituency_westminster = West Worcestershire

| postcode_district = GL20

| postcode_area = GL

| post_town = Tewkesbury

| dial_code = 01386

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Conderton is a small hamlet in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England.

Toponymy

The name Conderton is derived from the Old English Cantware-tūn, meaning "Farmstead of the Kent dwellers or Kentishmen". It has been recorded as Cantuaretun (875) and Canterton (1201).{{cite book |last1=Mills |first1=A. D. |last2=Room |first2=Adrian |title=The Oxford Names Companion |date=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0198605617 |page=992}}

History

There is evidence of Roman activity within the area, shown by the presence of samian pottery in a nearby site.{{cite report |author=Jacobs, A.J. |title= Finds from Atwoods Field, Conderton, Bredon Hill, Worcestershire |url= https://public.worcestershire.gov.uk/sites/archaeology/Reports/SWR0360.pdf |publisher=Worcestershire Historic Environment and Archaeology Service |pages=1–3 |access-date=23 November 2018}}

The earliest known record of Conderton is in an Anglo-Saxon charter of 875, where it is grouped together with Overbury and Pendock. Land in the area was granted to St Mary's minster, Worcester, by Ceolwulf II of Mercia. Conderton is not mentioned within the Domesday Book, but is assumed to still be connected to Overbury.{{cite book |last1=Hooke |first1=Della |title=Worcestershire Anglo-Saxon Charter Bounds |date=1990 |publisher=Boydell Press |isbn=0851152767 |pages=125–129}}

Governance

Conderton is primarily governed by Overbury Parish Council.{{cite web |title=Overbury & Conderton Village Website |url=http://www.overbury.org/ |accessdate=23 November 2018}} It is then governed by Wychavon District Council. It falls within the West Worcestershire constituency.{{cite web |title=West Worcestershire - UK Parliament |url=https://beta.parliament.uk/constituencies/5G8NCbBe |website=beta.parliament.uk |accessdate=23 November 2018 |language=en}}

Geography

Conderton is located on the south side of Bredon Hill, near the villages of Overbury and Beckford.

References

Category:Hamlets in Worcestershire