Lindridge

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.317255|-2.477618|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Lindridge

| population =

| static_image = St. Lawrence's Church (Lindridge) - geograph.org.uk - 6550426.jpg

| static_image_caption = St. Lawrence's church

| shire_district = Malvern Hills

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

| civil_parish = Lindridge

| constituency_westminster = West Worcestershire

| postcode_district = WR15

| postcode_area = WR

| post_town = TENBURY WELLS

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SO675688

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Lindridge is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the north of the county of Worcestershire, England, near the Shropshire border and the town of Tenbury Wells. The parish is extensive, and includes the hamlets of Eardiston, Lindridge, and Frith Common. The area around the village is known for its extensive hop fields.

History

The area around Lindridge has been occupied since prehistoric times. During the 19th century a Bronze Age stone bracer was found while digging gravel in the parish,{{Cite web |last=Fox |first=Deborah |date=2017 |title=An archaeological enigma from the Teme Valley |url=https://researchworcestershire.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/an-archaeological-enigma-from-the-teme-valley/ |access-date=1 October 2023 |website=Research Worcestershire}}{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=John |title=The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments, of Great Britain |publisher=Longmans, Green, & Co |year=1897 |location=London |pages=427}} and field names like 'Blacklands Meadow' may reflect occupation in the Roman period.{{Cite journal |last=Mocroft |first=Stephanie |date=2023 |title=The field names of Lindridge |journal=Worcestershire Recorder |volume=107 |pages=11–14}}

During the early medieval period Lindridge lay within the hundred of Doddingtree, but by 1275 it was transferred to the hundred of Oswaldslow.{{Cite web |date=2023 |title=Lindridge |url=https://epns.nottingham.ac.uk/browse/Worcestershire/53288a0cb47fc40d6b0004d9-Lindridge |access-date=1 October 2023 |website=Survey of English Place Names}} Its place name originates in this period, and means 'lime tree ridge'.{{Cite book |last=Mawer |first=A |title=The Place-Names of Worcestershire |last2=Stenton |first2=F |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1927 |location=Cambridge}}

The medieval manor of Lindridge was held by the monks of Worcester Priory, who reputedly held land in the parish since the 8th century.{{Cite book |last=Hooke |first=Della |title=Worcestershire Anglo-Saxon Charter-Bounds |publisher=The Boydell Press |year=1990 |location=Woodbridge |pages=82}} Place names, some of which are documented from the 13th century onwards, suggest that the manor was farmed using an open-field system.

The Grade II listed church of St Lawrence was built in 1860-1, but occupies the site of an earlier medieval church.{{Cite book |last=Brooks |first=Alan |title=The Buildings of England: Worcestershire |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |publisher=Yale University Press |year=2007 |location=New Haven |pages=429}}{{Cite web |title=CHURCH OF ST LAWRENCE, Lindridge |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1081397 |access-date=1 October 2023 |website=Historic England}}

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Lindridge}}

Category:Villages in Worcestershire

Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire