Ombersley

{{see also|History of Worcestershire}}

The first known reference to the villageArticle about Ombersley, The Birmingham Post (May 2006) was the granting of a Charter to Abbot Egwin, later Saint Egwin, of Evesham Abbey in 706 AD. This was the Charter of King Æthelweard of the Hwicce, which granted twelve cassates in Ombersley to the Benedictine Abbey at Evesham.{{cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=36469#n9|title=Houses of Benedictine monks - Abbey of Evesham|work=British History Online|author=University of London & History of Parliament Trust|year=2003–2007|access-date=2007-04-01}}

During the reign of William the Conqueror, the Domesday Book indicates the village was within an exclave of the ancient hundred of Fishborough in 1086 and remained the property of the Abbey of Evesham (Saint Mary).[http://opendomesday.org/place/SO8463/ombersley/ Open Domesday Online: Ombersley], accessed November 2017. It remained the property of the abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the early 16th century. By 1848 the village was within the parish of Ombersley (St. Ambrose), in the hundred of Oswaldslow.[https://www.british-history.ac.uk/topographical-dict/england/pp476-479 A Topographical Dictionary of England]. Originally published by S Lewis, London, 1848. Pages 476-79.

Ombersley was part of a Royal forest until 1229. The forest gives the village its name.{{Cite web|title=Parishes: Ombersley {{!}} British History Online|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/worcs/vol3/pp460-468|access-date=2020-09-30|website=www.british-history.ac.uk}}

Ombersley Court is traditional home of the Lords Sandys, many of whom are buried in the family mausoleum in the churchyard of St Andrew's parish church. When St Andrew's was built in its current form between 1825 and 1829, the chancel of the old church was adapted for use as mausoleum for the lords of the manor.[http://www.mmtrust.org.uk/mausolea/view/73/Sandys_Mausoleum Sandys Mausoleum] The architect of the church was Thomas Rickman; the cost of building was £18,000 of which two-thirds was contributed by Mary Sandys, dowager Marchioness of Downshire.Goodall, John (2015). Parish Church Treasures. London: Bloomsbury; p. 248 It is grade I listed. {{NHLE|num=1172877|desc=Ombersley Court}}

File:St Andrew's church - geograph.org.uk - 1139021.jpg

File:Ombersley, Worcs, view from St Andrew's Church.jpg

Since 1973 there has been a combined parish council for Ombersley and Doverdale. The parish council website, {{as of|lc=yes|April 2022}}, states that "combining of the Parishes of Ombersley and Doverdale in 1973 created one of the largest parishes in Worcestershire",{{cite web |title=About Us - Ombersley & Doverdale Parish Council |url=https://www.odpc.co.uk/about-us |website=www.odpc.co.uk |access-date=25 April 2022}} and the Neighbourhood Development Plan refers (eg page 5) to "the parish of Ombersley and Doverdale",{{cite book| title= Ombersley and Doverdale Neighbourhood Development Plan 2020-2030: Adopted version |url=https://www.odpc.co.uk/ndp/ombersley-and-doverdale-adopted-ndp-october-2021/viewdocument/459| publisher=DJN Planning Limited for Ombersley and Doverdale Parish Council|date=October 2021 }} but other sources - Office for National Statistics, Ordnance Survey, MapIt,{{cite web |title=MapIt : map postcodes and geographical points to administrative areas |url=https://mapit.mysociety.org/ |website=mapit.mysociety.org |access-date=25 April 2022}} Compare searches for WR9 0DS and WR9 0QB NHLECompare {{NHLE|num=1172877 |desc=Ombersley Court|access-date=25 April 2022|quote="Parish: Ombersley"}} and {{NHLE|num=1215111 |desc=Doverdale Manor|access-date=25 April 2022|quote="Parish: Doverdale"}} - indicate that the two parishes still exist as separate entities.

Ombersley is in Wychavon district of the county of Worcestershire, and in the parliamentary constituency of Mid Worcestershire

Ombersley is 6 miles north of Worcester, 4 miles west of Droitwich, and 10 miles south of Kidderminster on the intersection of the A449 & A4133. The western boundary of the parish is the River Severn; to the east, Hadley Brook forms much of the boundary with the parish of Doverdale in the east, and the River Salwarpe, to the north of the Droitwich Canal, forms the southern boundary before it joins the Severn.

{{As of|April 2022}} there are 151 listed buildings in the parish. Ombersley Court is grade I listed, five buildings are grade II* listed and 145 are at grade II.To view the full list, go to https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/advanced-search?searchType=nhleadvancedsearch and enter "Ombersley" as "Parish"

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• {{Cite book | url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43154 |chapter=Parishes: Ombersley|title=A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 |date=1913|pages=460–468 | publisher=Victoria County History|via=British History Online | access-date=1 September 2024}}
• Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202183007/http://wychavon.whub.org.uk/home/wdc-planning-her-ombersley.pdf.pdf Ombersley Conservation Area Appraisal] Wychavon District Council, June 2005
• {{cite book|last=Davis|first=Martin|url=https://www.thesandysstory.uk|title= House of Sandys: Fragments from the Ombersley Court Archive|place=Cricklade, England|publisher=Anthony Eyre, Mount Orleans Press|year=2024|isbn=9781912945481}}

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• [https://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=3743735 Photos of Ombersley and surrounding area on geograph]
• [http://www.ombersleyparishchurch.org.uk/ Saint Andrew's Church website]
• {{Genuki|county=WOR|Ombersley}}

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