Wormington

{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

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| country = England

| official_name = Wormington

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| static_image_caption = Wormington

| shire_district = Tewkesbury

| shire_county = Gloucestershire

| region = South West England

| civil_parish = Wormington

| constituency_westminster = Tewkesbury

| post_town = Evesham

| postcode_district = WR11

| postcode_area = WR

| dial_code = 01386

| os_grid_reference = SP040363

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Wormington is a village civil parish in the Tewkesbury district, in Gloucestershire, England. It lies on the River Isbourne, {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of Winchcombe and {{convert|6|mi|0}} south of Evesham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 67.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10395835/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Wormington CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=7 December 2022}}

File:Wormington Church - geograph.org.uk - 1776531.jpg

Wormington was an ancient parish, and became a civil parish in 1866, but on 1 April 1935 the civil parish was abolished and merged into the parish of Dumbleton.[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10395835#tab02 Vision of Britain website] On 1 April 2023 it became a parish again. The parish is governed by a parish meeting.{{cite web|url=https://www.lgbce.org.uk/sites/default/files/2023-03/tewkesbury_borough_council_reorganisation_of_community_governance_no.2_order_2023.pdf|title=Tewkesbury Borough Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) (No.2) Order 2023|publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for England|accessdate=10 July 2023}}

St Catherine's parish church is reputed to have been built in 1475 by the abbot of Hailes Abbey on the site of a 12th-century church. It is a Grade II* listed building.{{NHLE |num=1091676 |accessdate=25 August 2017}}

Wormington Grange, a mile south of the village but just over the parish boundary in the neighbouring parish of Stanton, is a Grade II* listed country house.

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