Acton Beauchamp

Acton Beauchamp
Acton Beauchamp Church and Church House
Acton Beauchamp Location within
Population	229 (2011 Census)
District	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WORCESTER
Postcode district	WR6
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Herefordshire

Acton Beauchamp (/ˈæktən ˈbiːtʃəm/) is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately 12 miles (19 km) north-east from the city and county town of Hereford, and 3 miles (5 km) south-east from the market town of Bromyard. Acton [Beauchamp] was a settlement in Domesday Book, in the hundred of Doddingtree, mentioned in the chapters for Worcestershire and Herefordshire.

Etymology

The name Acton Beauchamp means 'Oak-tree farm'. The 'Beauchamp' part was added later after the Beauchamp family held the manor in the 13th Century. Despite being in Herefordshire, Acton Beauchamp was in the upper division of Worcestershire Doddingtree Hundred. The parish population is scattered among farms, cottages and other housing over the hillsides, and was 229 at the 2011 Census. The village has an intermittent groundwater spring.

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Giles, is built in Norman style, partly rebuilt in 1819. It contains an Anglo Saxon carved stone door lintel reused in the wall of the Norman church tower; the carving depicts a bird, a lion, and what is possibly a goat.

Links

• Profile, nottingham.ac.uk. Accessed 15 September 2022.
• British History Online
• Acton Beauchamp: historical and genealogical information at GENUKI.
• Acton Beauchamp on Vision of Britain
• Acton [Beauchamp] in the Domesday Book

Media related to Acton Beauchamp at Wikimedia Commons