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BORDESLEY, a hamlet in Tardebigg parish, Worcester; near the Worcester and Birmingham canal, 5 miles E by S of Bromsgrove. A Cistertian Abbey was founded here, in 1138, by the Empress Maud; and given, at the dissolution, to Lord Windsor; and the chapel attached to it is still standing. Bordesley Park is the seat of the Dugdales.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Worcestershire AncC |
Place: | Bordesley |
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