Ombersley

For the locality in Australia, see Ombersley, Victoria.

Ombersley
The Kings Arms, Ombersley
Ombersley  Ombersley shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference	SO844635
– London	103 miles
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	DROITWICH
Postcode district	WR9
Dialling code	01905
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Mid Worcestershire
List of places UK England Worcestershire

The village of Ombersley is in the Wychavon District Council area of Worcestershire. The first known reference to the village 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.

Ombersley Court is the 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.

Royal forest

Ombersley was part of a Royal forest until 1229. The forest gives the village its name.

Location

Churchyard of Saint Andrew's church, Ombersley

Ombersley is 6 miles north of Worcester, 4 miles west of Droitwich, on the intersection of the A449 & A4133.

References and further reading

• 'Parishes: Ombersley', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913), pp. 460-468.
• Staff. Ombersley Conservation Area Appraisal Wychavon District Council, June 2005

External links

• Photos of Ombersley and surrounding area on geograph
• Saint Andrew's Church website