Earl's Croome is a village and civil parish in the

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in the county of

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...

, England.

History

The village is mentioned in the

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, 1086, as ''Crumba''. The first part of its name is derived from the

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who had Earl's Croome Court as a residence opposite the village church. The church is St. Nicholas Church of England. In 1377, or 1378, Henry de Ardern was granted the manor of Croome Adam (now Earls Croome) by the

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for a red rose. Charles Coventry (1867–1929), who played

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for

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in the first two Test matches they played against

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, is buried in the village cemetery. He commanded the Worcestershire Yeomanry during the First World War and was captured by the Turks at

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in April 1916, spending the rest of the conflict as a prisoner of war. For the 2000 millennial celebration a map was produced about the village history called "The Parish of Earl's Croome 2000". A book was also produced.

References

External links

A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3 (1913)
Villages in Worcestershire Civil parishes in Worcestershire Malvern Hills District {{UK-geo-stub