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Hackmans Gate
Hackmans Gate is a hamlet in the parish of Broome, and the district of Wyre Forest District Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire, England, covering the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley, and several civil parishes and their villages. Its council was previously based in Stourport-on-Sever ... of Worcestershire, England. References Hamlets in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is a human settlement that is smaller than a town or village. Its size relative to a parish can depend on the administration and region. A hamlet may be considered to be a smaller settlement or subdivision or satellite entity to a larger settlement. The word and concept of a hamlet has roots in the Anglo-Norman settlement of England, where the old French ' came to apply to small human settlements. Etymology The word comes from Anglo-Norman ', corresponding to Old French ', the diminutive of Old French ' meaning a little village. This, in turn, is a diminutive of Old French ', possibly borrowed from ( West Germanic) Franconian languages. Compare with modern French ', Dutch ', Frisian ', German ', Old English ' and Modern English ''home''. By country Afghanistan In Afghanistan, the counterpart of the hamlet is the qala ( Dari: قلعه, Pashto: کلي) meaning "fort" or "hamlet". The Afghan ''qala'' is a fortified group of houses, generally with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broome, Worcestershire
Broome is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 338. The village is situated on the lower slopes of the Clent Hills and lies to one side of Broome Lane, a minor road that runs westwards from the outskirts of Clent to the outskirts of Hagley. History At the time of the Domesday Book, Broome formed part of the Worcestershire manor of Clent, but was granted to a Staffordshire landowner in 1154 and remained a detached exclave of that county until transferred back to Worcestershire in 1844. Its parish bounds stretch south to include Hackman's (formerly Hangman's) Gate and the agricultural settlement of Yieldingtree beyond it, both of which have their small manor houses. Billings Directory of 1855 records that there was never a pub in Broome, while the facetious John Noakes dismissed the village as "so devoid of notable features, that ts exclusionwould be no more noticed than the loss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyre Forest District Council
Wyre may refer to: Places * Wyre, Orkney, an island in Scotland * Borough of Wyre, a local government district in Lancashire, England ** Wyre (UK Parliament constituency) * River Wyre, a river in Lancashire, England * Wyre Forest, a woodland in Shropshire and Worcestershire, England * Wyre Piddle, a village in Worcestershire * Afon Wyre (Welsh for ''River Wyre''), a river in Ceredigion, Wales Radio stations * WYRE (AM), a radio station in Annapolis, Maryland, United States * WYRE-FM or WBHU, a radio station licensed to serve St. Augustine Beach, Florida, United States * WWNL, formerly WYRE, a radio station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States * The Wyre, a former radio station serving north Worcestershire, England People * Wyre (musician), Kenyan musician * John Wyre, Canadian percussionist * Wyre Davies Wyre Davies is a Welsh journalist, and South America correspondent for BBC News. He speaks fluent Welsh and Spanish. Background His maternal grandfather, Captain Ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 History of Worcestershire). Over the centuries the county borders have been modified, but it was not until 1844 that substantial changes were made. Worcestershire was abolished as part of local government reforms in 1974, with its northern area becoming part of the West Midlands and the rest part of the county of Hereford and Worcester. In 1998 the county of Hereford and Worcester was abolished and Worcestershire was reconstituted, again without the West Midlands area. Location The county borders Herefordshire to the west, Shropshire to the north-west, Staffordshire only just to the north, West Midlands to the north and north-east, Warwickshire to the east and Gloucestershire to the south. The western border with Herefordshire incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
