| Little Washbourne | |
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 Hobnails Inn, Little Washbourne | |
  Little Washbourne Location withinGloucestershire | |
| OS grid reference | SO991335 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Tewkesbury |
| Postcode district | GL20 |
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Little Washbourne is a village and formercivil parish, now in the parish ofDumbleton, in theTewkesbury district, inGloucestershire, England, 6 miles (10 km) east ofTewkesbury and 6 miles (10 km) west ofEvesham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 27.[1]
St Mary's Church dates from the 12th century, and is aGrade II* listed building.
Little Washbourne was first mentioned in a copy of a document dated to 780, in the formUassanburnan. The name is from theOld Englishwæsse (genitivewæssan), meaning "swamp", andburna, meaning "stream", and so means "stream with land subject to flooding". "Little" was added much later (first recorded in the 17th century), to distinguish the place fromGreat Washbourne.[2]
In 780Offa, King of Mercia, gave land there to the monks ofWorcester, and as a result the manor became adetached part ofWorcestershire, separated from the rest of the county byGreat Washbourne in Gloucestershire. It formed a hamlet of the Worcestershire parish ofOverbury. In the 13th century the manor was held by a family who took the nameWashbourne, from the place.[3]
In 1844 Little Washbourne was transferred to Gloucestershire under theCounties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. It became a civil parish in 1866, but on 1 April 1935 the civil parish was abolished and merged into the parish of Dumbleton.[4]
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