Atch Lench

Other current and historical names

Achelenz

Parish/Community: Harvington
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'9"N 1°57'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 403500, 250500
OS Grid: SP035505
Mapcode Local: GBR 3KJ.ZPX
Mapcode Global: VHB0M.45V0

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Atch Lench within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Atch Lench in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Atch Lench, hamlet, Church Lench par., E. Worcestershire, 5 miles N. of Evesham.

Atch Lench in the Domesday Book

A village in Ash hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Taxable Value: 10 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £7 in 1066; £6 in 1086
- Households: 9 villagers; 5 smallholders; 4 slaves; 4 female slaves; 1 priest
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 6 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Evesham St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Evesham
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Evesham
- Taxable Value: 4 ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 in 1070; 15 shillings in 1086
- Households: 3 villagers; 4 smallholders; 2 slaves
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Woodland: 6 acres

British Place Names

Atch Lench, Worcestershire

Atch Lench is a village in Worcestershire

Atch Lench in historic gazetteers

Atch Lench in the Domesday Book