Bordesley, Worcestershire

Village in Worcestershire, England

Human settlement in England
  • Alvechurch
District
  • Bromsgrove
Shire county
  • Worcestershire
Region
  • West Midlands
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townREDDITCHPostcode districtB97Dialling code01527PoliceWest MerciaFireHereford and WorcesterAmbulanceWest Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°19′41″N 1°56′39″W / 52.327968°N 1.944237°W / 52.327968; -1.944237

Bordesley is a village north of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England.[1] Bordesley primarily comprises houses alongside the A441 Birmingham Road between Redditch and Alvechurch. The name Bordesley derives from the Old English of Brorde's Lēah, meaning the wood of someone called Brord(e).[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Genuki: Bordesley, Worcestershire". genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. ^ Ekwall, Eilert (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 53. ISBN 0-19-869103-3.
  3. ^ Duignan, William Henry (1905). Worcestershire place names. London: Frowde. p. 23. OCLC 4256230.
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