Hill Croome

Hill Croome is a village, and a civil parish which covers 1000 acres, in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England.^[1] Historically a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Oswaldslow,^[2] according to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 169.^[3] Hill Croome was once part of the Royal forest of Horewell.^[4]

Hill Croome
Hill Croome Church
Hill Croome Location within Worcestershire
Population	169
Civil parish	Hill Croome
District	Malvern Hills
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Worcester
Postcode district	WR8
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	West Worcestershire
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52.062384°N 2.166367°W / 52.062384; -2.166367

History

See also: History of Worcestershire

A heritable messuage of land and a close in the hamlet of Baughton, which also lies in Hill Croome parish, were held in 1591 by John Turberville and his wife Joan under a lease from Thomas Walshe, Lord the Manor of Hill Croome.^[5]