Map sources for Tardebigge at grid reference SP000690

A village in Worcestershire, England, Tardebigge was once a much greater township; including much of modern Redditch. The village is most famous for the Tardebigge locks, a flight of 30 canal locks that raise the Birmingham and Worcester Canal over 220 feet (67 metres) over the Lickey Ridge. It lies in the traditional county of Warwickshire. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1802x2589, 134 KB) Usage is: {{GBthumb|135|132|OV000000}} File links The following pages link to this file: Slough Rothwell, West Yorkshire Saltaire Shipley, West Yorkshire Slaithwaite Wallsend Inverurie Mersea Island Laugharne, Wales Tardebigge Hamble-le-Rice Sandgate, Kent Broadway, Worcestershire Brean Down User:RHaworth/sandbox... The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... Worcestershire (pronounced ; abbreviated Worcs) is a county located in the West Midlands region of central England. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Travel guide to England from Wikitravel English language English law English (people) List of monarchs of England – Kings of England family tree List of English people Angeln (region in northern Germany, presumably the origin of the Angles for whom England is named) UK... The term township generally means the district or area associated with a town. ... Redditch is a town and local government district in Worcestershire, England, just south of the West Midlands urban area. ... Canal locks in England. ... The Worcester and Birmingham Canal is a canal linking Birmingham and Worcester in England. ... The Lickey Hills (known locally as simply The Lickeys) are a range of hills in Worcestershire, England, eleven miles to the south-west of the centre of Birmingham near the villages of Lickey and Barnt Green. ... The traditional counties of England are historic subdivisions of the country into around 40 regions. ... Warwickshire (pronounced either /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃə/ or /ˈwɔːɹɪkˌʃɪə/) is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in central England. ...

There is record of Tærdebicga around the end of the first millennium; the name, referring to its agricultural origins, derives from the Anglo-Saxon tærde (dung) and bæga (bag/sack). However records of the parish begin in the late 10th Century. Tardebigge was purchased by the Dean of Worcester for his Church from King Ethelred the Unready. In the later dark ages there were battles fought between Ethelred's son Ironside and the Cnut the Dane. The Anglo-Saxons refers collectively to the groups of Germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern Britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern English nation. ... A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ... As a means of recording the passage of time, the 10th century was that century which lasted from 901 to 1000. ... In religious terminology, a dean is a title accorded to persons holding cartain positions of authority within a religious heirarchy. ... The city of Worcester (pronounced ) is a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. ... Ethelred II (Old English: Æþelred) (c. ... Petrarch, who conceived the idea of a European Dark Age. From Cycle of Famous Men and Women, Andrea di Bartolo di Bargillac, c. ... Edmund II or Eadmund II (c. ... Canute(or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Danish: Knud II den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. ...

In the 12th century, the parish was granted to Bordesley Abbey, a catholic monestry. For three hundred years the area remained in the Church's possession. In 1538 the Catholic Church was disestablished by King Henry VIII and the area became the possesion of the Crown. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Bordesley Abbey was an abbey near the town of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England. ... Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... The Roman Catholic Church believes its founding was based on Jesus appointment of Saint Peter as the primary church leader, later Bishop of Rome. ... See also civil religion. ... Henry VIII King of England and Ireland by Hans Holbein the Younger His Grace King Henry VIII (28 June 1491–28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ...

In a personal deal, Bordesley Abbey passed to Andrew Lord Windsor, and therefore to the stewardship of the Earl of Plymouth, who took a seat Hewell Grange (now a prison) adjacent to modern Tardebigge. The land was gradually managed and sold off by the Earl; it wasn't until the mid 19th Century that the parish of Tardebigge began to dissolve and the modern boundaries began to appear. Bordesley Abbey was an abbey near the town of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England. ... The Earldom of Plymouth has been created thrice, twice in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. ... Hewell Grange, 2005. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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