Baddesley Clinton
St Michael's Church, Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton is located in Warwickshire
Baddesley Clinton
Baddesley Clinton
Location within Warwickshire
Area5.519 km2 (2.131 sq mi)
Population182 (2011 census)
• Density33/km2 (85/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Baddesley Clinton
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSolihull
Postcode districtB93

Baddesley Clinton is a village and civil parish in Warwickshire, England,[1] about 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) southeast of Solihull. The village has Anglo-Saxon origins. It is believed that at some point it was settled by an Anglo-Saxon called Baeddi, Badde or Bade as a clearing in the Forest of Arden to graze cattle. Such a clearing was called a leah or ley – hence Badde's Ley which became Baddesley.[2] Through most the medieval era, the village was part of Hampton in Arden. In 1290 it passed to the de Clinton family. The de Clintons were a powerful Norman family of the area and held Maxstoke Castle, Brandon Castle and Kenilworth Castle at various times. It was at this point that it became known as Baddesley Clinton.[3] The village is famed for its National Trust property, Baddesley Clinton. The village also has a Grade II listed church dedicated to St Michael,[4] which shares a Rector with St Mary the Virgin's church in the nearby parish of Lapworth.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Election Maps". Ordnance Survey. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Baddesley Clinton Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Baddesley's beginnings". National Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "St Michael's Church, Baddesley Clinton". National Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Archbishops' Council, St Michael's Baddesley Clinton, A Church near you, accessed 16 August 2022


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