Baddesley Clinton (village)

Village in Warwickshire, England

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52°21′07″N 1°41′42″W / 52.352°N 1.695°W / 52.352; -1.695

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 of 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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