{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{more citations needed|date=July 2009}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.1936|-2.3145|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Cotheridge | population = 269 | population_ref = (2021 census)<ref name="bua2021">{{cite web |title=Cotheridge |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/malvern_hills/E04010296__cotheridge/ |website=City population |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref> | static_image = St. Leonard's Church, Cotheridge.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = St. Leonard's Church | shire_district = [[Malvern Hills (district)|Malvern Hills]] | shire_county = [[Worcestershire]] | region = West Midlands | civil_parish = | constituency_westminster = [[West Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|West Worcestershire]] | postcode_district = WR6 | postcode_area = WR | post_town = Worcester | dial_code = | os_grid_reference = | london_distance = }} '''Cotheridge''' is a village and civil parish in the district of [[Malvern Hills (district)|Malvern Hills]] in the county of [[Worcestershire]], England. It is {{convert|4|mi|0}} west of the city of [[Worcester, England|Worcester]] and a mile north-east of the [[Leigh Court railway station]] on the [[Great Western Railway]] on the opposite side of the [[River Teme]].<br> The [[River Teme]] flows on the southern and south-western part of the village where the land is low-lying and is susceptible to flooding. The soil content is loam and clay with the [[subsoil]] being [[Keuper marl|Keuper Marl]].
The village is small with most of its residents being widespread. It is noted for its 12th century [[St. Leonard's Church, Cotheridge|St. Leonard's Church]] and manor house. There have been many variations of the name over the centuries including ''Coddanhrycce'' (10th century); ''Codderycce'', ''Koderie'', and ''Codrie'' (11th century); ''Kodere'', ''Coddarycge'' (12th century); ''Codrigg'', ''Coderigge'', ''Codrugge'' (13th century); Coterugge (14th century); ''Coderych'', Coderiche (15/16th centuries); ''Cotheridge'', ''Cowtrige'', ''Cowderidge'' (17th century).<ref>W.Page, [[J. W. Willis-Bund]] (1924), [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42891. ''A History of the County of Worcester''] Retrieved 24 May 2009</ref>
==History== {{see also|History of Worcestershire}} The name Cotheridge derives from the [[Old English]] ''Coddahrycg'' meaning 'Codda's [[ridge]]'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Cotheridge|title=Cotheridge |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>
At the time of the [[Domesday Book]] it was known as ''Codrie''. In 1086 it was mentioned as having a church, a mill, and a timber-framed court. The mill descended with the manor until the 16th century.
The manor house known as [[Cotheridge Court]] which dates back to at least the 16th century stands at the south-western part of the village. The 12th-century church of St. Leonard's stands not very far away, and is to this day a visitors centre.
Cotheridge was in the upper division of [[Doddingtree]] Hundred.<ref>''Worcestershire Family History Guidebook'', Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.</ref>
Following the [[Poor Law Amendment Act 1834]] Cotheridge Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to [[Martley Poor Law Union]].<ref>''Worcestershire Family History Guidebook'', Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.</ref>
===Agriculture=== In 1304 there were two vineyards belonging to the manor. In the late 19th century the chief crops were wheat, beans, and hops with some land used for pasture.{{Citation needed|date=May 2009}}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * [https://archive.today/20130414225708/http://www.cotheridge.org/] Cotheridge web site
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