{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Use British English|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | country = England | coordinates = {{coord|52.127|-2.139|display=inline,title}} | official_name = Wadborough | population = | static_image_name = This is an ex-telephone box - it is no more... - geograph.org.uk - 937734.jpg | static_image_caption = Wadborough village | shire_district = Wychavon | shire_county = Worcestershire | region = West Midlands | civil_parish = Drakes Broughton and Wadborough | constituency_westminster = Droitwich and Evesham | postcode_district = WR8 | postcode_area = WR | post_town = WORCESTER | dial_code = 01905 | os_grid_reference = SO849548 | london_distance = }} '''Wadborough''' is a small village 2 miles outside Pershore and 7 miles from Worcester. The village is in Worcestershire, England, and forms the civil parish of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough with its neighbouring village, Drakes Broughton.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drakes Broughton & Wadborough with Pirton Parish Council |url=https://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=114&PostCode=WR102AF&Prop=141019&partner=wdc&MarriedTo=0 |website=Worcestershire County Council |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref> The village is an old farming community, with its nearest church a mile away in Pirton.
In the 2021 census the parish of Drakes Broughton and Wadborough recorded a population of 2,145.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drakes Broughton and Wadborough |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wychavon/E04010385__drakes_broughton_and_wadb/ |website=City population |access-date=24 May 2026}}</ref> Wadborough itself has approximately 200 inhabitants. Wadborough has one public house, the Mason’s Arms. The village has one bus service, the 382, which runs between Pershore and Worcester, once an hour in both directions.
==History== {{see also|History of Worcestershire}} Wadborough is first mentioned in the 10th century when Edgar, King of England confirmed that four manses (priests’ houses) there belonged to Pershore Abbey.<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42873 British History summary]</ref> The Abbey owned most of the land in the area. Place-names like Abbottswood and Hermitage Farm reflect a long church ownership. Wadborough appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wadberge, meaning Old English wad "woad" beorg "hill". Woad dye production was usually carried out at some distance from towns (Wadborough is about four miles from Pershore) because of the offensive smells produced.
Wadborough railway station was situated west of the village on the Bristol to Birmingham main rail line. The line remains open and high-speed trains regularly pass through, but the station closed in January 1965.
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