Moving to the Lenches
Five villages and hamlets on the higher ground north of Evesham, all recorded in the Domesday Book. Church, Ab, Atch and Sheriffs Lench make up South Lenches parish; Rous Lench has its own parish council.
The villages
Church Lench
The largest of the Lenches, with All Saints' church, the First School and Pre-school, the village hall, and the sports and members' clubs.
Rous Lench
Named after the Rous family, with the Grade I listed Norman church of St Peter, 16th-century Rous Lench Court and a village hall built in 1885.
Ab Lench
A hamlet west of Church Lench that shares All Saints' as its parish church.
Atch Lench
A hamlet south-east of Church Lench, whose red-brick Baptist chapel of 1829 is now a house.
Sheriffs Lench
A hamlet south-west of Church Lench, named after the Sheriffs of Worcestershire who held it for three centuries after the Norman Conquest.
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