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Feckenham
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Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Redditch district in Worcestershire, England. It lies some south-west of the town of Redditch and some east of the city of Worcester. It had a population of 670 in the 2001 census and its immediate area is the location of notable royal manors that cover over 1,000 years of English history documented in many royal charters and Acts of Parliament. At its greatest, the historic Forest of Feckenham stretched to the River Avon in the south and to Worcester in the west. In 1389 Geoffrey Chaucer was as Clerk of Works and Keeper of the Lodge.
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Place details
- Locality
- Redditch
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 364
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Feckenham
- UK place.population
- 670
- UK place.static_image_name
- Feckenham High Street.jpg
- UK place.shire_district
- Redditch
- UK place.shire_county
- Worcestershire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.civil_parish
- Feckenham
- UK place.postcode_district
- B96
- UK place.postcode_area
- B
- UK place.post_town
- Redditch
- UK place.hide_services
- true
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 860
- Image
- Feckenham High Street.jpg
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- Feckenham
- postal code
- B96
- P8168
- Lupersat
- P12749
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Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Redditch district in Worcestershire, England. It lies some south-west of the town of Redditch and some east of the city of Worcester. It had a population of 670 in the 2001 census and its immediate area is the location of notable royal manors that cover over 1,000 years of English history documented in many royal charters and Acts of Parliament. At its greatest, the historic Forest of Feckenham stretched to the River Avon in the south and to Worcester in the west. In 1389 Geoffrey Chaucer was as Clerk of Works and Keeper of the Lodge.
Feckenham in the 21st century is a rural community with a traditional English village green with walking and riding routes, including the long-distance public footpath, The Monarch's Way, that passes about 1.5 miles east of the village.
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