Hillhampton
| Hillhampton | |
|---|---|
 Lower Hillhampton | |
Location within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 128 |
| OS grid reference | SO779653 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WORCESTER |
| Postcode district | WR6 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament |
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Hillhampton is a hamlet and civil parish nestled between Great Witley, Little Witley and Shrawley in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire, England. The parish had a population of 128 at the 2021 census.
The civil parish shares a group parish council with Great Witley, known as the Great Witley and Hillhampton Parish Council.
Hillhampton was anciently a detached hamlet of the parish of Martley, in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred. It became a separate civil parish in 1866.
The name Hillhampton derives from the Old English hyllhǣmetūn meaning 'settlement of the hill people'.
References
- ↑ "Hillhampton (Parish)". City Population. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
- ↑ "Great Witley & Hillhampton Parish Council". Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ↑ "Parishes: Martley with Hillhampton". Victoria County History. A History of the County of Worcester: volume 4. British History Online. 1924. pp. 372–375. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ↑ Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
- ↑
- "Hillhampton CP/Hmlt". Great Britain Historical GIS. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ↑ "Hillhampton". Key to English Place-Names. The Institute for Name-Studies. Retrieved 7 November 2025.
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