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{{infoboxInfobox UK place|
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.33|-2.23|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Hartlebury
| population = 25492,549
| static_image_name = InnHartlebury Lane,church Hartlebury(geograph 2550728).jpg
| static_image_caption = Hartlebury Parish Church
| shire_district = [[Wychavon]]
| shire_county = [[Worcestershire]]
| region = West Midlands
| civil_parish =
| constituency_westminster = [[Mid Worcestershire (UK Parliament constituency)|Mid Worcestershire]]
| postcode_district = DY11
| postcode_area = DY
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'''Hartlebury''' is a village and civil parish in the [[WorcestershireWychavon]], Englanddistrict which is inof [[WychavonWorcestershire]], districtEngland. centredIt is {{convert|3.64|mi|-1km}} south of [[Kidderminster]]. The civil parishvillage registeredhad a [[population]] of 2,549 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]].
 
The [[Hartlebury railway station|railway station]] is centred 800 metres east of the [[nucleated village|village centre]] and the main settlement is [[buffer zone|green-buffered]] from surrounding villages saveexcept for athe localityvillage of '''Waresley''' which is contiguous with the village centreHartlebury. The southcivil ofparish covering the parishvillage also includes the outlying villages of [[Crossway Green]] which hosts a large motel named after Hartlebury, more scantly populated '''Lincomb''' and the north comprises '''[[Torton''']].
 
==History==
{{See also|History of Worcestershire}}
 
===Hartlebury Castle===
{{main|Hartlebury Castle}}
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===Converted buildings===
=== Queen Elizabeth Grammar School ===
Queen Elizabeth (I) Grammar School (the [[regnal number]] was added in 1952 on the accession of Elizabeth II) was in Hartlebury until 1977. The earliest record of the precursor to the school is in ''[[Domesday Book]]'' compiled in 1086. Other early accounts date to 1400, well before Harrow and Rugby were founded. The school was granted a Royal Charter by [[Queen Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] in 1557.<ref>{{cite book| title = A Concise Description of the Endowed Schools in England and Wales| author = Nicholas Carlisle| publisher = Baldwin, Craddock and Joy | year = 1818 | volume = 2| chapter = Hartlebury, near Kidderminster | pages = 757&ndash;763| chapterurlchapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=rY-8ceSYvWoC&pg=PA757&lpg=PA757&dqq=hartlebury+grammar+school&pg=PA757}}</ref> Originally a private boys school, it was taken over by the State, and was closed when it was merged in 1977 with King Charles I Grammar School, Kidderminster, and The Kidderminster Girls High School to form [[King Charles I School]]. The oldest building standing was converted to a house. Its magnificent New Building has commanding views over fields and woodland and rescued from demolition by its alumni association.<ref>[http://www.hoea.org.uk/ Hartlebury Old Elizabethans Association]</ref>
 
===New Elizabethan School===
A very small independent school unconnected educationally with Hartlebury School, opened in 2008,: the fee-paying New Elizabethan School was set up to cater for children "who have found learning and school attendance difficult" on part{{which?Which|date=September 2017}} of the Hartlebury School site.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-17349752 |title = Ofsted criticises New Elizabethan School in Hartlebury - BBC News}}</ref> A private school, for young boys and girls, operated there 1979–2007, Bowbrook School &mdash; renamed Hartlebury Independent School in 1999, then Hartlebury School in 2000. In 2007, it became a charitable organisation. Then in 2008 it was re-launched in its new form.<ref>{{cite news| title = Independent school to feature in BBC shows| author = Sally Jones | work = Worcester News | date = 2007-05-30| url = http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/search/1433811.Independent_school_to_feature_in_BBC_shows/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newelizabethanschool.co.uk/ |title=New Elizabethan School |access-date=27 March 2009 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032228/http://www.newelizabethanschool.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0093v75 Wonderland, Series 1: The Woman Who Bought a School For Her Son]</ref>
A private school, for young boys and girls, operated there 1979-2007, Bowbrook School &mdash; renamed Hartlebury Independent School in 1999, then Hartlebury School in 2000. In 2007, it became a charitable organisation. Then in 2008 it was re-launched in its new form.<ref>{{cite news| title = Mother buys school to give her son a proper education| author = David Wilkes| work = [[Daily Mail]] | date = 2007-01-28| url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-432085/Mother-buys-school-son-proper-education.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| title = Independent school to feature in BBC shows| author = Sally Jones | work = Worcester News | date = 2007-05-30| url = http://www.worcesternews.co.uk/search/1433811.Independent_school_to_feature_in_BBC_shows/}}</ref><ref>[http://www.newelizabethanschool.co.uk/ New Elizabethan School]</ref><ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0093v75 Wonderland, Series 1: The Woman Who Bought a School For Her Son]</ref>
 
==Former buildings==
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The house later known as The Worcestershire House was a very old house in Hartlebury, dismantled and re-assembled at the [[Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia]], USA, in 1992. The John Smith (Smyth or Smythe) family built it in the 1630s. An example of the Tudor frame variety of [[Timber framing]] construction, it was dismantled in 1970 and shipped.<ref>American Frontier Culture Foundation. 1998. Traditional Timberframing: The Worcestershire House- A Catalog of the Exhibit Prepared by the Research & Collections Department and Curated by Vivian Lea Stevens to Celebrate the Completion of the Worcestershire House, May 1993. Frontier Museum Heritage Books: Staunton, Virginia. Pages 4-5.</ref>
 
== Notable people ==
==Localities==
===Waresley===
Waresley describes a modest cluster of homes astride the A449 road: chiefly Waresley Road, Manor Court Lane, the street named Waresley Park (as this was a [[manor]]), Manor Lane and Waresley Court Road.
 
* [[Henry Eliot Howard]], [[Ornithology|ornithologist]], conducted much of his research in the grounds of his home, 'Clareland', which is extant, and is [[Grade II listed]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Lowe |first=Percy R.
===Lincomb===
|date=1941 |title=Henry Eliot Howard. An Appreciation. |journal=[[British Birds (magazine)|British Birds]]
On a knoll, the settlement has a Spa and Training centre and an Equestrian centre. Its immediate west is the slope to the [[River Severn]].
|volume=34 |pages=195–197 |url=https://britishbirds.co.uk/article/obituary-henry-eliot-howard-an-appreciation/
 
|access-date=2019-06-10 }} (Also available via [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48365872 BHL].)</ref><ref name="HE-1215681">{{cite web |title=Clareland, Hartlebury - 1215681 |url=https://www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1215681 |publisher=[[Historic England]] |access-date=10 August 2020 }}</ref>
===Torton===
* Daniel J. Collins, [[musician]], grew up here. His notable works include his debut album '[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kM-owEzoP3miw5CLYVDXhZK4sxHn3vZTU The Parallel Universe]' – released 25 March 2024. He took part in [[Bewdley]] Youth Festival's [[Wyre Forest District|Wyre Forest]] Young Musician of The Year awards 2024 where he received best 'Solo Instrumentalist'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wyre Forest Young Musician of the Year Competition |url=https://bewdleyfestival.org.uk/our-events/bewdley-youth-festival/wyre-forest-young-musician-of-the-year-competition/ |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=Bewdley Festival}}</ref>
A long-established automotive gears business and three small farms including Worcestershire pear orchards as to some form the bulk of rural Torton in the north of the parish.
 
===Charlton and Crossway Green===
Households equally paying the secular (civil) parish [[precept]] &mdash; entitled to share the village common facilities are:
*[[Charlton, Worcestershire|Charlton]] which features [[Worcestershire County Museum]]
*[[Crossway Green]]
 
==See also==
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[[Category:Villages in Worcestershire]]
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