Berrington

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Barrington

In the civil parish of Tenbury.
In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Worcestershire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).

Nothing known of reported castle. Berrington Court, at the reference given, is in a strong position on the end of a ridge and overlooks a river crossing. It is associated with a possible DMV. But I can find no reference to any history.
Harvey lists a castle Barrington known to have existed in Herefordshire (probably quoting Moore). There is no Barrington Placename in Herefordshire. There is C18 Berrington Hall at SO570676 (Tenbury CP) which is in Herefordshire just the other side of the county boundary from Berrington, Worcestershire, but the more likely candidate is Berrington Hall, Moreton (SO510637, Eye, Moreton and Ashton CP) called a manor house of a cadet branch of the Cornwall family.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Uncertain remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO570676

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 110788

Books

King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p508 [possible - in Worcestershire]
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p225

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