Areley Kings
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| Areley Kings | |
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  Areley Kings Location within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 6,041 |
| OS grid reference | SO801704 |
| • London | 109 miles (175 km) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOURPORT-ON-SEVERN |
| Postcode district | DY13 |
| Dialling code | 01299 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Areley Kings is a village on the River Severn, in the civil parish of Stourport-on-Severn, in the Wyre Forest of Worcestershire, England. It is 10 miles north of Worcester and south of Stourport on Severn. It is in the Wyre Forest. The village is featured in the Domesday Book of 1086, and is home to many historical places of interest such as Areley Hall and St Bartholomew's Church.
The name Areley derives from the Old English earnlēah meaning 'eagle wood/clearing'. The affix Kings stems from the fact that the village was previously part of a Royal manor.[1]
The manor of Areley Kings was from early times part of the manor of Martley and the rector of Martley still has the right to appoint the rector at Areley Kings. The manor of Areley originated in a fishery at "Ernel" which, with the land belonging to it, was granted by the Empress Matilda to Bordesley Abbey upon its foundation in 1136, and retained until the Dissolution.
Prince Rupert of the Rhine is rumoured to have slept a night at Areley House during the English Civil War.
Areley Kings was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.[2]
In 1931 the parish had a population of 940.[3] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Stourport on Severn and Astley.[4]
