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was significantly diminished by the building of the M5 motorway a very short distance away, further damage being caused by the widening of the A44, which was rebuilt to bypass the village. It was then damaged again by the building on the north side of the Tump of the road going west to the new
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The parish of Whittington also includes the hamlet of Swinesherd, part of which was also lost to the building of the
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in 1651, but evidence for this seems lacking. The setting of this
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road from the public house. The tump is thought to have been a
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Whittington is located in Worcestershire
Worcestershire
OS grid reference
SO875527
District
Wychavon
Shire county
Worcestershire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
WR5
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK
England
Worcestershire

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