Bayton Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.3562°N -2.4497°W
Official Name:Bayton
Population:535
Population Ref:[1]
Static Image Name:St Bartholomew's church, Bayton.jpg
Static Image Width:250
Shire District:Malvern Hills
Shire County:Worcestershire
Region:West Midlands
Civil Parish:Bayton
Constituency Westminster:West Worcestershire
Postcode District:DY14
Postcode Area:DY
Post Town:KIDDERMINSTER
Dial Code:01299
Os Grid Reference:SO694732
London Distance:116miles

Bayton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 535. The village is located 6miles west of Bewdley.[2] The Village Hall was built and decorated following years of hard work by dedicated local villagers. There is a church dedicated to St Bartholomew and within the Wyre Forest West group of parishes.[3]

Bayton was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[4]

The name Bayton derives from the Old English Beagetūn or Baegatūn, meaning 'Beage/Baega's settlement'.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bayton . City population . 14 April 2023.
  2. Book: AA Book of British Villages . 1980 . Drive Publications Limited . 9780340254875 . 53.
  3. http://www.wyreforestwest.org.uk/?p=p_12&sName=Bayton-Church Bayton Church - Wyre Forest West
  4. Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Proud birthplace of The Horn
  5. Web site: Bayton . Key to English Place-Names . The Institute for Name-Studies . 1 November 2025.