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Axborough
OS grid reference	SO855794
Civil parish	Wolverley & Cookley
District	Wyre Forest
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIDDERMINSTER
Postcode district	DY10
Dialling code	01562

Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands

EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52°24′45″N 2°12′51″W / 52.412603°N 2.214174°W / 52.412603; -2.214174

Axborough is a low wooded hill east of Cookley in north Worcestershire, England.

History

Its Saxon name meant hassock grass barrow. This does not imply the existence of a tumulus, as in place names locally the term for them is low. The word beorh refers to a variety of hill.

Axborough lies within an area that was common land until Parliamentary inclosure in the late 18th century. A few houses exist along Axborough lane, but it is largely uninhabited.

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