Retirement Properties Spotlight in Harvington

Harvington is a small village about four miles north of Evesham. The hall is a moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house dating back to the 13th century and noted for its many priest holes built in the 16th century during the catholic persecution. The nearby woodland is a protected wildlife sanctuary and today the house remains a popular tourist destination.

Evesham  has kept its name since the 11th century and in Domesday is mentioned as having a Church, an Abbey and a mill. It is an old market town lying in a bend of the River Avon and probably derives its name from 'Eof's land in a river-bend'. Its Benedictine Abbey was once one of the largest in the country eventually destroyed with the Dissolution of the Monasteries. All that remains is Lichfield's tower. In 1265 Edward I defeated Simon de Montfort to secure his crown.