Location, Geography, History, Demographics
Chaddesley Corbett is situated on the north side of the A448 approximately mid-way between the north Worcestershire towns of Bromsgrove and Kidderminster. The village was named Chad Lea, or the place of Chad, in Saxon times, and is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086-7 as Cedeslai, when it was held by a woman, Eadgifu, who also held it in the time of King Edward before the Norman Conquest of 1066. It consisted of eight berewicks and 25 hides of which 10 were free of geld and had the value of £12. The area was subject to forest law for around a century to 1301, as part of Feckenham Forest.
Chaddesley Corbett had a population of 1343 persons and 280 houses in 1821.
The parish had a population of 1,440 persons and 607 households in 2001.
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