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Beaudesert is the name given to it by the Norman family that settled here, meaning "the beautiful waste". The Domesday Book entry states; " In Ferncombe Hundred, in Prestetone (Preston Bagot), 5 hides. Hugh holds from him. Land for 3 ploughs. In lordship 1/2 plough; 2 slaves; 1 villager and 3 smallholders with 1 plough. The value was 30s; now 40s. Brictnoth held it freely before 1066"
The Church of St Nicholas is Norman has later additions with a Perpendicular west tower and a Norman chancel arch. The vaulting of the chancel was added in 1865 and the stained glass dates from the 19th century
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