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Evesham

American

[eev-shuhm, ee-shuhm, ee-suhm] / ˈiv ʃəm, ˈi ʃəm, ˈi səm /

noun

a town in Hereford and Worcester county, in W England: battle 1265.

Evesham British

/ ˈiːvʃəm /

noun

a town in W central England, in W Worcestershire, on the River Avon: scene of the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (Lord Edward's defeat of Simon de Montfort and the barons); centre of the Vale of Evesham , famous for market gardens and orchards. Pop: 22 179 (2001)

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Abi, from Evesham, Worcestershire, has had cynophobia her whole life and has "never felt more trapped and hopeless" than she does right now.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Some 57 children were rescued from a coach taking them to school near Evesham, Worcestershire, when it became stuck in a flooded ditch.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Huddleson, who is MP for Droitwich and Evesham in the West Midlands, previously worked under Badenoch as a minister when she was business secretary.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024

Rebecca Halbach, 35, and Brandon Leconey, 32, were arrested Monday in Evesham, a suburb of Philadelphia.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

You sometimes see Mrs. Evesham in Mr. Rhydd's, buying old people's shopping like Duraglit and that toothpaste that tastes of Germolene.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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