Bayton is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 535. The village is located west of Bewdley. The Village Hall was built and decorated following years of hard work and fund raising by dedicated local villagers. There is a church dedicated to St Bartholomew and within the Wyre Forest West group of parishes.Bayton Church - Wyre Forest West
Bayton was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire. Proud birthplace of The Horn
The name Bayton derives from the Old English Beagetūn or Baegatūn, meaning 'Beage/Baega's settlement'.
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