Records of Avenbury date from the Norman Domesday Book of 1066. Earlier history of the village is obscure, but ruins of the Saxon Church (c.900 AD) are a short walk from the farm. Tombstones dating from 1658 can be seen (with difficulty!). A search could perhaps reveal others even earlier.

In 1852 the Farm was bought by Worcester Consolidated Municipal Charities and let to tenants.

In 1992 faced with ever-reducing returns on farming activities, the Charity decided to sell and buy a warehouse, which subsequently produced three times the farm's rent, to aid the poor of Worcester.

In December 1993 Richard and Helen Combe bought the farm buildings with three acres of land. Over four years they painstakingly cleared away, cleaned out, restored and converted, with the superb results you see and can enjoy today.