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Holt Castle (Worcestershire)
Holt is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. The church is dedicated to St. Martin, and dates from about the 12th century. Holt Bridge, over the River Severn, was designed by Thomas Telford, and opened in 1830. History Early history Holt saw archaeological digs during the 1970s, in advance of gravel extraction. The oldest artefacts recovered were late Neolithic flints and pottery, possibly dating to about 2000 BC. Sherds of burial pottery from the Beaker period (c. 2000–1900 BC) were also found. The bulk of the archaeological evidence related to the early British Bronze Age (c. 1700–1450 BC) in the form of traces of low barrows and enclosures with associated cremations. No dwellings were identified. In 1844 a bronze axe was found during dredging operations in the River Severn below the site of Holt Lock. British Iron Age (1500 BC – 40 AD) finds have been scarce, although crop marks indicated farming a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malvern Hills District
Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county, including the outlying towns of Tenbury Wells and Upton-upon-Severn. It was originally formed in 1974 and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1998. In the 2011 census the population of the Malvern Hills district was 74,631. History In 1974 the district of Malvern Hills was created from the former districts of Bromyard Rural District and Ledbury Rural District in Herefordshire, along with Malvern Urban District and Martley Rural District and Upton upon Severn Rural District in Worcestershire. The current boundaries were formed on 1 April 1998 when the county of Hereford and Worcester (which had been created in 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972) reverted, with some border changes, to the two former counties of Worcestershire and Herefordshire. The new Malvern Hills district bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimley, Worcestershire
Grimley is a village and civil parish () in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England about north of Worcester. It is known for the Norman Parish Church; St Bartholomew. A la Carte Restaurant; Wagon Wheel. A 16th-century Inn; The Camp House Inn. Bevere Lock. Primary School. Grimley Gravel Pits (or -Pools), a gravel quarry and nature reserve SSSI. The villages of Sinton Green and Monkwood Green sit within Grimley Parish. History The place-name 'Grimley' is first attested in a Saxon charter of 851, where it appears as ''Grimanlea''. In the Domesday Book of 1086 it appears as ''Grimanleh''. The name means 'wood haunted by a ghost or spectre' (Old English ''grima''). It once housed a monastery which was reputedly linked to Holt Castle via tunnels, and has been a site of refuge for thousands of years. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Grimley Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishopric Of Worcester
The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Church of England ( Anglican) Province of Canterbury in England. The diocese was founded around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many Anglo Saxon petty-kingdoms of that time. The original borders of the diocese are believed to be based on those of that ancient kingdom. Covering an area of it currently has parishes in: *the County of Worcestershire *the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley *northern Gloucestershire *urban villages along the edge of the south-east of the Metropolitan Borough of Wolverhampton *the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell Currently the diocese has 190 parishes with 281 churches and 163 stipendiary clergy. The diocese is divided into two archdeaconries: *the Archdeaconry of Worcester *the Archdeaconry of Dudley On its creation the diocese included what is now southern and western Warwickshire (an area known as Felden). On 24 January 1837 the no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallow
To hallow is "to make holy or sacred, to sanctify or consecrate, to venerate". The adjective form ''hallowed'', as used in ''The Lord's Prayer'', means holy, consecrated, sacred, or revered. The noun form ''hallow'', as used in ''Hallowtide'', is a synonym of the word saint. The word 'to hallow' itself in English is now archaic; does not appear other than in the quoted text in the Lord's Prayer in the New Testament ( and ). Etymology The noun is from the Old English adjective ''hālig'', nominalised as ''se hālga'' "the holy man". The Gothic word for "holy" is either ''hailags'' or ''weihaba'', ''weihs''. "To hold as holy" or "to become holy" is ''weihnan'', "to make holy, to sanctify" is ''weihan''. Holiness or sanctification is ''weihiþa''. Old English, like Gothic, had a second term of similar meaning, ''wēoh'' "holy", with a substantive ''wīh'' or ''wīg'', Old High German ''wīh'' or ''wīhi'' (Middle High German ''wîhe'', Modern German ''Weihe''). The Nordendor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimley Brook - a television comedy series
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Grimley may mean: *Grimley, Worcestershire - a village in England *Ed Grimley - a television character *Martyn Grimley (born 1963) - a former field hockey player * Robert William Grimley, dean of the Diocese of Bristol. See also: *The Grimleys ''The Grimleys'' is a comedy-drama television series set on a council estate in Dudley, West Midlands, England in the mid-1970s. It was first broadcast by Granada TV for ITV in 1999, following a pilot in 1997, and concluded in 2001 after thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manor House
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals with manorial tenants and great banquets. The term is today loosely applied to various country houses, frequently dating from the Late Middle Ages, which formerly housed the landed gentry. Manor houses were sometimes fortified, albeit not as fortified as castles, and were intended more for show than for defencibility. They existed in most European countries where feudalism was present. Function The lord of the manor may have held several properties within a county or, for example in the case of a feudal baron, spread across a kingdom, which he occupied only on occasional visits. Even so, the business of the manor was directed and controlled by regular manorial courts, which appointed manorial officials such as the bailiff, granted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrawley Brook
Shrawley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. The village is situated on the western bank of the River Severn. The northern and southern boundaries of the parish are two small tributaries of the River Severn, Dick Brook to the north and Shrawley Brook to the south. To the west is Hillhampton, the north west and north is the parish of Astley and to the south Holt. The B4196 road runs throughout the village from the A433 at the Holt Heath boundary in the south to the Astley boundary at Glazenbridge on Dick Brook in the north. There are 22 miles of footpaths around Shrawley. Education Shrawley Primary School closed in 1977 (is now the village hall) and all the children of the village, between 4 and 11 years old, go to the CoE school at Great Witley. On leaving Great Witley school the 11 to 16s go on to The Chantry School at Martley. History Following the Norman conquest of England, what is now known as Shrawl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichenford
Wichenford is a village and civil parish (with Kenswick) in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. It lies 7 miles (11km) to the north-west of the city of Worcester and has a population of c 400 for around 250 households. Primary education is provided at nearby Hallow, and at Martley, which also has a secondary school. History Two Roman coins were found in the parish of Wichenford during an excavation at Woodend Farm which took place a few years before 1848. The coins are from the times of Victorinus and Constans of the early 4th century. During the Anglo-Saxon period, Wichenford was gifted by Offa of Mercia (The Midland King) to the Church of Worcester in the later part of the 8th century. A church or chapel has existed at Wichenford from early times with mention of a chapel which was attached to the church of St. Helen, Worcester around 1234. Parts of the present church of St. Lawrence date from about 1320. The manor of Wichenford belonged t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martley
Martley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of the English county of Worcestershire. It is approximately nine miles north-west of Worcester. The population of the village is approximately 1,200 people. The mixed farming of the area includes arable, formerly cherry, apple, damson orchards and hopyards. It is a popular village for retired people and professionals working in the city and surrounding towns, and has a large secondary school to which around 700 pupils are bussed daily from the surrounding area. It has a sports hall with rock climbing wall and a gym within the grounds of the school can be used by the public out of school times. Geology The village and its extensive parish sits astride the Malvern Line, a north–south aligned lineament originating in Precambrian times. To the east are Triassic sandstones whilst to the west are Devonian mudstones. Along the lineament itself are a complex mix of rocks of Precambrian, Cambrian and Silurian age. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broadwas
Broadwas, or Broadwas-on-Teme, is a village and civil parish (with Cotheridge) in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 307. The village is located on the River Teme, about 6 miles west of Worcester on the A44 road. Off the main road near the River Teme is the red sandstone church of St Mary Magdelene. History Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Broadwas Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 individual parishes ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in their parish. Poor law unions were established. In west Worcestershire the Martley Poor Law Union was established to take the po ....''Worcestershire Family History Guidebook'' Morgan, Vanessa 2011, The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.p68 References External links Broadwas web site Vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Teme
The River Teme (pronounced ; cy, Afon Tefeidiad) rises in Mid Wales, south of Newtown, and flows southeast roughly forming the border between England and Wales for several miles through Knighton before entering England in the vicinity of Bucknell and continuing east to Ludlow in Shropshire. From there, it flows to the north of Tenbury Wells on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border on its way to join the River Severn south of Worcester. The whole of the River Teme was designated as an SSSI by English Nature in 1996. The river is crossed by a number of historic bridges including one at Tenbury Wells that was rebuilt by Thomas Telford following flood damage in 1795. It is also crossed, several times, by the Elan aqueduct. Etymology The name Teme is similar to many other river names in England, testament to the name's ancient origin. Similar names include River Team, River Thames, River Thame, River Tame and River Tamar. Scholars now believe these names and the older names Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
