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William Hopkins (architect)
William Jeffrey Hopkins (1820–1901) was a British architect. Career One of Hopkins' earliest works, the Public Hall in Worcester (1848–49), was Italianate.Pevsner, 1968, pages 329–330 Most of his work thereafter was of the Gothic Revival. For many years he was the Worcester Diocesan Architect, and as such he mostly built or rebuilt Church of England parish churches in Worcestershire. Works *Public Hall, Worcester, 1848–49 (demolished ''circa'' 1968) *St. Martin's parish church, Worcester: east window, 1855–62 *St. Barnabas' parish church, Drakes Broughton, Worcestershire, 1857 * Cow Honeybourne parish church, Honeybourne, Worcestershire, 1861–63 *Holy Trinity parish church, Shrub Hill, Worcester, 1863 (demolished 1965) *St. James' parish church, Hindlip, Worcestershire: rebuilding, 1864 *St. John the Baptist parish church, Bradley, Worcestershire, 1864–65 *St.Nicholas' parish church, Worcester: restoration, 1867 *Saints Philip and James parish church, Hallow, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallow, Worcestershire
Hallow is a village and civil parish beside the River Severn, about north-west of Worcester in Worcestershire. The village is on the A443 road that links Worcester with Holt Heath. Hallow has a public house, a post office and a Church of England primary school. Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Grimley Parish, of which Hallow was then part, ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union. History Prehistory There is evidence of human presence from the paleolithic period, roughly 700,000-500,000 years ago. Flint axe heads were found near Hallow in the 1970s. Toponym In the 9th century the toponym was recorded as ''Halhegan'', ''Heallingan'' and ''Halnegan''. In the 11th century it was recorded as ''Halhegan'' and ''Hallhagan'', while in the 13th century it was ''Hallawe'', ''Hallaye'' or ''Hallag''.Victoria County History, 1913, pages 367-372 Manor The earliest record of the manor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Snodsbury
Upper may refer to: * Shoe upper or ''vamp'', the part of a shoe on the top of the foot * Stimulant, drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both * ''Upper'', the original film title for the 2013 found footage film ''The Upper Footage ''The Upper Footage'' (also known as ''Upper'') is a 2013 found footage film written and directed by Justin Cole. First released on January 31, 2013 to a limited run of midnight theatrical screenings at Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema in New York Cit ...'' See also {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continuum International Publishing Group
Continuum International Publishing Group was an academic publisher of books with editorial offices in London and New York City. It was purchased by Nova Capital Management in 2005. In July 2011, it was taken over by Bloomsbury Publishing. , all new Continuum titles are published under the Bloomsbury name (under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic). History Continuum International was created in 1999 with the merger of the Cassell academic and religious lists and the Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980. The academic publishing programme was focused on the humanities, especially the fields of philosophy, film and music, literature, education, linguistics, theology, and biblical studies. Continuum published Paulo Freire's seminal ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed''. Continuum acquired Athlone Press, which was founded in 1948 as the University of London publishing house and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979. In 2003, Continuum acquired the London-based Hambled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naunton Beauchamp
Naunton Beauchamp (pronounced 'Bo-schomp') is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan .... Naunton Beauchamp's church, St. Bartholomew C of E Church is a Grade II* listed building and it was listed on 11 February 1965. References External links British Listed Buildings {{authority control Civil parishes in Worcestershire Villages in Worcestershire Wychavon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astwood Bank
Astwood Bank is a district within Redditch. Astwood Bank is near the Warwickshire - Worcestershire border, near villages such as Studley, Sambourne, Callow Hill, Feckenham, and Cookhill. Astwood Bank is noted for its successful cricket team, who have twice played at Lord's in the National Village Knock Out Final. The A441 Evesham Road is the main trunk road through Astwood Bank from Redditch. Astwood Bank has an annual carnival. The carnival has been a big part of the village for over 30 years. History Church Residents held church services in the local school until a church was built in 1883–84. The foundation stone was laid by Lady Georgina Vernon of Hanbury Hall. The church of St. Matthias & St. George was originally designed by W. J. Hopkins as a large church with a south tower, only the east end was completed by him in 1884. The nave was added by W. Cogswell in 1911 and consecrated by Bishop Louis Mylne. The tower was never built hence the deep sloping roof. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flyford Flavell
Flyford Flavell is a village in Worcestershire , it has a traditional pub in the centre of the village adjacent to the village green and a first school (rated Good by Ofsted in November 2016). A garage and another pub lie on the periphery of the village and the nearest shop is 3 miles. Villages in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abberton, Worcestershire
Abberton is a small village in Worcestershire, England. In 1991, the population was 44, this grew to 67 in 24 households in 2001. The principal house in the village is Abberton Hall. History The names 'Abberton' is derived from 'Estate called after Eadbriht' (''Ēadbriht'' + ing + tūn). The village is mentioned in the '' Cartularium Saxonicum'' in 972 as ''Eadbrihyincgtun'', and is recorded in the ''Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...'' of 1086-7 as ''Edbretintune'' and as ''Edbritone'', when it was a berewick, an outlying estate, held by the Church of St Mary of Pershore. It is also later recorded as ''Adbrighton'' in 1297-1377 and ''Abburton'' in 1535. Between the mid-16th century to late-18th century, the Manor of Abberton was held by the She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kington, Worcestershire
Kington is a village in Worcestershire, England, situated near to Flyford Flavell. History The earliest known recording of Kington in the Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ... under "cyne-turne" – the "King's farmstead". Kington had two Anabaptist congregations in 1669, as with some other parts of eastern Worcestershire, where they had strongest support among poorer people. In 1714 Mr and Mrs Woolmere sold the Manor of Kington to Thomas Vernon (1654–1721). As he had no children the estate passed to his second cousin Bowater Vernon and then in turn to Thomas Vernon (1724–1771).''Life in the Woods'', Janet Gourd, 2003 Lychgate Publishing, Tillington, West Sussex. p56 and ''Grafton Wood Estate Map 1740'' Croome Estate Archives References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besford
Besford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147. The village is near Pershore, off the road from Upton-upon-Severn. A historic house, Besford Court (a grade II* listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...), is located in the village. Besford Court was once used as a school known as ''Besford Court Hospital' The village is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a member of the Seabright family, who appears in a nightshirt. Further reading Victoria County History, Worcestershire, Vol.4, 1924, Besford References External links Villages in Worcestershire Wychavon {{Worcestershire-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilden, Worcestershire
Wilden is a small village about 1 mile north east of Stourport-on-Severn, Worcestershire. It is in the Stour valley and both the River Stour and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal pass through the parish before joining the River Severn at Stourport. Nearby is Wilden Marsh, a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. History Wilden was originally part of the parish of Hartlebury, but became a separate parish in the late 19th century, before becoming part of Stourport. In the 17th century there were slitting mills on the River Stour near to the site of present church. Eventually, these mills came into the ownership of the Wilden Iron and Tin Plate Company and the Baldwin family. A lock at Pratt's Wharf (misnamed Platt's Wharf by the Ordnance Survey) on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, connected the canal with the river. This enabled canal barges to use the River Stour to deliver timber to a steam saw-mill in Wilden. Later it was used to trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of All Saints, Wilden
All Saints Church in Wilden, Worcestershire about one mile to the north east of Stourport. It was designed by William Hopkins with funds provided by Alfred Baldwin very close to his own home, Wilden House and one of his large iron works. It served the Baldwin family and their employees and was consecrated in 1880. left, One of the windows The church has been designated as Grade II listed by Historic England. The original windows were replaced, between 1902 and 1914, with 14 designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, a brother-in-law of Alfred Baldwin. Louisa Baldwin commissioned the windows. She is buried at the church. The windows are dedicated to members of the MacDonald, Baldwin and Burne-Jones families; one shows Louisa Baldwin's only child, the future prime minister, Stanley Baldwin Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world war ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suckley
Suckley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England, close to the border with Herefordshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Suckley Knowl (at ), Suckley Green at and Longley Green at . Covering , Suckley is geographically one of the largest parishes in Worcestershire, but one of the least populated with only around 250 residences. Seven farms use the greater part of the available land, producing apples, beef, cereals, hops, milk, oil seed rape, pears and potatoes. The eastern side of the Parish is part of the Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Within Suckley there are several dozen micro-businesses operating from private homes, ranging from beauty therapy to furniture restoration, from computer maintenance to interior design, from motor mechanics to plumbing. Most of the population in employment commute to Malvern, Worcester, Hereford, Cheltenham or the West Midlands. The parish's population increase ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
