Cookhill is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...
, England, on the county border near
Alcester
Alcester () is a market town and civil parish of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England, approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Reddit ...
. It is close to a former
Cistercian Priory of the same name.
History
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 ...
; Cookhill is mentioned as being in the Hundred of Ash in the County of Worcestershire. The total population was of five households - 2 smallholders, 2 slaves and 1 burgess.
Notable Houses
Cookhill Priory
Dragon Farm
Churches
St. Paul's
Baptist Chapel
Politics
Cookhill has been represented since 2017 by
Rachel Maclean of the
Conservative Party as part of the Redditch County Constituency, and is part of the South
Redditch
Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the ...
ward of
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see H ...
County Council represented by Conservative Cllr. Anthony Hopkins. Representatives on Wychavon District Council are Cllr's Audrey Steel and David Wilkinson.
Roads
Within the Village the major roads are; Salt Way, Brandheath Lane, Wood Lane, Church Lane (leading onto Cladswell Lane, Mearse Lane and Dogbut Lane), Chamberlain Lane, Oaktree Lane and Chapel Lane, all running off the
A441 main Evesham Road. The A441 used to continue beyond the junction with the
A422 towards
Evesham but this has been downgraded to the
B4088. The village is served by bus service 149
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, Engla ...
-
Redditch
Redditch is a town, and local government district, in north-east Worcestershire, England, approximately south of Birmingham. The district has a population of 85,000 as of 2019. In the 19th century, it became the international centre for the ...
operated by
Diamond
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, ...
. This previously continued to Birmingham as service 150.
Public Houses
The Nevill Arms
Notable residents
*
Sidney Meteyard (1868–1947), artist
*
Kate Eadie (1878–1945), jeweller
References
External links
Cookhill Parish CouncilCookhill Village Hall
Villages in Worcestershire
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