Cookhill is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, on the county border near Alcester. It is close to a former Cistercian Priory of the same name.

History

In the Domesday Book; 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 ward of Worcestershire 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

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main Evesham Road. The A441 used to continue beyond the junction with the

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towards

Evesham Evesham () is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon. It lies within the Vale of Evesha ...

but this has been downgraded to the B4088. The village is served by bus service 149 Worcester - Redditch operated by Diamond. This previously continued to Birmingham as service 150.

Public Houses

The Nevill Arms

Notable residents

Sidney Meteyard Sidney Harold Meteyard Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA (1868 – 4 April 1947) was an England, English Art education, art teacher, painting, painter and stained-glass designer. A member of the Birmingham Group (artists), Birmingham Group, ...

(1868–1947), artist *

Kate Eadie Kate Muriel Mason Eadie (4 May 1880 – 8 November 1945) was a British jeweller and craftswoman in Birmingham, working in the Arts and Crafts style. In September 1940, she married the Birmingham Pre-Raphaelite painter Sidney Meteyard, who ...

(1878–1945), jeweller

References

External links

Cookhill Parish Council

Cookhill Village Hall
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