Holy Cross, Worcestershire
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Holy Cross is one of five hamlets in village of
Clent Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham and close to the edge of the West Midlands conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600. Parish history The pa ...
in the county of
Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...
, England. The hamlet consists of housing apart from the ''Bell and Cross'' public house, Clent Parish Hall and Clent Primary School.


History

A converted barn was the Roman Catholic Church of St Wulstan and St Oswald from 1926 until 2012. *Pub: *Parish hall: *School: *Roman Catholic Church: The cutting through nearby Button Hill through which the main road between Stourbridge and Bromsgrove used to pass was constructed as part of the
poor relief In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty. Over the centuries, various authorities have needed to decide whose poverty deserves relief and also who should bear the cost of hel ...
and opened in 1834.


References

Hamlets in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub