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Droitwich Lunatic Asylum was established in 1791. Records at the Worcestershire County Record Office show its presence in 1837 to 1838. An advert in the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association Transactions in 1844 records that Martin Ricketts, of Droitwich was the Surgeon and Charles Hastings from the Worcester Infirmary was the Physician.

Evesham Abbey According to an article on the village of Ombersley, published in May 2006 in The Birmingham Post, the first known reference to the village was the granting of a Charter to the village by Abbot Ecgwine, later Saint Ecgwine, of Evesham Abbey in 706 AD.

Worcester site Sir Charles Hastings, founder of the British Medical Association lived in Worcester for most of his life - the newly built Worcestershire Royal Hospital stands in a road named in his honour.

Birmingham and Midland Institute
 * Austen Chamberlain, (69th) 1923 Nobel Peace Prize

Edmund Street is a street located in Birmingham, England. Edmund Street is one of a series of roads on the old Colmore Estate stretching from the city centre around St Paul's Cathedral to the northern end of Newhall Street. ''

Little Inkberrow

Ralph Ardern held the Worcestershire manor of Little Inkberrow in the early 15th century. He inherited the manors of Parkhall, Barcheston, ‘Pedemore’ in Sutton Coldfield and Curdworth (Warwickshire), Upper Wick (Worcestershire), Acton and property in Nantwich (Cheshire), and Wappenham and Sulgrave (Northamptonshire).

Notable People

 * Richard Moon (1814–1899)
 * Richard Moon (1814–1899) Became chairman in June 1861 of the London and North Western Railway until he retired on 22 February 1891.
 * Sir Offley Wakeman, 3rd Baronet (1850–1929)

Notable People

 * Richard Moon (1814–1899) Chairman of the London and North Western Railway from June 1861 until he retired on 22 February 1891 lived in Beverie, a small hamlet on the banks of the River Severn, in Claines parish from 1849 to 1863.

David Melville was awarded a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford, where after graduating he was ordained as a clergyman. He became a University don, and one of his scholars was William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley. In 1846 he left Oxford and moved to Durham where he founded Bishop Hatfield's Hall. He married Emma Hill at Kilcoo, County Down on 28 July 1848
 * David Melville (priest)

Philip Bisse was the Bishop of Saint David's the smallest city in the United Kingdom, from 1710 to 1712. In 1712 he became the Bishop of Hereford until 1721. His brother, the Rev Dr Thomas Bisse, was the Chancellor of Hereford Cathedral and in 1724 organised as "Music Meeting" which subsequently became the Three Choirs Festival.

Ltd Colonel Patrick Holcroft and was brought up in the Worcestershire. He served nearly two decades in the Grenadier Guards before pursuing a career in the City of London. He became the Deputy Lieutenant of Worcestershire in 2009. His charitable commitments as a trustee or adviser include the Nuffield Trust for the Forces of the Crown; the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst; the Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund, which supports armed forces charities; and the Hedley Foundation, which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.

Colonel Holcroft lives near Tenbury Wells with his wife, Annie, and has three children.


 * Baron Sandys
 * Baron Lyttelton of Hagley. Lord Lieutenant of Worcestershire 1839–1876. First President of Birmingham and Midland Institute

In 1871 ??? Morris & Co. were responsible for the windows at All Saints church in the village of Wilden near to Stourport-on-Severn. The were designed by Edward Burne-Jones for his nephew's family, Alfred Baldwin.

All Saints site records "The original windows were replaced, between 1902 and 1914, with 14 designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones" ???

Sir Henry Fowler, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Midland Railway and subsequently the London, Midland and Scottish Railway was born in Evesham, on July 29 1870.


 * Yeoville Thomason Public Library, High Street, Smethwick. Built as the Public Hall in 1866-7.

In 1377, or 1378, Henry de Ardern was granted the manors of Croome Adam (now Earls Croome) and Grafton Flyford by the Earl of Warwick for a red rose.

He was the son of Ralph de Ardern and probably born at Curdworth. He died in 1382

The remains of a moat, associated with the Ardens, are now buried under the M42. This site is thought to have been their home before they moved to Park Hall in Castle Bromwich.

Ralph Ardern or Ralph de Ardern, (c1374 - c1420) was Member of Parliament for Worcestershire from March 1406. He was the son of Henry de Ardern who had previously held the seat in November 1381. He died sometime before 28 October 1420.

He was a Deputy High Sheriff of Worcestershire from 4 November 1404 to 27 November 1405.

Samuel Fell In May 1619, Fell was made a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and in 1626 Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, which he held, according to custom, with a canonry of Worcester Cathedral. These posts he held till 1637. At first his religious views were Calvinistic, but he changed his opinions and became an active ally of Archbishop William Laud. Laud promoted him, making Fell to the rector of Stow-on-the-Wold in 1637, Dean of Lichfield in January 1638, and Dean of Christ Church in June 1638. Fell continued with improvements in the cathedral and college projected by his predecessor, Brian Duppa, and added the staircase leading to the hall.

Significant works
He designed, amongst others:
 * Birmingham Council House and its immediate extension
 * Singers Hill Synagogue
 * 80-82, Great Hampton Street, Hockley
 * (all the above are Grade II* listed buildings)


 * Union Club, (1869) 85-89 Colmore Row, Birmingham. On the corner with Newhall Street, now called Bamford's Trust House. (Grade II)
 * Public Hall, High Street, Smethwick. (1866-7) Now the Public Library.
 * Birmingham Town and District Bank, 63 Colmore Row, Birmingham. (1867-1869) Head Office became Barclays Bank, facade later remodelled by Peacock and Bewlay.
 * Birmingham Banking Company, Bennetts Hill, Birmingham. Designed new entrance in 1868. Became Midland Bank.

Alongside the Worcester Shrub Hill station, on Shrub Hill Road was the Worcester Engine Works. The polychrome brick building was erected about 1864 and was probably designed by Thomas Dickson. The venture was not a success and only 84 locomotives were built. The chairman of the Worcester Engine Works was Alexander Clunes Sheriff.

Category:Villages in Herefordshire

Cradley is a small village in Herefordshire. The nearest towns are Ledbury and Bromyard in Herefordshire and Malvern, Worcestershire.

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Churches

 * Kidderminster has two so-called "Commissioner Churches". The first was St George's church, on Radford Avenue. This was designed by Francis Goodwin and built in 1821-1824, finally being consecrated in April 1824. It had the third largest grant by the Commission, of just over £17,000.00, of any church outside London. The second church was St John's church, on the Bewdley Road. This church was built in 1843 and the architect was Gordon Alexander, although the grant in this case was just over £4,000.

Under the Local Government Act 1972, it was proposed for Kidderminster to be part of the West Midlands metropolitan county, but it was scrapped after the proposed county boundary was trimmed back to Stourbridge.


 * St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church, Worcester Road, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire was built by Gilbert Blount in 1858
 * St Mary's Church chancel was added by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1856-7.
 * St James Church. The chancel was added by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1868.
 * St James' Church, Cradley, Herefordshire Chancel (1868)
 * St John's Church, Eastnor, Herefordshire Church (1852) and Monument (1855).
 * Dowles Brook

Members of Parliament
Bewdley (UK Parliament constituency)

was elected as MP for Bewdley in Worcestershire in 1892, holding the seat until his death, on 13 February 1908. He was succeeded by his son, Stanley Baldwin, who later became Prime Minister.


 * Constituency created (1974)
 * 1892 – 1908: Alfred Baldwin, Conservative
 * 1908 – 1937: Stanley Baldwin, Conservative
 * 1997 &mdash; present: Julie Kirkbride, Conservative
 * Constituency abolished (1950)

List of works
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