Kerswell Green
| Kerswell Green | |
| Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
 Row of houses | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO861466 |
| Location: | 52°7’5"N, 2°12’14"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Worcester |
| Postcode: | WR5 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Malvern Hills |
Kerswell Green is a village in Worcestershire, in the broad vale of the River Severn; east of the river and west of the M5 motorway.
Kerswell Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed timber-framed, painted brick building dating from Late Middle Ages and extended in the 17th century. The listing details show it as gable ended and with a thatched roof.[1]
Church
St John the Baptist, Church of England was built circa 1884 as a chapel of ease or mission church to Kempsey parish church.[2] It is closed for worship.[3]
Hisory
On 23 July 1933, there was a dispute over the erection of a fence barring a footpath. Some parishioners wanted to enforce a claimed right of way but were met with determined opposition. The report in the Evesham Standard said two palings were wrenched off the fence but the attackers were forced to retreat. Two policemen observed the proceedings, and one tried to act as a peacemaker. A degree of calm ensued while one policeman rescued a cat trapped up a tree. After the respite, the fence was breached, but soon re-erected.[4] An inquiry had been held earlier in the year by Upton District Council but the matter rested owing to insufficient proof of the existence of a right of way.[5]
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References
- ↑ National Heritage List 1323684: Kerswell Green Farmhouse (Grade II listing)
- ↑ "Kempsey". Weekly Supplement to the Worcestershire Chronicle: p. 2. 21 January 1888. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000350/18880121/114/0010.
- ↑ "Kerswell Green: St John the Baptist - CHR Church" (in en-GB). https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/'https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/church-heritage-record-kerswell-green-st-john-the-baptist-642115.
- ↑ "Right of way dispute at Kempsey". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer (1966): p. 3. 29 July 1933. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19330729/073/0003.
- ↑ "Kempsey footpath". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer (1969): p. 3. 19 August 1933. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19330819/061/0003.