Severn Stoke

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Severn Stoke
Worcestershire
Severn Stoke - church and old houses - geograph.org.uk - 938713.jpg
Church and old houses
Location
Grid reference: SO857441
Location: 52°5’42"N, 2°12’36"W
Data
Post town: Worcester
Postcode: WR8
Local Government
Council: Malvern Hills
Parliamentary
constituency:
West Worcestershire

Severn Stoke is an village and parish in the Pershore Hundred of Worcestershire, alongside the A38 trunk road. The civil parish, including Croome D'Abitot, had a population of 611 in 2011.[1]

Heritage

In 1996 a hoard of 18 silver Saxon pennies were found near Severn Stoke.

Severn Stoke was within the bounds of the Royal forest of Horewell during the mediæval period. The woodlands were mostly removed around the time of the Civil War.[2]

Severn Stoke War Memorial at the corner of Ham Lane and Church is a Grade-II listed monument in the form of a Classical obelisk in Portland stone, unveiled in 1920. It lists 14 servicemen who died in the First World War, 82 others who served abroad, and 15 who served at home.[3]

Notable people

  • Moses Browne, poet and devotional writer, born in 1704.[4]

Amenities

The village has a pub and restaurant, the Rose & Crown in Church Lane, which occupies a 15th-century half-timbered building in a garden.[5] There is a village hall with wheelchair access in Ham Lane.[6] The nearest shopping facilities are in Upton-upon-Severn (3 miles, 4.8 km).

Church

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Denys. It forms part of the Diocese of Worcester.[7]

The Grade-II* listed church is built of grey rubble masonry throughout and dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries, but was restored in 1872 and 1890. The building consists of a nave with a south aisle and porch, a transept on the south side of the church, a tower on the north side, and a chancel. There are Romanesque carved fragments set into the chancel walls both inside and out, and reset into a niche on the N side of the nave; the niche has an arched head.[8][9]

Schools

The local primary school closed in 1979.[10] The nearest primary schools today are at Kempsey and Upton-upon-Severn.[11]

Public transport

The village has occasional daytime buses to and from Worcester and Upton upon Severn from Monday to Saturday.[12]

The nearest railway station is at Great Malvern, 10 miles away, with hourly services to Birmingham and to London Paddington, and two-hourly weekday services to Bristol Temple Meads.

References

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