List of museums in Worcestershire
Museums
Table:
Name

Image

Town/City

Region

Type

Summary

Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre

Evesham
Wychavon
Local
website, local history, rural life, agriculture, trades and social history displays in a 14th-century building was once home to the almoner of Evesham Abbey

Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings

Stoke Heath
Bromsgrove
Open air
Over 25 historic buildings and structures moved from other locations, including houses, a windmill, church, barn, stable, collection of telephone kiosks

Bewdley Museum

Bewdley
Wyre Forest
Multiple
website, local and social history, town jail, World War II air raid shelter, 18th century brass foundry exhibit, art exhibits, demonstrations of historic crafts and trades

Bredon Barn

Bredon
Wychavon
Historic site
website, operated by the National Trust, 14th century barn made from stone

Broadway Museum & Art Gallery

Broadway

Wychavon

Local

website Set in a 17th-century Coaching Inn, displays on Broadway History, Wool History, Coaching History, with exhibitions from the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, and temporary art exhibitions

Churchill Forge Mill

Churchill
Wyre Forest
Industry
Water-powered forge mill used to produce metal tools, open on select days

Commandery

Worcester
Worcester
History
Displays on English history and the historic building during different eras, including medieval, Tudor, Civil War, Georgian, Victorian and 1950s eras

Croome Park

Besford
Wychavon
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, unfurnished Croome Court manor house designed by Capability Brown and Robert Adam, landscaped park by Brown

Droitwich Spa Heritage Centre

Droitwich Spa
Wychavon
Local
information, local history and visitor centre, salt industry, Droitwich transmitting station

Elgar Birthplace Museum

Lower Broadheath
Malvern Hills
Historic house
19th century period birthplace and home of composer Edward Elgar

Forge Mill Needle Museum

Redditch
Redditch
Industry
Heritage of the needle and fishing tackle industries

George Marshall Medical Museum

Worcester
Worcester
Medical
website, history and artifacts about the development of medical care, reconstructed apothecary shop and operating theatre, death masks from prisoners executed by hanging

Gordon Russell Museum

Broadway
Wychavon
Art
website, work of the 20th century furniture maker Sir Gordon Russell MC, includes furniture and designs

The Greyfriars

Worcester
Worcester
Historic house
website, operated by the National Trust, timber-framed 14th house with early 17th- and 18th-century additions, collection of textiles

Hagley Hall

Hagley
Bromsgrove
Historic house
18th-century house with state rooms, collection of 18th-century Chippendale furniture and family portraits

Hanbury Hall

Hanbury
Wychavon
Historic house
Operated by the National Trust, early 18th century William and Mary-style house and gardens

Harvington Hall

Chaddesley Corbett
Wyre Forest
Historic house
Moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house

The Infirmary

Worcester
City of Worcester
Medical Museum
website, Interactive exhibition at the University of Worcester’s City Campus combining history, science, art and technology to explore the medical stories of one of England’s oldest infirmaries.[1]

Kidderminster Railway Museum

Kidderminster
Wyre Forest
Railway
website, railway artifacts

Little Malvern Court

Little Malvern
Malvern Hills
Historic house
15th century prior's hall, monk's cells and other rooms of the Benedictine monastery, collection of vestments, embroideries and paintings

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The Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre is a museum in Evesham in Worcestershire , England . It is also referred to as The Almonry Heritage Centre , The Almonry Museum and just The Almonry . It is governed by Evesham Town Council . The focus of the museum is on local history , but it also covers history and science more broadly . The museum derives its name from the original use of the building as the almonry of the 14th-century Evesham Abbey The museum opened within this building in 1957 .
Evesham ( /ˈiːv ( ɪ ) ʃəm , ˈiːsəm/ ) is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire , in mid England with a population of 24,428 , according to the 2011 census . [ citation needed ] It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester , Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon . It lies within the Vale of Evesham , an area comprising the flood plain of the River Avon , which has been renowned for market gardening . The town centre , situated within a meander of the river , is regularly subject to flooding . The 2007 floods were the most severe in recorded history . The town was founded around an 8th-century abbey , one of the largest in Europe , which was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries , with only Abbot Lichfield 's Bell Tower remaining . During the 13th century , one of the two main battles of England 's Second Barons ' War took place near the town , marking the victory of Prince Edward who later became King Edward I . This was the battle of Evesham .
Wychavon is a local government district in Worcestershire , England . Its council is based in the town of Pershore , and the other towns in the district are Droitwich Spa and Evesham . The district extends from the south-east corner of Worcestershire north and west . It borders all the other districts of Worcestershire , as well as the counties of Gloucestershire and Warwickshire . The district was created under the Local Government Act 1972 , on 1 April 1974 . It was a merger of the boroughs of Droitwich and Evesham along with Evesham Rural District and most of Droitwich Rural District and most of Pershore Rural District . The district 's name , which was invented in 1973 , contains two elements . Wych recalls the Saxon Kingdom of Hwicca , and Avon is for the River Avon . Wychavon District Council was joint 'Council of the Year 2007 ' , along with High Peak Borough Council . It was also featured as the 'Best Council to work for ' by the Sunday Times . It increasingly shares management and staff with neighbouring Malvern Hills District Council .
An almoner is a chaplain or church officer who originally was in charge of distributing money to the deserving poor . The title almoner has to some extent fallen out of use in English , but its equivalents in other languages are often used for many pastoral functions exercised by chaplains or pastors . The word derives from the Ancient Greek : ἐλεημοσύνη eleēmosynē ( alms ) , via the popular Latin almosinarius .
Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire , England between 700 and 710 AD following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by a swineherd by the name of Eof . According to the monastic history , Evesham came through the Norman Conquest unusually well , because of a quick approach by Abbot Æthelwig to William the Conqueror . Only one section of walling survives from the actual abbey , although fragments of the chapter house , the bell tower and the gateway remain , which were added later : the chapter house in the 13th century and the bell tower in the 16th century . Simon de Montfort ( 1208-1265 ) is buried near the high altar of the ruined abbey , the spot marked by an altar-like memorial monument dedicated by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1965 . The abbey is of Benedictine origin , and became in its heyday one of the wealthiest in the country . During the Dissolution of the Monasteries , the abbey was demolished leaving only the bell tower surviving into the 21st century . Other buildings linked to history of the abbey that survive today are the Almonry and Middle Littleton Tythe Barn .
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings is an open-air museum of rescued buildings which have been relocated to its site in Stoke Heath , a district of Bromsgrove , Worcestershire , England . Founded in 1963 and opened in 1967 , the museum was conceived following the dismantling of a 15th-century timber-framed house in Bromsgrove in 1962 to provide a location for its reconstruction . It became England 's first open-air museum and the second in the United Kingdom . This building is known as the medieval 'Town House ' today , though it has been known by other names in the past , including the 'Bromsgrove House ' and the 'Merchant 's House ' . It now houses a collection of domestic , industrial , agricultural and other forms of historic building , the majority dismantled and re-erected . The museum 's collection comprises more than 30 buildings and structures which have been relocated from their original sites under threat of demolition , being rebuilt and restored at the museum . This includes a fully functioning windmill and a post WW2 prefab house as used in many towns and cities after the Second World War to provide quick affordable replacements for houses destroyed by bombing . The Arcon V prefabricated house was originally constructed on Moat Lane in Yardley , Birmingham and was transported to the museum in 1981 . Weddings and receptions are frequently held in The New Guesten Hall , a building at the museum which was built to incorporate the preserved timber roof of Guesten Hall , originally built next to Worcester Cathedral for entertaining the Prior 's guests . The New Guesten Hall is also used by outside parties for concerts , conferences , exhibitions and meetings . The museum 's Victorian church , originally built in 1891 at Bringsty Common , Herefordshire , was opened and re-dedicated in 1996 and services are held there during the museum 's open season . The church is also licensed for wedding blessings .
Stoke Heath is an area in the south of Bromsgrove , Worcestershire , England . Originally a small village near Bromsgrove , it has been absorbed into Bromsgrove by new housing developments since the 1980s . These developments hold many of the commuters that have made Bromsgrove into a dormitory town ; it is within commuting distance of both Birmingham and Worcester . Stoke Heath features Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings .
Bromsgrove is a local government district in Worcestershire , England . Its council is based in the town of Bromsgrove . It borders the built up area of Birmingham to the north . Other places in the district include Alvechurch , Aston Fields , Belbroughton , Catshill , Clent , Hagley , Rubery , Stoke Prior and Wythall . The current district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Bromsgrove urban district and Bromsgrove Rural District . Since 2011 , Bromsgrove has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham , Cannock Chase , East Staffordshire , Lichfield , Redditch , Solihull , Tamworth and Wyre Forest .
A telephone booth , telephone kiosk , telephone call box , telephone box or public call box is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user 's convenience . In the United States and in some parts of Canada , telephone booth ( or phone booth ) is the commonly used term for the structure , while in the Commonwealth of Nations ( particularly the United Kingdom and Australia and most of Canada ) , it is a telephone box ( or phone box ) . Such a booth usually has lighting , a door to provide privacy , and windows to let others know if the booth is in use . The booth may be furnished with a printed directory of local telephone numbers , and a booth in a formal setting , such as a hotel , may be furnished with paper and pen and even a seat . An outdoor booth may be made of metal and plastic to withstand the elements and heavy use , while an indoor booth ( once known as a silence cabinet ) may have more elaborate architecture and furnishings . Most outdoor booths feature the name and logo of the telephone service provider .
Bewdley Museum is a museum in the town of Bewdley in Worcestershire , England . It is managed by the Wyre Forest District Council .
Bewdley ( pronunciation ) is a small riverside town and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire on the Shropshire border in England , along the Severn Valley 3 miles ( 4.8 km ) west of Kidderminster and 22 miles ( 35 km ) southwest of Birmingham . It lies on the River Severn , at the gateway of the Wyre Forest national nature reserve , and at the time of the 2011 census had a population of 9,470 . Bewdley is a popular tourist destination and is known for the Bewdley Bridge , designed by Thomas Telford .
Wyre Forest is a local government district in Worcestershire , England , covering the towns of Kidderminster , Stourport-on-Severn and Bewdley , and several civil parishes and their villages . Its council was previously based in Stourport-on-Severn , but moved to new purpose built offices on the outskirts of Kidderminster in 2012 . The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 , on 1 April 1974 , as a merger of Bewdley and Kidderminster municipal boroughs , Stourport-on-Severn Urban District Council and Kidderminster Rural District Council . Since 2011 , Wyre Forest has formed part of the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Local Enterprise Partnership along with neighbouring authorities Birmingham , Bromsgrove , Cannock Chase , East Staffordshire , Lichfield , Redditch , Solihull and Tamworth .
Bredon Barn is a large 14th-century threshing barn located at Bredon , Worcestershire , England , standing close to the River Avon . The barn was built for the Bishops of Worcester , who were the lords of the manor , from local Cotswold stone , measuring approximately 40 by 12 metres ( 131 by 39 ft ) . It has a steep pitched roof covered in Cotswold limestone tiles . The interior of the barn is divided into 9 bays by oak posts on stone plinths forming aisles , and carrying the open timber roof . It was badly damaged by fire in 1979 , but was fully restored in 1983 . It is a Scheduled monument and Grade I listed building owned by the National Trust .
Bredon is a village and civil parish in Wychavon District at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England . It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill , at the beginning of the Cotswolds . As Brensham Village , it has been made famous by the writer John Moore , whose descriptions of village life between the wars are widely celebrated .
The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty , commonly known as the National Trust , is an independent charity and membership organisation for environmental and heritage conservation in England , Wales and Northern Ireland . The trust describes itself as a charity that works to preserve and protect historic places and spaces - for ever , for everyone . The trust was founded in 1895 and given statutory powers , starting with the National Trust Act 1907 . Historically , the Trust acquired land by gift and sometimes by public subscription and appeal , but after World War II the loss of English country houses resulted in many such properties being acquired either by gift from the former owners , or through the National Land Fund , later the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the National Lottery . Country Houses and Estates still make up a significant part of its holdings , but it is also known for its protection of wild landscapes such as in the Lake District and Peak District , historic urban properties , and nature reserves such as Wicken Fen . In Scotland , there is a separate and independent National Trust for Scotland . The National Trust has a unique special power to prevent its inalienable land being sold off , although this can be over-ridden by Parliamentary procedure . The National Trust has been the beneficiary of many large donations and bequests . It owns over 500 heritage properties , which include many historic houses and gardens , industrial monuments , and social history sites . Most of these are open to the public , usually for a charge . Others are leased to tenants on terms that manage to preserve their character whilst providing for more limited public access . The Trust is one of the largest private landowners in the United Kingdom , owning over 248,000 hectares ( 610,000 acres ; 2,480 km2 ; 960 sq mi ) of land .
Broadway is a large village and civil parish within the Cotswolds , located in the county of Worcestershire , England . Its population was 2,540 in the 2011 census , a small increase on the 2,496 in the 2001 census . It is situated in the far southeast of Worcestershire and very close to the Gloucestershire border , midway between the towns of Evesham and Moreton-in-Marsh . Often referred to as the Jewel of the Cotswolds , Broadway village lies beneath Fish Hill on the western Cotswold escarpment . The broad way is the wide grass-fringed main street , centred on the Green , which is lined with red chestnut trees and honey-coloured Cotswold limestone buildings , many dating from the 16th century . It is known for its association with the Arts and Crafts movement , and is situated in an area of outstanding scenery and conservation . The wide High Street is lined with a wide variety of shops and cafes , many housed in listed buildings . The village also featured in the 2018 video game Forza Horizon 4 .
Churchill Forge Mill , situated in the Worcestershire village of Churchill , is one of the last water powered forge mills remaining in an intact state in the UK and as such is an important example of the industrial heritage of the West Midlands . Part of the site has been restored to working condition and is now maintained and operated by the Churchill Forge Trust .
Churchill is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire , England , near to Kidderminster . It is in the civil parish of Churchill and Blakedown and is the location of one of the few surviving water-powered plating forges in the United Kingdom - Churchill Forge Mill .
The Commandery is a historic building open to visitors and located in the city of Worcester , England . It opened as a museum in 1977 and was for a while the only museum in England dedicated solely to the Civil Wars . The Commandery ceased to be a Civil War museum when it reopened to the public in May 2007 , having undergone a year and a half of refurbishments and reinterpretation jointly funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and Worcester City Council , who own the building . It is a Grade I listed building .
Worcester ( /ˈwʊstər/ ( listen ) WUUS-tər ) is a cathedral city in Worcestershire , England , 30 miles ( 48 km ) south-west of Birmingham , 101 miles ( 163 km ) west-north-west of London , 27 miles ( 43 km ) north of Gloucester and 23 miles ( 37 km ) north-east of Hereford . The population is about 100,000 . The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre , which is overlooked by Worcester Cathedral . The Battle of Worcester in 1651 was the final battle of the English Civil War , where Oliver Cromwell 's New Model Army defeated King Charles II 's Royalists . Worcester is known as the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain , composer Edward Elgar , Lea & Perrins , makers of traditional Worcestershire sauce , University of Worcester , and Berrow 's Worcester Journal , claimed to be the world 's oldest newspaper .
In the history of Europe , the Middle Ages ( or medieval period ) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century . It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery . The Middle Ages is the middle period of the three traditional divisions of Western history : classical antiquity , the medieval period , and the modern period . The medieval period is itself subdivided into the Early , High , and Late Middle Ages . Population decline , counterurbanisation , collapse of centralized authority , invasions , and mass migrations of tribes , which had begun in Late Antiquity , continued in the Early Middle Ages . The large-scale movements of the Migration Period , including various Germanic peoples , formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire . In the 7th century , North Africa and the Middle East - once part of the Byzantine Empire - came under the rule of the Umayyad Caliphate , an Islamic empire , after conquest by Muhammad 's successors . Although there were substantial changes in society and political structures , the break with classical antiquity was not complete . The still-sizeable Byzantine Empire , Rome 's direct continuation , survived in the Eastern Mediterranean and remained a major power . The empire 's law code , the Corpus Juris Civilis or Code of Justinian , was rediscovered in Northern Italy in 1070 and became widely admired later in the Middle Ages . In the West , most kingdoms incorporated the few extant Roman institutions . Monasteries were founded as campaigns to Christianise pagan Europe continued .
The Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603 in England and Wales and includes the Elizabethan period during the reign of Elizabeth I until 1603 . The Tudor period coincides with the dynasty of the House of Tudor in England whose first monarch was Henry VII ( b.1457 , r.1485-1509 ) . Historian John Guy ( 1988 ) argued that England was economically healthier , more expansive , and more optimistic under the Tudors than at any time in a hundred years .
The English Civil War ( 1642-1651 ) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ( Roundheads ) and Royalists ( Cavaliers ) principally over the manner of England 's governance . The first ( 1642-1646 ) and second ( 1648-1649 ) wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament , while the third ( 1649-1651 ) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament . The war ended with Parliamentarian victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651 . The outcome of the war was threefold : the trial and execution of Charles I ( 1649 ) ; the exile of his son , Charles II ( 1651 ) ; and the replacement of English monarchy with , at first , the Commonwealth of England ( 1649-1653 ) and then the Protectorate under the personal rule of Oliver Cromwell ( 1653-1658 ) and briefly his son Richard ( 1658-1659 ) . A king had never been executed before . In England , the monopoly of the Church of England on Christian worship was ended , while in Ireland the victors consolidated the established Protestant Ascendancy . Constitutionally , the wars established the precedent that an English monarch can not govern without Parliament 's consent , although the idea of Parliamentary sovereignty was only legally established as part of the Glorious Revolution in 1688 .
The Georgian era is a period in British history from 1714 to c. 1830-37 , named after the Hanoverian kings George I , George II , George III and George IV . The sub-period that is the Regency era is defined by the regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George III . The definition of the Georgian era is often extended to include the relatively short reign of William IV , which ended with his death in 1837 . The term Georgian is typically used in the contexts of social and political history and architecture . The term Augustan literature is often used for Augustan drama , Augustan poetry and Augustan prose in the period 1700-1740s . The term Augustan refers to the acknowledgement of the influence of Latin literature from the ancient Roman Republic .
In the history of the United Kingdom , the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria 's reign , from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901 . The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardian period , and its later half overlaps with the first part of the Belle Époque era of Continental Europe . In terms of moral sensibilities and political reforms , this period began with the passage of the Reform Act 1832 . There was a strong religious drive for higher moral standards led by the nonconformist churches , such as the Methodists , and the Evangelical wing of the established Church of England . Britain 's relations with the other Great Powers were driven by the colonial antagonism of the Great Game with Russia , climaxing during the Crimean War ; a Pax Britannica of international free trade was maintained by the country 's naval and industrial supremacy . Britain embarked on global imperial expansion , particularly in Asia and Africa , which made the British Empire the largest empire in history . National self-confidence peaked . Ideologically , the Victorian era witnessed resistance to the rationalism that defined the Georgian period and an increasing turn towards romanticism and even mysticism with regard to religion , social values , and arts . Domestically , the political agenda was increasingly liberal , with a number of shifts in the direction of gradual political reform , social reform , and the widening of the franchise . There were unprecedented demographic changes : the population of England and Wales almost doubled from 16.8 million in 1851 to 30.5 million in 1901 , and Scotland 's population also rose rapidly , from 2.8 million in 1851 to 4.4 million in 1901 . However , Ireland 's population decreased sharply , from 8.2 million in 1841 to less than 4.5 million in 1901 , mostly due to emigration and the Great Famine . Between 1837 and 1901 about 15 million emigrated from Great Britain , mostly to the United States , Canada , South Africa , New Zealand , and Australia .
Croome Court is a mid-18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion surrounded by extensive landscaped parkland at Croome D'Abitot , near Pershore in south Worcestershire , England . The mansion and park were designed by Lancelot Capability Brown for the 6th Earl of Coventry , and were Brown 's first landscape design and first major architectural project . Some of the mansion 's rooms were designed by Robert Adam . The mansion house is owned by Croome Heritage Trust , and is leased to the National Trust which operates it as a tourist attraction . The National Trust owns the surrounding parkland , which is also open to the public .
Besford is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire , England . According to the 2001 census it had a population of 147 . The village is near Pershore , off the road from Upton-upon-Severn . A historic house , Besford Court ( a grade II* listed building ) , is located in the village . Besford Court was once used as a school known as Besford Court Hospital . The village is reputedly haunted by the ghost of a member of the Seabright family , who appears in a nightshirt .
Lancelot Brown ( born c. 1715-16 , baptised 30 August 1716 - 6 February 1783 ) , more commonly known with the byname Capability Brown , was an English landscape architect . He is remembered as the last of the great English 18th-century artists to be accorded his due and England 's greatest gardener . He designed over 170 parks , many of which still endure . He was nicknamed Capability because he would tell his clients that their property had capability for improvement . His influence was so great that the contributions to the English garden made by his predecessors Charles Bridgeman and William Kent are often overlooked ; even Kent 's champion Horace Walpole allowed that Kent was succeeded by a very able master .
Robert Adam FRSE FRS FSA ( Scot ) FSA FRSA ( 3 July 1728 - 3 March 1792 ) was a Scottish neoclassical architect , interior designer and furniture designer . He was the son of William Adam ( 1689-1748 ) , Scotland 's foremost architect of the time , and trained under him . With his older brother John , Robert took on the family business , which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance , after William 's death . In 1754 , he left for Rome , spending nearly five years on the continent studying architecture under Charles-Louis Clérisseau and Giovanni Battista Piranesi . On his return to Britain he established a practice in London , where he was joined by his younger brother James . Here he developed the Adam Style , and his theory of movement in architecture , based on his studies of antiquity and became one of the most successful and fashionable architects in the country . Adam held the post of Architect of the King 's Works from 1761 to 1769 . Robert Adam was a leader of the first phase of the classical revival in England and Scotland from around 1760 until his death . He influenced the development of Western architecture , both in Europe and in North America . Adam designed interiors and fittings as well as houses . He served as the member of Parliament for Kinross-shire from 1768 to 1774 .
Droitwich Spa ( often abbreviated to Droitwich ) is a historic spa town in northern Worcestershire , England , on the River Salwarpe . It is located approximately 22 miles ( 35 km ) south of Birmingham and 12 miles ( 19 km ) west of Redditch . The town was called Salinae in Roman times , then later called Wyche , derived from the Anglo-Saxon Hwicce kingdom , referred to as Saltwich according to Anglo-Saxon charters , with the Droit ( meaning right in French ) added when the town was given its charter on 1 August 1215 by King John . The Spa was added in the 19th century when John Corbett developed the town 's spa facilities . The River Salwarpe running through Droitwich is likely derived from Sal meaning salt and weorp which means to throw up i.e . the river which throws up salt which overflows from the salt brines . The town is situated on massive deposits of salt , and salt has been extracted there since ancient times . The natural Droitwich brine contains 2 1⁄2 pounds per imperial gallon ( 0.25 kg/l ) of salt - ten times stronger than sea water and rivalled only by the Dead Sea . [ citation needed ]
The Droitwich transmitting station is a large broadcasting facility for long-wave and medium-wave transmissions , established in 1934 in the civil parish of Dodderhill , just outside the village of Wychbold , near Droitwich in Worcestershire , England ( grid reference SO929663 ) . The site is the location of the British Broadcasting Corporation 's most powerful long-wave transmitter , which together with the two Scottish long-wave transmitters at Burghead and Westerglen forms a network broadcasting on the same frequency . The masts can be seen to the east from the M5 motorway , between Droitwich and Bromsgrove , as well as to the west from the Herefordshire/Worcestershire border . At night , the two sets of aircraft warning lights are visible from a long distance . Due to the bright red lights illuminated at night , some locals have renamed the site the devil horns of Wychbold . The station is owned and operated by Arqiva .
The Firs : Birthplace of Sir Edward Elgar in Lower Broadheath , Worcestershire , England is a museum dedicated to the English composer Edward Elgar . On 1 September 2017 the museum reopened under National Trust stewardship . Elgar was born here on 2 June 1857 , and lived here until his family moved to Worcester two years later . The museum comprises the Birthplace Cottage and its garden , and the modern Elgar Centre , opened in 2000 , which houses further exhibitions and a function room . The Museum displays give an insight into Elgar the man and social history as well as an opportunity to see original music manuscripts . In addition to autograph music manuscripts , the Museum collection includes around 11,000 letters from and to Elgar , his friends and family ; proofs , programmes and other items connected with Elgar 's music ; family photographs and scrapbooks ; items connected with his travels and with his hobbies including golf and cycling ; personal possessions , awards and honours , and film of his later years . The cottage was established as a museum in 1934 , on Elgar 's death , by his daughter Carice Elgar Blake . For the five years 2017-2021 the museum will be administered by the National Trust on behalf of The Elgar Foundation . [ citation needed ] It greatly values the support it receives from generous donors and its friends including the Elgar Society . It has Accredited Museum status from the Arts Council England .
Broadheath with Lower Broadheath is a civil parish officially known as Lower Broadheath , in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire , England . According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,728 . The parish also includes Upper Broadheath . The village is about 3 miles north-west of Worcester . There are many housing estates in the village , including the Jacomb estate ( Jacomb Road , Jacomb Drive , Jacomb Close and Rectory Close ) . The village has a village hall , church , post office and shop , a village green ( containing a football pitch , running track and many children 's play areas ) and a large village common . There is also a primary school ( Broadheath C.E . Primary School ) . The school contains around 150 children , from the age of four up to eleven . There are also two pubs in the village . Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar . The cottage in which he was born is now a museum .
Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire , England . Its council is based in the town of Malvern , and its area covers most of the western half of the county , including the small towns of Tenbury and Upton . It was originally formed in 1974 and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1998 . In the 2011 census the population of the Malvern Hills district was 74,631 .
Sir Edward William Elgar , 1st Baronet , OM , GCVO ( /ˈɛlɡɑːr/ ; 2 June 1857 - 23 February 1934 ) was an English composer , many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire . Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations , the Pomp and Circumstance Marches , concertos for violin and cello , and two symphonies . He also composed choral works , including The Dream of Gerontius , chamber music and songs . He was appointed Master of the King 's Musick in 1924 . Although Elgar is often regarded as a typically English composer , most of his musical influences were not from England but from continental Europe . He felt himself to be an outsider , not only musically , but socially . In musical circles dominated by academics , he was a self-taught composer ; in Protestant Britain , his Roman Catholicism was regarded with suspicion in some quarters ; and in the class-conscious society of Victorian and Edwardian Britain , he was acutely sensitive about his humble origins even after he achieved recognition . He nevertheless married the daughter of a senior British army officer . She inspired him both musically and socially , but he struggled to achieve success until his forties , when after a series of moderately successful works his Enigma Variations ( 1899 ) became immediately popular in Britain and overseas . He followed the Variations with a choral work , The Dream of Gerontius ( 1900 ) , based on a Roman Catholic text that caused some disquiet in the Anglican establishment in Britain , but it became , and has remained , a core repertory work in Britain and elsewhere . His later full-length religious choral works were well received but have not entered the regular repertory . In his fifties , Elgar composed a symphony and a violin concerto that were immensely successful .
The Forge Mill Needle Museum in Redditch , Worcestershire , is a historic museum depicting Redditch 's Industrial Heritage . Opened in 1983 by Queen Elizabeth II , it records how in Victorian times , Redditch was the international centre of the needle and fishing tackle industry and once produced 90% of the world 's needles . Models and recreated scenes provide a vivid illustration of how needles were once made , and the museum organises many exhibitions , demonstration , and workshops on how needles were used in the textile industry . Forge Mill Museum is open to visitors from February to November . Site tours of National Needle Museum , Forge Mill and the neighbouring Bordesley Abbey can be arranged by contacting the Museum .
Redditch is a town , and local government district in north-east Worcestershire , England , approximately 15 miles ( 24 km ) south of Birmingham . The district has a population of 110,000 as of 2019 . In the 19th century it became the international centre for the needle and fishing tackle industry . At one point 90% of the world 's needles were manufactured in the town and its neighbourhoods . In the 1960s it became a model for modern new town planning .
Sir ( Sydney ) Gordon Russell , CBE , MC , RDI , FSIA ( 20 May 1892 - 7 October 1980 ) was an English designer , craftsman and educationist .
Greyfriars , Worcester is a Grade I listed building in Worcester , England . Its location near to a former friary of the Franciscan order of Greyfriars has in the past led to speculation that it was constructed as their guest house , but it is now believed to have been built as a house and brew-house c.1485 for Thomas Grene , brewer and High Bailiff of Worcester from 1493-1497 . It has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1966 .
Hagley Hall is a Grade I listed 18th-century house in Hagley , Worcestershire , the home of the Lyttelton family . It was the creation of George , 1st Lord Lyttelton ( 1709-1773 ) , secretary to Frederick , Prince of Wales , poet and man of letters and briefly Chancellor of the Exchequer . Before the death of his father ( Sir Thomas Lyttelton ) in 1751 , he began to landscape the grounds in the new Picturesque style , and between 1754 and 1760 it was he who was responsible for the building of the Neo-Palladian house that survives to this day . After a fire in 1925 , most of the house was restored , but the uppermost floor of the servants ' quarters was not , which means that the present roof line between the towers is lower than it was when first constructed . The estate fell into disrepair and incurred a mounting debt beginning in the 1970s . The 11th Viscount Cobham was forced to sell off large tracts of estate land to keep it afloat ( in addition to paying for his high-profile divorce ) . His brother and successor Christopher Charles Lyttelton , 12th Viscount Cobham began restoration works in both the main house and the park . The park is open to the public and part of the house is available as a venue for hire . As of 2012 [ update ] , the hall is the family home to Christopher Charles Lyttelton , 12th Viscount Cobham and his wife Tessa .
Hagley is a large village and civil parish in Worcestershire , England . It is on the boundary of the West Midlands and Worcestershire counties between the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley and Kidderminster . As of December 2016 it had an estimated population of 6,097 .
Hanbury Hall is a large 18th century stately home standing in parkland at Hanbury , Worcestershire . The main range has two storeys and is built of red brick in the Queen Anne style . It is a Grade I listed building , and the associated Orangery and Long Gallery pavilion ranges are listed Grade II* . It is managed by the National Trust , and is open to the public .
Hanbury is a rural village in Worcestershire , England near Droitwich Spa and the M5 motorway .
What later came to be known as the William and Mary style is a furniture design common from 1700 to 1725 in the Netherlands , the Kingdom of England , the Kingdom of Scotland , and later , in England 's American colonies . It was a transitional style between Mannerist furniture and Queen Anne furniture . Sturdy , emphasizing both straight lines and curves , and featuring elaborate carving and woodturning , the style was one of the first to imitate Asian design elements such as japanning .
Harvington Hall is a moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house in the hamlet of Harvington in the civil parish of Chaddesley Corbett , south-east of Kidderminster in the English county of Worcestershire . It is open to the public .
Chaddesley Corbett is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire , England . The Anglican and secular versions of the parish include other named neighbourhoods , once farmsteads or milling places : Bluntington , Brockencote , Mustow Green , Cakebole , Outwood , Harvington , and Drayton . This is also the birthplace of the mighty Chaddesley Ravens , the current Worcstershire County Cup champions .
Worcester ( /ˈwʊstər/ ( listen ) WUUS-tər ) is a cathedral city in Worcestershire , England , 30 miles ( 48 km ) south-west of Birmingham , 101 miles ( 163 km ) west-north-west of London , 27 miles ( 43 km ) north of Gloucester and 23 miles ( 37 km ) north-east of Hereford . The population is about 100,000 . The River Severn flanks the western side of the city centre , which is overlooked by Worcester Cathedral . The Battle of Worcester in 1651 was the final battle of the English Civil War , where Oliver Cromwell 's New Model Army defeated King Charles II 's Royalists . Worcester is known as the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain , composer Edward Elgar , Lea & Perrins , makers of traditional Worcestershire sauce , University of Worcester , and Berrow 's Worcester Journal , claimed to be the world 's oldest newspaper .
The University of Worcester is a public research university , based in Worcester , United Kingdom . Worcester is the only university serving the English counties of Worcestershire and Herefordshire . With a history dating back to 1946 , the university began awarding degrees in 1997 and was granted full university status in 2005 .
Kidderminster is a historic minster and market town in Worcestershire , England , 17 miles ( 27 km ) south-west of Birmingham and 15 miles ( 24 km ) north of Worcester . Located north of the River Stour and east of the River Severn , in the 2011 census , it had a population of 55,530 . The town is twinned with Husum , Germany . The town is the main administration center for the wider Wyre Forest District , which includes the towns of Stourport and Bewdley , along with other outlying settlements .
Little Malvern Priory , in the village of Little Malvern near Malvern , Worcestershire , was a Benedictine monastery c. 1171-1537 . It was founded from Worcester Cathedral . Little remains of the 12th-century church , which was rebuilt in 1480-1482 . The site is now occupied by house named Little Malvern Court , which has limited public opening . The present building comprises a medieval chancel and crossing tower , and a modern west porch on the site of the east bays of the nave . The transepts and the two chapels flanking the choir are in ruins . The grade I listed Little Malvern Priory church , dedicated to St Giles , is adjacent . See Abbeys and priories in England for a complete list of English abbeys and priories . National Grid reference : SO770404 .
Little Malvern is a small village and civil parish in Worcestershire , England . It is situated on the lower slopes of the Malvern Hills , south of Malvern Wells , near Great Malvern , the major centre of the area often referred to as The Malverns . Little Malvern shares a parish council with Welland , with 2 of the 11 councillors .
The Benedictines , officially the Order of Saint Benedict ( Latin : Ordo Sancti Benedicti , abbreviated as OSB ) , are a monastic Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that follow the Rule of Saint Benedict . They are also sometimes called the Black Monks , in reference to the colour of the members ' religious habits . Despite being called an order , the Benedictines do not operate under a single hierarchy but are instead organised as a collection of independent monastic communities , with each community ( monastery , priory or abbey ) within the order maintaining its autonomy . Unlike other religious orders , the Benedictines do not have a superior general or motherhouse with universal jurisdiction . Instead , the order is represented internationally by the Benedictine Confederation , an organization that was set up in 1893 to represent the order 's shared interests .