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Hampton Ferry, Memories
First placed here by the monks of Evesham Abbey in the thirteenth century to enable them to tend the vineyard that they planted on Clarkes Hill, the original use of the cottage was a wine store. Their system of pulling the ferry rope between two stauntions to get across the river is still used to this very day, in spite of mechanical devices being experimented with, nothing is as easy or secure as the monks original method. The Huxley family moved into the Ferry house in 1929 and their descendants still run the Ferry.
A memory of Evesham contributed by diana raphael
Workman family
My grandmother was born in Bishampton 1891, Maggie Elizabeth Workman, daughter to Honeybourn and Emma Spires. Her aunt Sarah Spires donated a large sum of money to the church, there is a plaque to say.
Honeybourn's father was George Workman, he married Margaret Standley. Does anyone have information? I would appreciate any information, photos etc.
annieseed@hotmail.co.uk
A memory of Bishampton contributed by ANN SEEDHOUSE
Hamgreen
From 1933 to 1939 I lived at Hamgreen Farm, then we moved to Lighthorne, Warwickshire two days before war was declared. In 1948 April the first I sailed for Canada, 60 years ago. If you have a book or info on the Wormington family I would be very interested in purchasing, we are a very old family, we have traced to the 13th century, you could possibly have some info.
A memory of Wormington contributed by roy wormington
Davis Family History
I have been researching the Davis family, who lived on Feckenham Square for many years. My grandfather used to tell us that he remembers going to his grandparent's house when he was a boy in the early 1900s. I have found family members living here as early as 1861, although they certainly lived in the village before then. I live in Australia, and I would dearly love to see these places one day.
A memory of Feckenham contributed by Lynda Moore
Extracts From Middle Littleton & Worcestershire books
This detail from R84041 brings the Palace Theatre into more prominence. Although it still survives, it no longer looks quite the same; a box-shaped extension was added to it in the 1970s, replacing its attractive three-storey brick-built neighbour.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
Holy Trinity Church was built in 1856, designed by Henry Day in the Early English style. Close by stands Lickey Grange, the former home of Lord Austin (1866-1941), who founded the nearby Longbridge car factory in 1905. The renowned Austin Seven was designed in the billiard room at Lickey Grange by Austin himself and Stanley Edge.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
Lickey village is an unremarkable sort of place, but the name is famous among railway buffs because the two-mile Lickey Incline (between Bromsgrove and Barnt Green) is, almost incredibly, the steepest stretch of mainline railway in Britain. In the days of steam, at least one extra banking engine (often more) was required to push each train up the Lickey. The most famous of the bankers was Big Bertha, which clocked up 800,000 miles on the Lickey between 1920 and 1956. Even in a modern train, the change in gear is obvious as it tackles the incline.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
This view could be Cofton Woods, Pinfield Wood or Lickey Warren, among others. In the Middle Ages the whole area was densely wooded with patches of heathland and small clearings for agriculture and settlement. It was Royal Forest for a time, but it was confirmed as common land by Edward I. However, just as the railway in 1840 opened up the Lickeys to day trippers, local landowners were enclosing land to keep the public out. The Birmingham Association for the Preservation of Open Spaces was formed to fight against encroachment, and Birmingham Corporation gradually acquired much of the area, partly through donations from the Cadburys. Eventually, almost the whole of the wooded area of the Lickeys was preserved for the public.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".
The Old Rose and Crown is near the bottom of Rose Hill, a former Roman road which later formed part of the Birmingham-Bristol road; it became a toll road in 1726. In 1758 a regular stagecoach service was established between Birmingham and Worcester, with The Rose and Crown a popular stop en route. When a new road with easier gradients was opened through Rubery in 1831, the Rose Hill route was no longer used by coaches and The New Rose and Crown opened at Rubery. The Rose and Crown at Rednal became The Old Rose and Crown.
An extract from from"Redditch Living Memories".