Childs Wickham
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Childswickham is a village in Worcestershire
, England
, situated within the flat open
landscape of the Vale of Evesham, between the Bredon and Cotswold Hills, two miles from Broadway. It is an area
predominantly of market gardening, arable and
pasture land, with surrounding fields defined
by hedgerows.
Being on the edge of the North Cotswolds it has a mixture of building styles, from Cotswold limestone to red brick, to the more traditional Worcestershire black and white half timber and thatch. The earliest buildings are timber framed with wattle and daub and Cotswold limestone.
The name Childswickham is believed to have derived from 'Child', the young son of a nobleman, 'wick', a clearing in the wood and 'ham', short for hamlet.
Its history can be traced back to Roman times as coins and pottery of this era were found in fields on the old Roman road from Worcester to London which came through the village.
The 15th century spire of the original Norman church, St Mary the Virgin, is a local landmark and can be seen for several miles.
Childswickham was a part of Gloucestershire until 1931.
North Cotswolds Village News
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, situated within the flat open
landscape of the Vale of Evesham, between the Bredon and Cotswold Hills, two miles from Broadway. It is an area
predominantly of market gardening, arable and
pasture land, with surrounding fields defined
by hedgerows.
Being on the edge of the North Cotswolds it has a mixture of building styles, from Cotswold limestone to red brick, to the more traditional Worcestershire black and white half timber and thatch. The earliest buildings are timber framed with wattle and daub and Cotswold limestone.
The name Childswickham is believed to have derived from 'Child', the young son of a nobleman, 'wick', a clearing in the wood and 'ham', short for hamlet.
Its history can be traced back to Roman times as coins and pottery of this era were found in fields on the old Roman road from Worcester to London which came through the village.
The 15th century spire of the original Norman church, St Mary the Virgin, is a local landmark and can be seen for several miles.
Childswickham was a part of Gloucestershire until 1931.
North Cotswolds Village News