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Evesham (/ ˈ iː v (ɪ) ʃ ə m, ˈ iː s ə m /) [2] is a market town and parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is located roughly equidistant between Worcester, Cheltenham and Stratford-upon-Avon.
Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by a swineherd by the name of Eof. [ 1 ] According to the monastic history, Evesham came through the Norman Conquest unusually well, because of a quick approach by Abbot Æthelwig to William the ...
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Evesham Bell Tower is the freestanding belfry for the town of Evesham, Worcestershire.Originally founded in 1207 by Adam Sortes, [1] the present tower, the fourth to stand on the same site, was founded and built by Clement Lichfield, Abbot of Evesham, as the bell tower for Evesham Abbey in the 16th century. [2]
On 12 February, a VC ambush had killed nine Marines from Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines. [2]: 345 A five-man Marine "hunter-killer" patrol led by Lance Corporal Randell D. Herrod, who had been in the country for seven months, alongside Private Thomas R. Boyd Jr., PFC Samuel G. Green, PFC Michael A. Schwarz and Lance Corporal Michael S. Krichten had been in Vietnam for only a month, was ...
In 2000, after the Regal was put up for sale, the Evesham Regal Trust was founded, a charity dedicated to preserving the cinema. [4] The building was given listed status, Grade II, by Historic England on 13 November 2000. [1] The cinema closed in 2003 and remained unused for a number of years.
The first municipal building in Evesham was a medieval guildhall in Bridge Street close to the bridge across the River Avon. [2] After the old guildhall fell into a state of disrepair, civic leaders briefly used the black and white timber-framed Round House (also known as the Booth Hall) in Bridge Street for their meetings until the town hall ...
Evesham was a parliamentary constituency in Worcestershire which was represented in the English and later British House of Commons. Originally a parliamentary borough consisting of the town of Evesham , it was first represented in 1295.