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Additions corresponding to the Great part of Great Malvern, made to distinguish the settlement from Little Malvern, are first attested in 1228 (Magna Malverna, using the Latin word for "great") and 1521 (Moche Malv'ne, using the English word much). Great Malvern in turn then gave its name to the whole range of hills beside which it lies, the ...
Great Malvern Priory in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery (c. 1075 – 1540) and is now an Anglican parish church. In 1949 it was designated a Grade I listed building . [ 1 ]
Detail of buildings and shops in Church Street, Great Malvern. Malvern's rapid urbanisation during the latter half of the 19th century spread eastwards and northwards from Great Malvern, the traditional town centre on the steep flank of the Worcestershire Beacon, and engulfed the manors and farms in the immediate area.
The station drinking fountain, a Malvern spring water spout, gets "well dressed" every year. Naturally in 2010 the theme of the decorations was railways. Great Malvern railway station is one of two stations serving the town of Malvern, Worcestershire, England (the other being Malvern Link station) on the Hereford to Worcester section of the Cotswold Line.
Location: Avenue Road, Great Malvern, within 200 metres of Great Malvern station and Malvern St James independent girls school. Parish: Christ Church. [14] Built: 1875, the church is a Grade II listed building, [15] and an English Heritage grant (2015) aided place of worship, [16]
In 1925, the property was purchased by Malvern Urban District Council, to serve as its headquarters. The grounds were annexed to become part of Priory Park. Following local government re-organisation in 1974, [9] the building became the offices and meeting place of Malvern Hills District Council, which converted the gymnasium into its council ...
On his death in 1846, she gained control of extensive estates in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Staffordshire. She also became Lady of the Manor of Wednesbury and of Great Malvern. [1] The inherited estate in the 1883 generated close to £15,000 a year. [2] She presided over the rapid growth of Great Malvern during the middle of the ...
Walcher was from Lotharingia, a region influenced by the new scientific ideas coming from Spain, [3] and arrived in England around 1091. Using an astrolabe to measure the time of several solar and lunar eclipses with an accuracy of about fifteen minutes, he computed a set of tables giving the time of the new moons from 1036 through 1111, which were considered important for medical astrology. [4]