Kerswell Green

Kerswell Green
Row of houses
Kerswell Green is located in Worcestershire
Kerswell Green
Kerswell Green
Location within Worcestershire
OS grid referenceSO861466
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWORCESTER
Postcode districtWR5
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°07′05″N 2°12′14″W / 52.118101°N 2.203875°W / 52.118101; -2.203875

Kerswell Green is a village in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England.[1] It is within the civil parish of Kempsey.[2]

Kerswell Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed timber-framed, painted brick building dating from late medieval times and extended in the 17th century. The listing details show it as gable ended and with a thatched roof.[3]

St John the Baptist, Church of England was built circa 1884 as a chapel of ease or mission church to Kempsey parish church.[4] It is closed for worship.[5]

On 23 July 1933 there was a dispute over the erection of a fence barring a footpath. Some parishioners wanted to enforce a claimed right of way but were met with determined opposition. The report in the Evesham Standard said two palings were wrenched off the fence but the attackers were forced to retreat. Two policemen observed the proceedings and one tried to act as peacemaker. A degree of calm ensued while one policeman rescued a cat trapped up a tree. After the respite the fence was breached, but soon re-erected.[6] An inquiry had been held earlier in the year by Upton District Council but the matter rested owing to insufficient proof of the existence of a right of way.[7]

In 2009 approval was given to replace a septic tank serving seven houses with a sewage pumping station.[8]

Kerswell Green Church
  1. ^ "Kerswell Green, Malvern Hills - area information, map". OS GetOutside. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Home - Kempsey Parish Council". www.kempseyhub.co.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ^ Historic England. "Kerswell Green Farmhouse (1323684)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Kempsey". Weekly Supplement to the Worcestershire Chronicle. 21 January 1888. p. 2. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Kerswell Green: St John the Baptist - CHR Church". facultyonline.churchofengland.org. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Right of way dispute at Kempsey". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. No. 1966. 29 July 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Kempsey footpath". Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer. No. 1969. 19 August 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 11 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ Rogers, Lauren (15 July 2009). "Sewage pumping station gets go ahead". Worcester News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.