Elmley Lovett

Elmley Lovett
St Michael's church is a grand and medievalesque reconstruction of a much earlier church, such as its centuries-old spire
Steps and trees at Elmley Lovett, sketched in 1850
Elmley Lovett is located in Worcestershire
Elmley Lovett
Elmley Lovett
Location within Worcestershire
Area7.82 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population334 (2021 census)[1]
• Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Civil parish
  • Elmbridge
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDroitwich
Postcode districtWR9
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°19′N 2°11′W / 52.32°N 2.19°W / 52.32; -2.19
Tree-lined drive to St Michael's Church
Roman finger-ring Elmley Lovett third century AD

Elmley Lovett in Worcestershire, England is a civil parish whose residents' homes are quite loosely clustered east of its Hartlebury Trading Estate, as well as in minor neighbourhood Cutnall Green to the near south-east. The latter is a loosely linear settlement that includes a pub-restaurant and farm shop on the Elmley Lovett side of the boundaries; it continues passing its near-square public green into the parish of Elmbridge, a similarly sized parish over to the east.[2][3]

The village is 5 miles (8 km) NNW of Droitwich, but Cutnall Green is closer to 4 miles.[4] Coastal climate prevails in the area.[5] The average annual temperature is 8 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is 17 °C, and the coldest is December, with 0 °C.[6]

The name of the parish means "clearing of the elm trees", and the family name "Lovett" appears to have been added in the thirteenth century following landowner intermarriage by the Lovett family.[7]

A rare snowdrop has been named after Elmley Lovett, Galanthus elwesii 'Elmley Lovett' (popularly: Galanthus Elmley Lovett).[8]

The village has traceable historical roots and many scheduled historical remains.

  1. ^ "Elmley Lovett (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location".
  2. ^ "Parish web-site". Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  3. ^ Ecclesiastical parish map
  4. ^ "Parishes: Elmley Lovett | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  5. ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11: pages. 1633-1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016. (Coordinates 52°19′26″N 2°11′47″W / 52.32393°N 2.19646°W / 52.32393; -2.19646)
  7. ^ "Elmley Lovett :: Survey of English Place-Names". epns.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Galanthus elwesii 'Elmley Lovett' | /RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 15 July 2023.