Alfrick

Human settlement in England

Alfrick

District

Malvern Hills

Worcestershire

Region

West Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWorcesterPostcode districtWR6Dialling code01886PoliceWest MerciaFire Hereford and Worcester Ambulance West Midlands

List of places: UK; England; Worcestershire

52°10′N 2°23′W / 52.17°N 2.38°W / 52.17; -2.38

Alfrick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, about seven miles west of Worcester.

Amenities

The 2021 census counted 528 people.^[1] Once an agricultural farming village, Alfrick is now mainly a dormitory village for nearby Worcester and Malvern.

Alfrick is probably currently best known for the annual Alfrick and Lulsley Village Show which attracts visitors from across the West Midlands.

There is a village hall and a recreational field. The war memorial on the village green ^[2] lists the names of 95 men killed in war. The village shop and Post Office closed in July 2011 when the owners retired. In June 2012 The Alfrick and Lulsley Community Shop opened. It is a community-owned food shop, café and Post Office run by a part-time manager and several volunteers.

Nearby is the Knapp and Papermill nature reserve owned by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. In 2012 the Trust agreed to buy a small area of woodland adjoining the reserve.^[3]

History

Alfrick was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.^[4]

Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Alfrick Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.^[5]

The village had a pub, the Swan, in its centre until about 2000.

The village church is dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene ^[6] It has original sandstone window casings, Dutch stained glass and exposed internal roof beams. On the exterior of its tower is a sundial ^[7]

References

^ "Alfrick". City population. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ Parish council web site (accessed June 2006)
^ Rob Allen March 2013 Buy or not to buy, pp58-59 Worcestershire Life Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
^ Vanessa Morgan 2011 Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
^ Vanessa Morgan 2011 Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
^ (The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland).
^ Local enterprise offering free range eggs, butchery & livestock.