Lower Broadheath
| Lower Broadheath | |
|---|---|
 Edward Elgar's birthplace in Broadheath | |
  Lower Broadheath Location within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 1,728 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SO8156 |
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| District | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WORCESTER |
| Postcode district | WR2 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament |
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Lower Broadheath is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,728.[1] The parish also includes Upper Broadheath.
The village is about 3 miles north-west of Worcester.
There are many housing estates in the village, including the Jacomb estate (Jacomb Road, Jacomb Drive, Jacomb Close and Rectory Close).
The village has a village hall, church, post office and shop, a village green (containing a football pitch, running track and many children's play areas) and a large village common. There is also a primary school (Broadheath C.E. Primary School). The school contains around 150 children, from the age of four up to eleven. There are also two pubs in the village.
History[edit]
Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar.[2] The cottage in which he was born is now the Elgar Birthplace Museum.[3] The village was originally in the parish of Hallow until Christchurch church was consecrated in 1904. The church bell is thought to be 500 years old.
References[edit]
- ^ "KS101EW Usual resident population". ONS Data Explorer (Beta). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Kennedy, Michael (2004), "'Elgar, Sir Edward William, baronet (1857–1934)'", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32988, retrieved 2 June 2011
- ^ Cavendish, Richard (11 November 1994). "The Elgar Birthplace Museum". History Today. 44 (11). Retrieved 21 April 2016.
External links[edit]
Media related to Lower Broadheath at Wikimedia Commons- Lower Broadheath official web site.
- The Church (photos) at Lower Broadheath. Retrieved 23 May 2009
- The Elgar Birthplace
- Listing at the Worcester branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry website
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