North Malvern
| North Malvern | |
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 North Malvern from End Hill. | |
| OS grid reference | SO7747 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MALVERN |
| Postcode district | WR14 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament |
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North Malvern is a suburb of Malvern, Worcestershire, England. It nestles on the northern slopes of the Malvern Hills. It is a contiguous urban extension of Link Top, and other neighbouring centres of population are Great Malvern, Malvern Link, West Malvern and the former village of Cowleigh. It is part of the civil parish of Malvern, administered by the Malvern Hills District, and is included in the informal region known as The Malverns.
Architecture
Historic buildings include the Clock Tower near Tank Quarry, with its modern work of art the Cascade Gates (2007) in welded steel, by artist and sculptor Rose Garrard, the 18th century North Malvern House (formerly a public house now flats) and the Victorian building of the former North Malvern school.
Religious buildings in the North Malvern area include: Holy Trinity Church (CofE),[1] St. Peters church (CoE) and St. Joseph's (RC). [2] Above North Malvern lie the now defunct quarries of Tank Quarry, North Quarry, and Scar Quarry that were a major feature of local industry until about 1960. The dynamite detonations and the accompanying rock fall that could be heard for miles around were a familiar sound backdrop in the area.[3]
Education
North Malvern is home to Northleigh primary school, which is a Church of England (CofE) voluntary aided school.
Notable people
Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, lived in Malvern for a while after being forced out of Ethiopia by the Italian invasion in the late 1930s. During this time he attended services at Holy Trinity Church in Link Top and his granddaughters and daughters of court officials were educated at Clarendon School in North Malvern.[4][5]
North Malvern in cultural life
The Tank Quarry on North Hill was used as a location in the Dr Who serial The Krotons, which was broadcast in four weekly parts from December 28, 1968 to January 18, 1969.[6]
References
- ^ Holy Trinity Church Retrieved April 2006
- ^ St Joseph Catholic Church 7 February 2010
- ^ North Malvern quarries Retrieved 7 February 2010
- ^ "Emperor's life in town is recalled in BBC film". Malvern Gazette. Newsquest Media Group. 14 February 2003. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
- ^ "'Princesses were my school chums'". Malvern Gazette. Newsquest Media Group. 05 May 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2011.
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External links
- The Clock Tower (BBC site) (accessed April 2006)
- Malvern Gazette Local Malvern weekly newspaper
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