Wick, Worcestershire

Wick
Wick Manor
Wick  Wick shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference	SO965455
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PERSHORE
Postcode district	WR10
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire

Wick is a village in the district of Wychavon in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is located 2 miles from the town of Pershore in the Vale of Evesham, and nestles in a large bend in the River Avon. It is bounded by areas of parkland listed by the Wychavon District Council as Locally Important Parks and Gardens.

History

Records of the settlement date from Saxon times. In 709 CE, Offa, King of Mercia and Coenred and King of East Saxons granted Wikewane, which was made up of seven farms to Bishop Egwin of Worcester for his newly created monastery in Evesham. Domesday archives record that parts of Wick had belonged to the land of Pershore Abbey that was confiscated in the 11th century by Edward the Confessor and given to Westminster Abbey.

The manor of Wike Burnell was a substantial country house, known to have been in existence at 1500 with extensive parkland. During its existence, its owners included owners included Lord Latimer, involved in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1538, Katherine Parr, and Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Thomas Anthony Babbington, executed in 1588 for plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth.

St Mary's Church

The oldest surviving building in Wick is the 12th century church of which parts of the original structure survive in the foundations and stone columns.