Rock, Worcestershire
Rock | |
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The Rock Cross Inn, Rock | |
Location within Worcestershire | |
Population | 2,366 |
OS grid reference | SO735712 |
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Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KIDDERMINSTER |
Postcode district | DY14 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Rock is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, which lies south-west of Bewdley. It had a population of 2,366 in 2001.[1]
Rock was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[2] It is a geographically large civil parish, including various settlements including Far Forest.
A grammar school was established in King Edward VI's reign. The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre provides secondary education for pupils from the area.
The church contains a number of Herefordshire School Romanesque carvings.[3] The local church has a major congregation, and the village hall always has local events taking place from weddings to the Rock Show.
There is a moated site, and earthworks showing remains of a medieval village, near the church.
In the parish is Fingerpost, the junction of the A456 and A4117 roads. The parish council erected a large commemorative stone near the junction for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.[4]
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