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Wick, Worcestershire
Coordinates: 52°06′23″N 2°03′00″W / 52.1064°N Fire Hereford and Worcester
2.050066°W / 52.1064; -2.050066 Ambulance West Midlands
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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 Lo-
cally Important Parks and Gardens.
Wick Manor
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.[1] 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 ex-
tensive parkland. During its existence, its owners includ-
ed owners included Lord Latimer, involved in the Pil-
grimage of Grace in 1538, Katherine Parr, and Sir Walter
Raleigh, and Sir Thomas Anthony Babbington, executed
Wick in 1588 for plotting to kill Queen Elizabeth.
Wick shown within Worcestershire
OS grid reference SO965455 St Mary’s Church
District Wychavon The oldest surviving building in Wick is the 12th century
Shire county Worcestershire church of which parts of the original structure survive in
Region West Midlands the foundations and stone columns.
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PERSHORE
References
Postcode district WR10 [1] [1] Worcestershire County Council: Tourism
Police West Mercia
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