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Areley Kings

Areley Kings

Human settlement in England

Areley Kings is a village on the River Severn, in the civil parish of Stourport-on-Severn, in the Wyre Forest of Worcestershire, England. It is 10 miles north of Worcester and south of Stourport on Severn. It is in the Wyre Forest. The village is featured in the Domesday Book and is home to many historical places of interest such as Areley Hall and St Bartholomew's Church.

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History

See also: History of Worcestershire

The manor of Areley Kings was from early times part of the manor of Martley and the rector of Martley still has the right to appoint the rector at Areley Kings. The manor of Areley originated in a fishery at "Ernel" which, with the land belonging to it, was granted by the Empress Matilda to Bordesley Abbey upon its foundation in 1136, and retained until the Dissolution.

Prince Rupert of the Rhine is rumoured to have slept a night at Areley House during the English Civil War.

Areley Kings was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.[1]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 940.[2] On 1 April 1933 the parish was abolished and merged with Stourport on Severn and Astley.[3]

Church

St Bartholomew's Church

St Bartholomew's Parish Church at Areley Kings was founded as a Norman Church, with a continuous history and a partial re-building by the Victorians. The church is probably first mentioned in the preface of the Brut of Laȝamon, who wrote sometime between 1189 and 1207. He describes himself as a priest at Erneleye, at a noble church upon Severn's bank. He wrote a history of England, partly legendary, partly factual, translating earlier writings from Latin and French. The discovery, during rebuilding, of the base of a Norman font under the nave floor with an inscription containing the name of Layamon, establishes the connection with the writer and shows that a church existed here c. 1200.

The Church House

The church complex includes a Queen Anne Rectory and medieval timber-framed church house.

Notable people

References

  1. [1]
    Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
  2. [2]
    "Population statistics Areley Kings CP/AP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Relationships and changes Areley Kings CP/AP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. [4]
    K. L. Parry Companion to Congregational Praise1953 p201 Independent Press, London.
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