Lower Broadheath is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,728.[1] The parish also includes Upper Broadheath.
| Lower Broadheath | |
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 Edward Elgar's birthplace in Broadheath | |
  Lower Broadheath Location within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 1,728 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SO8156 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WORCESTER |
| Postcode district | WR2 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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The village is about 3 miles north-west of Worcester.
There are many housing estates in the village, including the Jacomb estate (Jacomb Road, Jacomb Drive, Jacomb Close and Rectory Close).
The village has a village hall, church, post office and shop, a village green (containing a football pitch, running track and many children's play areas) and a large village common. There is also a primary school (Broadheath C.E. Primary School). The school contains around 150 children, from the age of four up to eleven. There are also two pubs in the village.
History
editBroadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar.[2] The cottage in which he was born is now the Elgar Birthplace Museum.[3] The village was originally in the parish of Hallow until Christchurch church was consecrated in 1904. The church bell is thought to be 500 years old. The District Councillor of Lower Broadheath is Daniel Walton, who was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023.
References
edit- ^ "KS101EW Usual resident population". ONS Data Explorer (Beta). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ Kennedy, Michael (2004), "'Elgar, Sir Edward William, baronet (1857–1934)'", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32988, retrieved 2 June 2011
- ^ Cavendish, Richard (11 November 1994). "The Elgar Birthplace Museum". History Today. 44 (11). Retrieved 21 April 2016.
External links
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Media related to Lower Broadheath at Wikimedia Commons- Lower Broadheath official web site.
- The Church (photos) at Lower Broadheath. Retrieved 23 May 2009
- The Elgar Birthplace
- Listing at the Worcester branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry website
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