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History :
History Alcester
Historical significance
In Roman times Alcester (Alauna) was a walled town and Roman fort of
some importance[citation needed] being located at a junction between
the Ryknild Street Roman road and the ancient Saltway from Droitwich
and the roman road from Stratford upon Avon and the Fosse way.
An important market town, Alcester was the site of a Benedictine
monastery founded in the middle of the 12th century by Ralph le
Boteler.[1] The monastery was once a thriving one. In 1318 Walter de
Beauchamp, who had a seat in the neighborhood, complained to the abbot
of the monastery that some of his monks had removed Beauchamp's
possessions from his manor.[loft] At the Dissolution, King Henry VIII
granted the monastery to the Greville family.
The town today includes a number of preserved Tudor and other houses,
notably those near the parish church, in Butter Street and in Malt Mill
Lane. The Old Rectory, situated directly in front of the church, is a
particularly interesting example of Georgian architecture. A number of
fine Victorian additions have been made at the rear of the house. The
clock on St Nicholas' church is in an unusual position on the
south-west corner of the 14th century tower, making it visible from the
main High Street. The church also houses the tomb of Fulke Greville,
grandfather of Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke.