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History :
History Kidderminster
The land around Kidderminster seems to have first been populated by the
Husmerae, and Anglo-Saxon tribe first mentioned in the Ismere Diploma,
a document in which Ethelbald of Mercia granted a 'parcel of land of
ten hides' to Cynebehrt [1]. This became the settlement of
Stour-in-Usmere, which was later the subject of a territorial dispute
settled by Offa of Mercia in 781, where he restored certain rights to
Bishop Heathored[2].
This allowed for the creation of a monastery or minstre in the area,
and the earliest written form of the name Kidderminster (Chedeminstre)
was not seen until it appeared in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was a
large manor held by William I with 16 outlying settlements (Bristitune,
Fastochesfeld, Franche, Habberley, Hurcott, Mitton, Oldington,
Ribbesford, Sudwale, Sutton, Teulesberge, Trimpley, Wannerton and
Wribbenhall). Various spellings were in use - Kedeleministre or
Kideministre (in the 12th and 13th centuries), Kidereministre
(13th-15th centuries) - until the name of the town was settled as
Kidderminster by the 16th century [loft cost].
Between 1156 and 1162 Henry II granted the manor to his steward,
Manasser Biset, and as the settlement grew a fair (1228) and later a
market (1240) were established there.[ loft cost price ].
In a visit to the town sometime around 1540, King's Antiquary John
Leland noted that Kidderminster “standeth most by
clothing”[].
King Charles I granted the Borough of Kidderminster a Charter in
1636[2].
A parliamentary report of 1777 listed Kidderminster Borough as having a
parish workhouse accommodating up to 70 inmates. Under the so-called
Gilbert's Act of 1782 Kidderminster Union was established for the
purpose of relieving the indigent poor.
Canal lock, with St Mary and All Saints Church in the distance
Kidderminster has two so-called "Commissioner Churches". The first was
St. George's church, on Radford Avenue. This was designed by Francis
Goodwin and built in 1821-1824,[3] finally being consecrated in April
1824. It had the third largest grant by the Commission, of just over
£17,000.00, of any church outside London.[4] The second
church was St. John's church, on the Bewdley Road. This church was
built in 1843 and the architect was Matthew Steele, although the grant
in this case was just over £4,000.[4]
Under the Local Government Act 1972, it was proposed for Kidderminster
to be part of the West Midlands metropolitan county, but it was
scrapped after the proposed county boundary was trimmed back to
Stourbridge.
Arley, Highley, Alveley, Bridgnorth,
Telford Wolverley, Cookley, Kinver,
Enville, Wolverhampton Blakedown, Hagley,
Stourbridge, Dudley, Birmingham
Bewdley, Ludlow
Belbroughton
Kidderminster
Tenbury Wells, Leominster Stourport,
Hartlebury, Worcester Bromsgrove,
Droitwich