Alfrick Pound is a small village in the
county of
Worcestershire, England, in the
United Kingdom.
Location
Alfrick Pound village is located on the edge of the
Malvern Hills area, approximately ten miles west of
Worcester near the
Suckley Hills and is set in a very rural area.
History and amenities
It has a very small population of residents and a small number of properties. History tells us that the Alfrick Pound was once an area where stray livestock were held in a
pound
Pound or Pounds may refer to:
Units
* Pound (currency), a unit of currency
* Pound sterling, the official currency of the United Kingdom
* Pound (mass), a unit of mass
* Pound (force), a unit of force
* Rail pound, in rail profile
Symbols
* Po ...
until the owner was traced or turned up to reclaim them, incurring a small fine in order to do so.
Many of the original houses that stand are
half-timbered
Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...
cottage
A cottage, during Feudalism in England, England's feudal period, was the holding by a cottager (known as a Cotter (farmer), cotter or ''bordar'') of a small house with enough garden to feed a family and in return for the cottage, the cottager ...
s, an old
pub (once called the Wobbly Wheel Inn),
a small village school, bakery and even a small police house. None of these are still used for their original purpose and have been modernised and made into private residences though still revealing their old architecture.
A small lane
opposite the old Wobbly wheel Inn leads up to the Knapp Nature Reserve.
References
External links
Alfrick and Lulsley villages community website including Alfrick Poundphotos of Alfrick Pound and surrounding area on geograph
Villages in Worcestershire
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