Cookhill is a village and

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, England, on the county border near

Alcester Alcester ( ) is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon District in Warwickshire, England. It is west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 7 miles south of Redditch. The town dates back to the times of Roman ...

. It is close to a former Cistercian priory of the same name.

History

In the

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; Cookhill is mentioned as being in the Hundred of Ash in the County of Worcestershire. The total population was of five households - 2 smallholders, 2 slaves and 1 burgess.

Notable houses

* Cookhill Priory * Dragon Farm

Churches

* St. Paul's * Baptist Chapel

Politics

Cookhill has been represented since 4th July 2024 by

Chris Bloore Christopher James Bloore is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Redditch since 4 July 2024. Political career Bloore was previously a member of Worcestershire County Council, representing Bromsgrove South ...

of the Labour Party as part of the Redditch County Constituency, and is part of the South

Redditch Redditch is a town and non-metropolitan district with borough status in Worcestershire, England. It is located south of Birmingham, east of Bromsgrove, north-west of Alcester and north-east of Worcester. In 2021, the town had a population of ...

ward of

County Council represented by Conservative Cllr. Anthony Hopkins. Representatives on Wychavon District Council are Cllr's Audrey Steel and David Wilkinson.

Roads

Within the village the major roads are; Salt Way, Brandheath Lane, Wood Lane, Church Lane (leading onto Cladswell Lane, Mearse Lane and Dogbut Lane), Chamberlain Lane, Oaktree Lane and Chapel Lane, all running off the A441 main Evesham Road. The A441 used to continue beyond the junction with the A422 towards

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but this has been downgraded to the B4088. The village is served by bus service 149

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–

operated by

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. This previously continued to Birmingham as service 150.

Public houses

* The Nevill Arms, at New End, north of Cookshill village.

Notable residents

Sidney Meteyard Sidney Harold Meteyard Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, RBSA (2 November 1868 – 4 April 1947) was an England, English Art education, art teacher, painting, painter and stained-glass designer. A member of the Birmingham Group (artists), Birmi ...

(1868–1947), artist * Kate Eadie (1880–1945), jeweller

References

External links

Cookhill Parish Council

Cookhill Village Hall
Villages in Worcestershire {{Worcestershire-geo-stub