Trimpley (grid reference ) is a hamlet in the parish of Kidderminster Foreign. It lies on the ridge of

Shatterford Hill Shatterford Hill is an English geographical feature that extends from Bewdley in north Worcestershire to Birdsgreen near Alveley, just over the border in Shropshire. The hill is a long ridge running up the east side of the Severn Valley and pea ...

, north of Wribbenhall and east of Habberley. The village (such as it is) lies along Trimpley Green, a small

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. At the northern end of Trimpley is the ancient wooded area of Eymore Wood, now bounded on its west by the

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, beyond which lies Trimpley Reservoir. South of Trimpley Green lies Wassell Wood (now owned by the

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). This wooded hill is surmounted by an earthwork enclosure of unknown date. The name "Wassell" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "''Weardsetl''" meaning a watchplace. This was the westernmost of a chain of such watchplaces, also including Wassell Grove (near

Wychbury Hill Wychbury Hill is a hill situated off the A456 Birmingham Road, at Hagley, Stourbridge, on the border of West Midlands and Worcestershire. It is divided between the parish of Hagley and former parish of Pedmore. It is one of the Clent Hills. ...

Waseley Hills Waseley Hills Country Park is a Country Park and Local Nature Reserve owned and managed by Worcestershire County Council's Countryside Service. It consists of rolling open hills with old hedgerows, pastures and small pockets of woodland with ...

and Wast Hills in

Alvechurch Alvechurch ( ) is a large village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in northeast Worcestershire, England, in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 2.5 miles (4 km) to the northwest. It is south of Birm ...

. Hoarstone Lane and Trimpley Lane, through the hamlet are probably part of the ''Micclan strete'' (great made-road), mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of

Wolverley Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley (1 mi northeast), it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire a ...

. This may have been part of an ancient road from

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and

Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Englan ...

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. In 1357

John Atte Wode John Atte Wode was elected MP for Worcester in November 1372, November 1373, April 1376, January 1380 and November 1380.Driver, J. T. ''Worcestershire Knights of the Shire 1377-1421'' Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. Th ...

, an usher of the king's chamber, obtained a licence to maintain a priest at Trimpley. The medieval chapel, founded by endowment as a

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chapel, was dissolved at the

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. The present Trimpley Church was built in 1844 in a Norman-style as a

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. 'Kidderminster: Churches and charities', Victoria County History, Worcs. 3 (1913), pp. 173-179
Date accessed: 5 February 2010. The village pond at Trimpley (1), Worcs (geograph 3909840).jpg, The village pond Sailing boats on Trimpley Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 361879.jpg, Trimpley Reservoir Alpacas at Trimpley, Worcs (geograph 3909988).jpg, Alpacas at Trimpley Wassell Wood - geograph.org.uk - 495654.jpg, Inside the Earthworks in Wassell Wood Holy Trinity Church, Trimpley (geograph 2054789).jpg, Holy Trinity Church

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