Alfrick
{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.17|-2.38|display=inline,title}}
| official_name = Alfrick
| population = 528
| static_image_name = Alfrick Village Green.jpg
| static_image_caption =
| shire_district = Malvern Hills
| shire_county = Worcestershire
| region = West Midlands
| civil_parish = Alfrick
| constituency_westminster =
| postcode_district = WR6
| postcode_area = WR
| post_town = Worcester
| dial_code = 01886
| os_grid_reference = SO7453
| london_distance = {{convert|108|mi|km}}
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Alfrick is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, about seven miles west of Worcester.
Amenities
The 2021 census counted 528 people.{{cite web |title=Alfrick |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/malvern_hills/E04010284__alfrick/ |website=City population |access-date=14 April 2023}} Once an agricultural farming village, Alfrick is now mainly a dormitory village for nearby Worcester and Malvern.
Alfrick is probably currently best known for the annual Alfrick and Lulsley Village Show which attracts visitors from across the West Midlands.
There is a village hall and a recreational field. The war memorial on the village green [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/55814 Parish council web site (accessed June 2006)] lists the names of 95 men killed in war. The village shop and Post Office closed in July 2011 when the owners retired. In June 2012 The Alfrick and Lulsley Community Shop opened. It is a community-owned food shop, café and Post Office run by a part-time manager and several volunteers.
Nearby is the Knapp and Papermill nature reserve owned by the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust. In 2012 the Trust agreed to buy a small area of woodland adjoining the reserve.Rob Allen March 2013 Buy or not to buy, pp58-59 Worcestershire Life Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
History
{{see also|History of Worcestershire}}
Alfrick was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.Vanessa Morgan 2011 Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Alfrick Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.Vanessa Morgan 2011 Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
The village had a pub, the Swan, in its centre until about 2000.
The village church is dedicated to Saint Mary Magdalene [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/591128 (The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland)]. It has original sandstone window casings, Dutch stained glass and exposed internal roof beams. On the exterior of its tower is a sundial [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/594222 Local enterprise offering free range eggs, butchery & livestock].
References
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External links
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- [https://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=54&PostCode=WR65EY&Prop=20387&partner=mhc&MarriedTo=0 Parish council web site] (accessed June 2020)
- [http://www.alfrickandlulsley.org/ Village website] (information about the church, hall, and show, etc.)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050516135251/http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/ed/wo/alfri/index.htm St Mary Magdalene] (The Corpus of ROMANESQUE SCULPTURE in Britain and Ireland)
- [http://alfrickshop.co.uk/ Alfrick and Lulsley Community Shop] (The community shop website)
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Category:Villages in Worcestershire