Kerswell Green

{{Short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|52.118101|-2.203875|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Kerswell Green

| population =

| static_image = Kerswell Green - row of houses - geograph.org.uk - 938757.jpg

| static_image_width = 250px

| static_image_caption = Row of houses

| shire_district = Malvern Hills

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

| civil_parish =

| constituency_westminster =

| postcode_district = WR5

| postcode_area = WR

| post_town = WORCESTER

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SO861466

| london_distance =

}}

Kerswell Green is a village in the Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire, England.{{Cite web |title=Kerswell Green, Malvern Hills - area information, map |url=https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/kerswell-green-malvern-hills/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=OS GetOutside |language=en-gb}} It is within the civil parish of Kempsey.{{Cite web |title=Home - Kempsey Parish Council |url=http://www.kempseyhub.co.uk/HOME_33085.aspx |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=www.kempseyhub.co.uk |language=en}}

Kerswell Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed timber-framed, painted brick building dating from late medieval times and extended in the 17th century. The listing details show it as gable ended and with a thatched roof.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1323684|desc=Kerswell Green Farmhouse|access-date=11 March 2024}}

St John the Baptist, Church of England was built circa 1884 as a chapel of ease or mission church to Kempsey parish church.{{Cite news |date=21 January 1888 |title=Kempsey |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000350/18880121/114/0010 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Weekly Supplement to the Worcestershire Chronicle |page=2 |via=British Newspaper Archive}} It is closed for worship.{{Cite web |title=Kerswell Green: St John the Baptist - CHR Church |url=https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/'https://facultyonline.churchofengland.org/church-heritage-record-kerswell-green-st-john-the-baptist-642115 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=facultyonline.churchofengland.org |language=en-GB}}

On 23 July 1933, there was a dispute over the erection of a fence barring a footpath. Some parishioners wanted to enforce a claimed right of way but were met with determined opposition. The report in the Evesham Standard said two palings were wrenched off the fence but the attackers were forced to retreat. Two policemen observed the proceedings and one tried to act as a peacemaker. A degree of calm ensued while one policeman rescued a cat trapped up a tree. After the respite, the fence was breached, but soon re-erected.{{Cite news |date=29 July 1933 |title=Right of way dispute at Kempsey |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19330729/073/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer |page=3 |via=British Newspaper Archive |issue=1966}} An inquiry had been held earlier in the year by Upton District Council but the matter rested owing to insufficient proof of the existence of a right of way.{{Cite news |date=19 August 1933 |title=Kempsey footpath |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002560/19330819/061/0003 |url-access=subscription |access-date=11 March 2024 |work=Evesham Standard & West Midland Observer |page=3 |via=British Newspaper Archive |issue=1969}}

In 2009 approval was given to replace a septic tank serving seven houses with a sewage pumping station.{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Lauren |date=2009-07-15 |title=Sewage pumping station gets go ahead |url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/4492175.sewage-pumping-station-gets-go-ahead/ |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=Worcester News |language=en}}

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