Pendock

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| coordinates = {{coord|51.99053|-2.31452|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Pendock

| population = 341

| population_ref = (2011 Census)

| static_image_name = Pendock Cross Church - geograph.org.uk - 3622.jpg

| static_image_width = 250

| static_image_caption = Pendock Cross Church, Pendock

| shire_district = Malvern Hills

| shire_county = Worcestershire

| region = West Midlands

| civil_parish = Pendock

| constituency_westminster = West Worcestershire

| postcode_district = GL19

| postcode_area = GL

| post_town = Gloucester

| dial_code =

| os_grid_reference = SO785325

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Pendock is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England, situated about halfway between the towns of Tewkesbury and Ledbury. The name is probably from old Welsh, possibly penn heddioc, meaning 'head of the barley field.{{harvnb|Watts|2004|p=466}}

The civil parish constitutes two detached parts,Ordnance Survey mapping with Lower Pendock containing the main (present-day) village with its church, and school situated at or near Pendock Cross(roads), and Upper Pendock containing the hamlet of Sledge Green and the old parish church (see below); the parish of Berrow cuts between the two parts of Pendock parish.[http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=93&PostCode=WR136JW&Prop=31307&partner=mhc&MarriedTo=0 Parish Council]

The population was recorded at 341 at the 2011 census[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11127474&c=pendock&d=16&e=61&g=6477192&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1485723094584&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491 Neighbourhood statistics] 2011 census data: Pendock CP and was 329 at the previous census in 2001.

Pendock has two churches, and a primary school — the Pendock CE Primary School is a small voluntary-controlled school with full healthy school status and a bronze eco award.

The M50 motorway passes through the parish, with the nearest junction being number 2, to the west of Pendock.

History

Pendock Church dates from the 12th century.{{Citation | url = http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/The-Church-no-dedication-Pendock-Worcestershire/| title = The Church (no dedication), Pendock, Worcestershire| access-date = 29 March 2011| publisher = Churches Conservation Trust}} Alterations and additions were made to it in the 14th century, and again in the 15th century when the west tower was built. The church was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 November 1987.{{Citation | year = 2011| title = Diocese of Gloucester: All Schemes| series = Church Commissioners/Statistics| publisher = Church of England| page = 2| format = PDF | url = http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811202/worcester%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf| access-date =11 April 2011}}

To its north are the earthworks of a former medieval village.{{Citation | url = http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/The-Church-no-dedication-Pendock-Worcestershire/| title = The Church (no dedication), Pendock, Worcestershire| access-date = 29 March 2011| publisher = Churches Conservation Trust}}

The prolific nineteenth-century writer on Worcestershire John Noake, in his 1868 Guide to Worcestershire notes that: "Rev. W. S. Symonds, the eminent geologist, is lord of the manor, patron and incumbent of the living."{{cite web |url=http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~fortroyal/NoakeGuide/296.html |title=Noake's Worcestershire Page 296 |publisher=users.totalise.co.uk |access-date=20 October 2013}}

Pendock Cross church, also known as The Redeemer Church, was built in 1899 as a temporary mission church, but is still in use. It has an outdoor font which is stacked up on bricks.{{cite web |url=http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/worcester.html |title=Worcestershire |publisher=churches-uk-ireland.org |date=18 September 2013 |access-date=20 October 2013}}

Gadfield Elm Chapel, the oldest chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the world, is in the parish.{{cite news |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/03/30/mormon_chapel_feature.shtml |title= Do you know where the oldest Mormon chapel in the world is? |publisher= BBC News |date= 11 November 2005 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150106215656/http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/03/30/mormon_chapel_feature.shtml |archive-date= 2015-01-06 |url-status= live }}

Pendock Church

File:Pendock Church - geograph.org.uk - 5975.jpg

Pendock Church is a redundant Anglican church standing to the southeast of the hamlet of Sledge Green. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building,{{NHLE |num= 1098789|desc= Parish Church, Pendock|access-date= 10 September 2013|mode=cs2}} and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands in an isolated position overlooking and to the north of the motorway.

References

Sources

{{cite book |editor1-last=Watts |editor1-first=Victor Ernest |title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names |date=2004 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781107196896}}

External links

[http://www.pendockpri.worcs.sch.uk/ Pendock CE Primary School web site]
[http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=93&PostCode=WR136JW&Prop=31307&partner=mhc&MarriedTo=0 Pendock Parish Council web site]

Category:Villages in Worcestershire

Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire