Trimpley

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Trimpley (grid reference {{Ordnance Survey coordinates|SO793784}}) is a village in the parish of Kidderminster Foreign. It lies on the ridge of Shatterford Hill, north of Wribbenhall and east of Habberley. The village (such as it is) lies along Trimpley Green, a small common. At the northern end of Trimpley is the ancient wooded area of Eymore Wood, now bounded on its west by the Severn Valley Railway, beyond which lies Trimpley Reservoir.

South of Trimpley Green lies Wassell Wood (now owned by the Woodland Trust). 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), Waseley Hills and Wast Hills in Alvechurch.{{cite journal |last=King |first=Peter W. |title=The Minster Aet Sture in Husmere and the northern boundary of the Hwicce |journal=Transactions of Worcestershire Archaeological Society |series=3rd |volume=15 |date=1996 |page=85}}

Hoarstone Lane and Trimpley Lane, through the village are probably part of the Micclan strete (great made-road), mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Wolverley. This may have been part of an ancient road from Gloucester and Worcester to Chester.{{cite journal |last=King |first=Peter W. |title=Some Roads out of North Worcestershire |journal=Transactions of Worcestershire Archaeological Society |series=3rd |volume=20 |date=2006 |pages=95–96}}

In 1357 John Atte Wode, an usher of the king's chamber,[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43104 'Kidderminster: Churches and charities', Victoria County History, Worcs. 3 (1913), pp. 173-179]. Date accessed: 5 February 2010. obtained a licence to maintain a priest at Trimpley.{{cite journal |last=Driver |first=J. T. |title=Worcestershire Knights of the Shire 1377-1421 |journal=Transactions of Worcestershire Archaeological Society |series=3rd |volume=4 |date=1974 |page=20}} The medieval chapel, founded by endowment as a chantry chapel, was dissolved at the Reformation. The present Trimpley Church was built in 1844 in a Norman-style as a chapel of ease.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43104 '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