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href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Kidderminster" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1" title="کیدرمینستر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کیدرمینستر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kidderminster" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga 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href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Kidderminster" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiderminsteris" title="Kiderminsteris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kiderminsteris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidderminster" title="Kidderminster – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kidderminster" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Slingfield_Mill_Chimney%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1022793.jpg/135px-Slingfield_Mill_Chimney%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1022793.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Slingfield_Mill_Chimney%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1022793.jpg/180px-Slingfield_Mill_Chimney%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1022793.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div>Clockwise, from top:Town centre, with the <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Town_Hall" title="Kidderminster Town Hall">Town Hall</a>, fronted by a statue of <a href="/wiki/Rowland_Hill" title="Rowland Hill">Sir Rowland Hill</a>; Slingfield Mill Chimney; <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_and_All_Saints%27_Church,_Kidderminster" title="St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster">St Mary and All Saints' Church</a> seen from the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" 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style="top:15.673%;left:45.851%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Kidderminster"><img alt="Kidderminster" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Kidderminster</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location within <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">16.25 km<sup>2</sup> (6.27 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">57,400 (<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CPkidpar2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPkidpar2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">Density</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3,532/km<sup>2</sup> (9,150/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bing.com/maps/?mkt=en-gb&v=2&cp=52.388063~-2.249745&lvl=13&sp=Point.52.388063_-2.249745_Kidderminster&sty=s&style=s">SO831767</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">• <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data">131 miles (211 km) <a href="/wiki/Points_of_the_compass" title="Points of the compass">SE</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Kidderminster</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_District" title="Wyre Forest District">Wyre Forest</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Shire county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(region)" title="West Midlands (region)">West Midlands</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="country-name"><a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">KIDDERMINSTER</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/DY_postcode_area" title="DY postcode area">DY10, DY11</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01562</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Mercia_Police" title="West Mercia Police">West Mercia</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hereford_and_Worcester_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service">Hereford and Worcester</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Ambulance_Service" title="West Midlands Ambulance Service">West Midlands</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Constituencies_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom">UK Parliament</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">Wyre Forest</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kidderminstertowncouncil.gov.uk/">Kidderminster Town Council</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul 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dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Worcestershire" title="List of places in Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a></dd></dl></div> <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Kidderminster&params=52.3885_N_2.249_W_region:GB_type:city(57400)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°23′19″N</span> <span class="longitude">2°14′56″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.3885°N 2.2490°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.3885; -2.2490</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Kidderminster</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> in <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a>, England, 20 miles (32 km) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a> and 12 miles (19 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>. Located north of the <a href="/wiki/River_Stour,_Worcestershire" title="River Stour, Worcestershire">River Stour</a> and east of the <a href="/wiki/River_Severn" title="River Severn">River Severn</a>, in the 2021 <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a>, it had a population of 57,400.<sup id="cite_ref-CPkidpar2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPkidpar2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The town is <a href="/wiki/Twin_towns_and_sister_cities" class="mw-redirect" title="Twin towns and sister cities">twinned</a> with <a href="/wiki/Husum,_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Husum, Germany">Husum, Germany</a>. </p><p>Situated in the far north of Worcestershire (and with its northern suburbs only 3 and 4 miles from the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> borders respectively), the town is the main administration centre for the wider <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_District" title="Wyre Forest District">Wyre Forest District</a>, which includes the towns of <a href="/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport-on-Severn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bewdley" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a>, along with other outlying settlements. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire" title="History of Worcestershire">History of Worcestershire</a></div> <p>The land around Kidderminster may have been first populated by the <a href="/wiki/Husmerae" title="Husmerae">Husmerae</a>, an Anglo-Saxon tribe first mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Ismere_Diploma" title="Ismere Diploma">Ismere Diploma</a>, a document in which Ethelbald of Mercia granted a "parcel of land of ten hides" to Cyneberht.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This developed as the settlement of Stour-in-Usmere, which was later the subject of a territorial dispute settled by <a href="/wiki/Offa_of_Mercia" title="Offa of Mercia">Offa of Mercia</a> in 781, when he restored certain rights to <a href="/wiki/Bishop_Heathored" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishop Heathored">Bishop Heathored</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This allowed for the founding of a monastery or <i>minstre</i> in the area. </p><p>The earliest written form of the name Kidderminster was first documented in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086, where it appears as <i>Chideminstre</i>, meaning 'Cydda or Cydela's <a href="/wiki/Minster_(church)" title="Minster (church)">minster</a> or monastery'.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a large manor held by <a href="/wiki/William_I_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="William I of England">William the Conqueror</a>, with 16 outlying settlements (Bristitune, Fastochesfeld, Franche, Habberley, Hurcott, Mitton, Oldington, Ribbesford, Sudwale, Sutton, Teulesberge, Trimpley, Wannerton and Wribbenhall). Various spellings were in use – <i>Kedeleministre</i> or <i>Kideministre</i> (in the 12th and 13th centuries), <i>Kyderemunstre</i> (13th–15th centuries) – until the name of the town was settled as Kidderminster by the 16th century.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1156 and 1162 <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_England" title="Henry II of England">Henry II</a> granted the manor to his steward, <a href="/wiki/Manasser_Biset" title="Manasser Biset">Manasser Biset</a>. By six decades later, the settlement grew and a fair (1228) and later a market (1240) were established there.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To the south by the <a href="/wiki/River_Stour,_Worcestershire" title="River Stour, Worcestershire">River Stour</a>, dating from the 15th century, is a single surviving tower of Caldwall (or Caldwell) Castle, a fortified manor house.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caldwall_(or_Caldwell)_Tower,_Castle_Road,_Kidderminster_(geograph_2328286).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Caldwall_%28or_Caldwell%29_Tower%2C_Castle_Road%2C_Kidderminster_%28geograph_2328286%29.jpg/220px-Caldwall_%28or_Caldwell%29_Tower%2C_Castle_Road%2C_Kidderminster_%28geograph_2328286%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="285" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Caldwall_%28or_Caldwell%29_Tower%2C_Castle_Road%2C_Kidderminster_%28geograph_2328286%29.jpg/330px-Caldwall_%28or_Caldwell%29_Tower%2C_Castle_Road%2C_Kidderminster_%28geograph_2328286%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Caldwall_%28or_Caldwell%29_Tower%2C_Castle_Road%2C_Kidderminster_%28geograph_2328286%29.jpg/440px-Caldwall_%28or_Caldwell%29_Tower%2C_Castle_Road%2C_Kidderminster_%28geograph_2328286%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="790" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Caldwall_Castle" title="Caldwall Castle">Caldwall Castle</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Kidderminster owes its growth to the early development of the <a href="/wiki/Cloth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloth">cloth</a> industry, which was aided by its position upon the River Stour, and its location at the confluence of four main roads to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bewdley" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bridgnorth" title="Bridgnorth">Bridgnorth</a>. In a visit to the town sometime around 1540, King's Antiquary <a href="/wiki/John_Leland_(antiquary)" title="John Leland (antiquary)">John Leland</a> noted that Kidderminster "standeth most by clothing".<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Over the following centuries the town specialised in textile trades such as weaving, fulling, cloth working and milling, and was also home to numerous other trades including shoemaking, haberdashery, saddle making, dyers, tailors, tanners and glovers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>King <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">Charles I</a> granted the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_borough" title="Ancient borough">Borough</a> of Kidderminster a Charter in 1636.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the original charter can be viewed at Kidderminster Town Hall. </p><p>Kidderminster's position at the junction of several main roads made it a place of strategic importance during the <a href="/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>, with several skirmishes taking place in and around the town.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1670–1 Kidderminster's cloth industry obtained a <a href="/wiki/Guild" title="Guild">guild</a> by act of parliament and by 1677, the town had as many as 459 weavers and perhaps 3,000 spinners.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following <a href="/wiki/King_Louis_XIV" class="mw-redirect" title="King Louis XIV">King Louis XIV</a>'s revocation of the <a href="/wiki/Edict_of_Nantes" title="Edict of Nantes">Edict of Nantes</a> in October 1685 and the subsequent renewed persecution of French <a href="/wiki/Protestants" class="mw-redirect" title="Protestants">Protestants</a> in France, many <a href="/wiki/Huguenots" title="Huguenots">Huguenots</a> emigrated to Britain. The immigration and settlement of waves of industrious Huguenots brought the benefits of skilled artisans, merchants and manufacturers to Britain. They contributed to a preexisting but basic cloth weaving industry in towns and cities throughout England, in some cases establishing new businesses. In Worcestershire, the Huguenots established themselves at Worcester, <a href="/wiki/Evesham" title="Evesham">Evesham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Droitwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Droitwich">Droitwich</a> and Kidderminster.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the early 18th century, <a href="/wiki/Carpet" title="Carpet">carpet</a> weaving was introduced to Kidderminster, and this rapidly became the staple trade of the town. Its growth was aided by the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" title="Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal">Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal</a> in 1771, and later the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station" title="Kidderminster railway station">railway</a> to the town in 1852. The carpet industry went into decline in the 1970s, but still continues on a reduced scale.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KCS_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Poor trade conditions in 1828, when 2,000 looms were not working for an 18-week period, led to riots where £3,000 of damage was done during one night.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMacDonald1969138_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMacDonald1969138-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brintons_factory,_Kidderminster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Brintons_factory%2C_Kidderminster.jpg/220px-Brintons_factory%2C_Kidderminster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Brintons_factory%2C_Kidderminster.jpg/330px-Brintons_factory%2C_Kidderminster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Brintons_factory%2C_Kidderminster.jpg/440px-Brintons_factory%2C_Kidderminster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5352" data-file-height="3305" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brintons" title="Brintons">Brintons</a> carpet factory in Kidderminster, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1870</span></figcaption></figure> <p>The town's local government was reformed by the <a href="/wiki/Municipal_Reform_Act_1835" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Reform Act 1835">Municipal Reform Act 1835</a>, which incorporated Kidderminster as a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_borough" title="Municipal borough">municipal borough</a>. This superseded the charter of 1636, and divided the borough into three wards represented by six aldermen and eighteen councillors, the number of wards was doubled in the 1880s. The current <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Town_Hall" title="Kidderminster Town Hall">Town Hall</a> on Vicar Street was built in 1877.<sup id="cite_ref-british-history.ac.uk_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-british-history.ac.uk-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kidderminster has two <a href="/wiki/Commissioners%27_church" title="Commissioners' church">Commissioners' churches</a>. The first was <a href="/wiki/St_George%27s_Church,_Kidderminster" title="St George's Church, Kidderminster">St George's Church</a>, on Radford Avenue. This was designed by <a href="/wiki/Francis_Goodwin_(architect)" title="Francis Goodwin (architect)">Francis Goodwin</a> and built in 1821–1824,<sup id="cite_ref-pevw_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pevw-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> finally being consecrated in April 1824. Its grant of just over £17,000.00, was the third-largest given by the commission to any church outside London.<sup id="cite_ref-gil_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second church was <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Kidderminster" title="St John's Church, Kidderminster">St John's Church</a>, on the Bewdley Road. This was built in 1843 and the architect was <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Steele" title="Matthew Steele">Matthew Steele</a>; its grant was just over £4,000.<sup id="cite_ref-gil_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gil-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Shrubbery,_Kidderminster" title="The Shrubbery, Kidderminster">The Shrubbery</a> was converted into a military headquarters towards the end of the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-drill_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-drill-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1974 the old borough of Kidderminster was abolished and merged into the new <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_District" title="Wyre Forest District">Wyre Forest District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KCS_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2015 Kidderminster was established as a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> with a new <a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">Town Council</a>, following a public referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-GSTC_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GSTC-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/River_Stour,_Worcestershire" title="River Stour, Worcestershire">River Stour</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" title="Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal">Staffordshire and Worcestershire 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href="/wiki/Bridgnorth" title="Bridgnorth">Bridgnorth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Telford" title="Telford">Telford</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wolverley" title="Wolverley">Wolverley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cookley" title="Cookley">Cookley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kinver" title="Kinver">Kinver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Enville,_Staffordshire" title="Enville, Staffordshire">Enville</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a></b></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Blakedown" title="Blakedown">Blakedown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hagley" title="Hagley">Hagley</a>, <b><a href="/wiki/Stourbridge" title="Stourbridge">Stourbridge</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Dudley" title="Dudley">Dudley</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a></b></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="North"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/14px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/21px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Pfeil_oben.svg/28px-Pfeil_oben.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></td> <td></td> </tr><tr> <td style="width:33%"><b><a href="/wiki/Bewdley" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a></b>, <b><a href="/wiki/Ludlow" title="Ludlow">Ludlow</a></b></td> <td style="width:33%;"> <div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="West"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/17px-Pfeil_links.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/25px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Pfeil_links.svg/34px-Pfeil_links.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span><b style="display:inline-block; vertical-align:middle; margin:0.75em 1em">Kidderminster</b><span class="mw-valign-middle" typeof="mw:File"><span title="East"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/17px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png" decoding="async" width="17" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/25px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Pfeil_rechts.svg/34px-Pfeil_rechts.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td style="width:33%"><a href="/wiki/Belbroughton" title="Belbroughton">Belbroughton</a></td> </tr><tr> <td></td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="South"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Pfeil_unten.svg/14px-Pfeil_unten.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="17" class="mw-file-element" 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The modern carpet industry was founded in the area in 1785 by <a href="/wiki/Brintons" title="Brintons">Brintons</a>. The carpet industry became extremely important to the local economy, so much so that the local newspaper is still named <i><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Shuttle" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidderminster Shuttle">The Shuttle</a></i> after the shuttles used on the carpet <a href="/wiki/Loom" title="Loom">looms</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MapAddict_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MapAddict-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A type of carpet was known as <b>Kidderminster carpet</b> or, in the United States, <b>Ingrain carpet</b>: this was a reversible carpet with no pile, with the pattern showing in opposite colours on the two faces, and was popular from the 18th to early 20th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-burrows_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-burrows-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1951 there were over thirty carpet manufacturers in the town,<sup id="cite_ref-Shuttle_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shuttle-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including, for example, Quayle & Tranter (now defunct). They commissioned such notable artists as <a href="/wiki/George_Bain_(artist)" title="George Bain (artist)">George Bain</a> to create their traditional Celtic designs.<sup id="cite_ref-Christie_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christie-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bonhams_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonhams-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aided by a 2004 grant from the <a href="/wiki/Heritage_Lottery_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Heritage Lottery Fund">Heritage Lottery Fund</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Carpet" title="Museum of Carpet">museum</a> dedicated to the Kidderminster carpet industry was officially opened by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Charles_Lyttelton,_12th_Viscount_Cobham" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher Charles Lyttelton, 12th Viscount Cobham">Lord Cobham</a> in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-CarpetMuseum_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CarpetMuseum-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Ambox_current_red.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Kidderminster Town Council</div></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">Parish Council</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mayor</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Cllr Darren Chambers </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Deputy Mayor</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Cllr George Connolly </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">18 Councillors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">6 / 18</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #0087DC; width: 33%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">4 / 16</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: red; width: 25%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">3 / 18</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #CCCCCC; width: 17%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Community_and_Health_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Community and Health Concern">Health Concern</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 18</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: hotpink; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/UK_Independence_Party" title="UK Independence Party">UKIP</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">2 / 18</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #70147A; width: 11%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrat</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="width: 100px;"><span class="nowrap">1 / 18</span><div style="box-sizing: border-box; border: 1px solid #aaa; height: 1.15em; position: relative;"><div style="background-color: #FDBB30; width: 6%; height: 100%;"></div></div></div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Plurality_at_large_voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Plurality at large voting">Multiple non-transferable vote</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2016_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2016 United Kingdom local elections">5 May 2016</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">6 May 2021</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Kidderminster Town Hall, Kidderminster</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.kidderminstertowncouncil.gov.uk/">www<wbr />.kidderminstertowncouncil<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Kidderminster Town is a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> within <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_District" title="Wyre Forest District">Wyre Forest District</a>, with Kidderminster Town Council created in the early 21st century to take on the duties of a <a href="/wiki/Parish_councils_in_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Parish councils in England">parish council</a>, following a referendum in May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Prior to this, <a href="/wiki/Charter_Trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter Trustees">Charter Trustees</a> maintained the traditions of the town and elected a Mayor. At the <a href="/wiki/2019_Wyre_Forest_District_Council_election" title="2019 Wyre Forest District Council election">2019 local elections</a> to Wyre Forest District Council, the <a href="/wiki/Conservatives_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservatives (UK)">Conservatives</a> lost their majority and the council was taken over by a 'Progressive Alliance' formed of independents and councillors from other parties. However, in May 2022 <a href="/wiki/Independent_Kidderminster_Hospital_and_Health_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern">Health Concern</a> announced they would not be standing at the next election, instead favouring a unified independent offering. At the <a href="/wiki/2023_Wyre_Forest_District_Council_election" title="2023 Wyre Forest District Council election">following election in 2023</a> the <a href="/wiki/Conservatives_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservatives (UK)">Conservatives</a> regained majority control after a collapse in the independent and former Health Concern vote, one of only two council gains nationally. </p><p>The area (initially as <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Kidderminster (UK Parliament constituency)">Kidderminster</a>, then after 1983 as the <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">Wyre Forest constituency</a>) has been represented by <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Members of Parliament</a> (MPs) <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Nabarro" title="Gerald Nabarro">Gerald Nabarro</a> 1950–1964, <a href="/wiki/Tatton_Brinton" title="Tatton Brinton">Tatton Brinton</a> 1964–1974, <a href="/wiki/Esmond_Bulmer" title="Esmond Bulmer">Esmond Bulmer</a> 1974–1987, <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Coombs_(politician)" title="Anthony Coombs (politician)">Anthony Coombs</a> 1987–1997, and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> <a href="/wiki/David_Lock" title="David Lock">David Lock</a> 1997–2001. In the <a href="/wiki/2001_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2001 United Kingdom general election">2001 United Kingdom general election</a>, the town returned Dr <a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(British_politician)" title="Richard Taylor (British politician)">Richard Taylor</a> as an independent <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for the Wyre Forest parliamentary constituency. Taylor had fought the election to protest against the proposed reduction in services at <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Hospital" title="Kidderminster Hospital">Kidderminster Hospital</a>. He held his seat at the <a href="/wiki/2005_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2005 United Kingdom general election">2005 election</a>, the first independent MP to do so since 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Garnier" title="Mark Garnier">Mark Garnier</a> has held the seat of <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wyre Forest (UK Parliament constituency)">Wyre Forest</a> since the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="2010 United Kingdom general election">2010 election</a> increasing his majority each time.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the 2011 census there were 55,530 residents in Kidderminster in 24,869 households, the median age of Kidderminster residents was 41.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Kidderminster's population at the 2011 census was predominantly <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">White</a> (96.8%). The largest non-white groups were <a href="/wiki/British_Asian" class="mw-redirect" title="British Asian">Asian</a> at 1.7%, and <a href="/wiki/Mixed_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed race">mixed race</a> at 1.2%.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>67% of Kidderminster residents identified as <a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christian</a>, with 24.7% stating they had <a href="/wiki/Irreligion" title="Irreligion">no religion</a>, and 6.6% not stating any religion. The largest non-Christian group were <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> at 0.8%, followed by <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhists</a> at 0.2% and <a href="/wiki/Hindus" title="Hindus">Hindus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a> at 0.1% each, with others at 0.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-2011census_25-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2011census-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture_and_landmarks">Architecture and landmarks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Architecture and landmarks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_John_the_Baptist_Church,_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg/220px-St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg/330px-St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg/440px-St_John_the_Baptist_Church%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_499492.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="562" /></a><figcaption>St John the Baptist's Church (Church of England), built in 1843</figcaption></figure> <p>Kidderminster's parish church of <a href="/wiki/St_Mary_and_All_Saints%27_Church,_Kidderminster" title="St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster">St Mary and All Saints'</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Grade_I_listed" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade I listed">grade I listed</a> building dating mostly from the 15th and 16th centuries.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another notable church is <a href="/wiki/St_John%27s_Church,_Kidderminster" title="St John's Church, Kidderminster">St John's Church</a>, which is grade II listed, and dates from 1843.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other listed buildings of note in the town include the <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Town_Hall" title="Kidderminster Town Hall">Town Hall</a> of 1877. <a href="/wiki/The_Shrubbery,_Kidderminster" title="The Shrubbery, Kidderminster">The Shrubbery</a>, a 19th-century mansion, and the <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Register_Office" title="Kidderminster Register Office">Kidderminster Register Office</a>. Many of Kidderminster's historic buildings were lost from the 1960s onwards, this led to the creation of the Kidderminster Civic Society in 1993 to promote preservation of the town's heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster,_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster%2C_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg/220px-Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster%2C_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster%2C_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg/330px-Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster%2C_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster%2C_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg/440px-Slingfield_Mill_on_Weavers_Wharf_in_Kidderminster%2C_Worcestershire_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3986264.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1002" /></a><figcaption>The former Slingfield Mill</figcaption></figure> <p>There are some former factory buildings of note in Kidderminster, which have mostly been converted to other uses. A notable one is the former Slingfield Mill, dating from 1864 to 1870, which is grade II listed, and has been converted for retail use.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1968 <i><a href="/wiki/Buildings_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Buildings of England">Buildings of England</a></i> volume on Worcestershire, <a href="/wiki/Nikolaus_Pevsner" title="Nikolaus Pevsner">Pevsner</a> described the town as: "uncommonly devoid of visual pleasure and architectural interest."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPevsner_1968203_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPevsner_1968203-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crown House, an early 1970s office block was particularly criticised, and was once rated among the top 10 ugliest buildings in Britain. Demolition was completed in April 2020, improving the Kidderminster skyline.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2007 revision of this volume, Alan Brooks wrote: "the 19th century mill buildings, together with the churches, provide most of the architectural interest in a town otherwise uncommonly lacking in visual pleasures."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrooks_&_Pevsner_2007395_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrooks_&_Pevsner_2007395-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Rail</dt></dl> <p>Two railway stations in the town share the same approach road and are located less than fifty metres apart. The main <a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail">National Rail</a> station, operated by <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Trains" title="West Midlands Trains">West Midlands Trains</a>, is <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_railway_station" title="Kidderminster railway station">Kidderminster</a>, from where trains run to <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a> and London. The other station, <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Town_railway_station" title="Kidderminster Town railway station">Kidderminster Town</a>, is the terminus of the preserved Heritage Railway line, <a href="/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway" title="Severn Valley Railway">Severn Valley Railway</a>, from where trains run to <a href="/wiki/Bridgnorth" title="Bridgnorth">Bridgnorth</a>. </p> <dl><dt>Road</dt></dl> <p>Several major routes run through the town, including the <a href="/wiki/A456_road" title="A456 road">A456</a> which runs from Birmingham to just south of <a href="/wiki/Woofferton" title="Woofferton">Woofferton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a>; the <a href="/wiki/A451_road" class="mw-redirect" title="A451 road">A451</a> which runs from Stourbridge to <a href="/wiki/Abberley" title="Abberley">Abberley</a>; the <a href="/wiki/A442_road" title="A442 road">A442</a> which runs from <a href="/wiki/Droitwich" class="mw-redirect" title="Droitwich">Droitwich</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hodnet" title="Hodnet">Hodnet</a>, Shropshire, a few miles north of <a href="/wiki/Telford" title="Telford">Telford</a>; the <a href="/wiki/A449_road" title="A449 road">A449</a> which runs from <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> in south Wales to <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a> and crosses the A456 at the Land Oak; and the <a href="/wiki/A448_road" title="A448 road">A448 road</a> which starts in the town and goes to <a href="/wiki/Studley,_Warwickshire" title="Studley, Warwickshire">Studley</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warwickshire" title="Warwickshire">Warwickshire</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove" title="Bromsgrove">Bromsgrove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redditch" title="Redditch">Redditch</a>. A major change in the town centre road infrastructure was the construction of the ring road in the 1970s and 1980s. This relieved the town's growing congestion but diverted traffic outside the centre, drawing off customers for businesses. The final phase of the ring road was never completed, which results in the town having a ring road that does not form a complete ring. </p><p>The nearest motorway is the <a href="/wiki/M5_motorway" title="M5 motorway">M5</a>, which signs Kidderminster from junction 3 (<a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>) with the A456, and junction 6 (Worcester North) with the A449. </p> <dl><dt>Waterways</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_(5).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_%285%29.jpg/220px-Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_%285%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_%285%29.jpg/330px-Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_%285%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_%285%29.jpg/440px-Kiddenminster_-_panoramio_%285%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>St Mary's and All Saints Parish Church, seen from the <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" title="Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal">Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_and_Worcestershire_Canal" title="Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal">Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal</a> passes through the town. </p> <dl><dt>Bus</dt></dl> <p>There are direct bus links with towns including <a href="/wiki/Worcester,_England" title="Worcester, England">Worcester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halesowen" title="Halesowen">Halesowen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bewdley" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stourport-on-Severn" title="Stourport-on-Severn">Stourport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bridgnorth" title="Bridgnorth">Bridgnorth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove" title="Bromsgrove">Bromsgrove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Redditch" title="Redditch">Redditch</a>. The majority of the services in Kidderminster are operated by <a href="/wiki/Diamond_West_Midlands" title="Diamond West Midlands">Diamond West Midlands</a> (previously <a href="/wiki/First_Midland_Red" class="mw-redirect" title="First Midland Red">First Midland Red</a>) while the rest is operated by Select Bus Services (297), Finesse and Yarranton Brothers. Services 291 and 292 were operated by R & B Travel prior to the company surrendering its licence in January 2020. Services 15A/C, S15, 294, 580 and 133were operated by Coniston Coaches prior to surrendering its licence in October 2020. 15A/C, S15 & 294 were passed onto Astons until 2021 and 2022. Service 297 was operated by Arriva Midlands until 4 September 2023 when Select won the contract for the service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As part of educational restructuring in the <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest_(district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wyre Forest (district)">Wyre Forest district</a>, Kidderminster's schools were reorganised from a <a href="/wiki/Three-tier_education" title="Three-tier education">three-tier system</a> of first, middle and high schools to the two-tier system more common in the UK as a whole, featuring <a href="/wiki/Primary_school" title="Primary school">primary schools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Secondary_school" title="Secondary school">secondary schools</a>. In this process, several first and middle schools were closed or merged into new primaries. The three high schools of <a href="/wiki/King_Charles_I_School" title="King Charles I School">King Charles I School</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wolverley_C_E_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Wolverley C E Secondary School">Wolverley C E Secondary School</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Baxter_College" title="Baxter College">Baxter College</a> (formerly Harry Cheshire High School) became secondary schools that included <a href="/wiki/Sixth_form" title="Sixth form">sixth forms</a>. </p><p>Independent schools include <a href="/wiki/Heathfield_Knoll_School" title="Heathfield Knoll School">Heathfield Knoll School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Wolverley" title="Wolverley">Wolverley</a>. Formerly independent, <a href="/wiki/Holy_Trinity_School_(Kidderminster)" class="mw-redirect" title="Holy Trinity School (Kidderminster)">Holy Trinity School</a> became a state-funded free school in 2014. <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_College" title="Kidderminster College">Kidderminster College</a> is located in Market Street in the town centre, having moved from older premises in Hoo Road in 2003. Other local secondary schools include <a href="/wiki/The_Stourport_High_School_%26_VIth_Form_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre">The Stourport High School & VIth Form Centre</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Bewdley_School" title="The Bewdley School">The Bewdley School</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Cricket_Club" title="Kidderminster Cricket Club">Kidderminster CC</a> is a local <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> club at whose home ground of <a href="/wiki/Chester_Road_North_Ground,_Kidderminster" title="Chester Road North Ground, Kidderminster">Chester Road North Ground</a> <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire County Cricket Club</a> play occasional <a href="/wiki/County_Championship" title="County Championship">County Championship</a> and county 2nd XI games.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Football">Football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aggborough_Stadium,_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Aggborough_Stadium%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg/200px-Aggborough_Stadium%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Aggborough_Stadium%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg/300px-Aggborough_Stadium%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Aggborough_Stadium%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg/400px-Aggborough_Stadium%2C_Kidderminster_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1555812.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aggborough" class="mw-redirect" title="Aggborough">Aggborough</a> is the home ground of the professional club <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidderminster Harriers">Kidderminster Harriers</a>, formerly of the <a href="/wiki/English_Football_League" title="English Football League">Football League</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>Formed in 1886, <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Harriers_F.C." title="Kidderminster Harriers F.C.">Kidderminster Harriers F.C.</a> is the town's professional <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> club. Local rivals of the Harriers were traditionally <a href="/wiki/Worcester_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Worcester City">Worcester City</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bromsgrove_Rovers" class="mw-redirect" title="Bromsgrove Rovers">Bromsgrove Rovers</a>, and in recent years also <a href="/wiki/Cheltenham_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheltenham Town">Cheltenham Town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hereford_United_F.C." title="Hereford United F.C.">Hereford United</a>. As of 2023 Cheltenham are in <a href="/wiki/EFL_League_One" title="EFL League One">League One</a>, two divisions above Kidderminster, with Hereford being the division below Kidderminster. </p><p>In 2005 the Harriers were relegated to the <a href="/wiki/Conference_Premier" class="mw-redirect" title="Conference Premier">Conference Premier</a> after five years in the <a href="/wiki/Football_League_Two" class="mw-redirect" title="Football League Two">Football League Two</a> division. They had reached the Football League as Conference champions in 2000, and are Worcestershire's only representative in the league. They had won the title in 1994 but were denied promotion then as their stadium did not meet Football League capacity requirements. That same year they eliminated <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_City_F.C." title="Birmingham City F.C.">Birmingham City</a> from the <a href="/wiki/FA_Cup" title="FA Cup">FA Cup</a>; they eventually reached the fifth round of the competition (just missing the quarter-finals), where they hosted <a href="/wiki/Premier_League" title="Premier League">Premier League</a> side <a href="/wiki/West_Ham_United_F.C." title="West Ham United F.C.">West Ham United</a>, narrowly losing 0–1. Prior to <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_City_F.C." title="Lincoln City F.C.">Lincoln City's</a> run in the competition in 2017, Harriers were the last non-league side to reach round five of the FA Cup. Harriers were relegated to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_North" title="National League North">National League North</a> in 2016. </p><p>In recent years, Kidderminster have seen some success under manager and former Harriers player <a href="/wiki/Russell_Penn" title="Russell Penn">Russell Penn</a>. A strong FA Cup run in the 2021–2022 season led to the Harriers facing Premier League side West Ham in, as they had done in 1994. The affair ended in a 1–2 defeat, yet the game led to major economic benefit for the club, with TV money and ticket sales generating large amounts of income. Harriers further went into the Play-Offs that same season, but were eliminated in their first game to <a href="/wiki/Boston_United_F.C." title="Boston United F.C.">Boston United</a>. In the 2022–2023 season, Kidderminster again reached the Play-Offs, achieving the feat on the last game of the season after an excellent late run of league form. Harriers beat <a href="/wiki/Alfreton_Town_F.C." title="Alfreton Town F.C.">Alfreton</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Lynn_Town_F.C." title="King's Lynn Town F.C.">Kings Lynn</a> and finally <a href="/wiki/Brackley_Town_F.C." title="Brackley Town F.C.">Brackley</a> in the Play-Offs and regained promotion to the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">National League</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_%26_District_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Kidderminster & District League">Kidderminster & District League</a> has operated since 1984 and draws teams from <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire" title="Worcestershire">Worcestershire</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire" title="South Staffordshire">South Staffordshire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby">Rugby</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Rugby"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kidderminster Carolians RFC is a local <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> club, currently playing at level 7 in Counties 1 Midlands West (North) at First XV Level and Counties 4 Midlands West (South) at 2nd XV level. </p><p>Regularly putting out three senior teams including veterans, the club also has a thriving Colts (U18s) age group, a developing women's team since 2021, and a large minis and juniors section. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hockey">Hockey</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Hockey"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kidderminster Hockey club was founded in 1892 and in 2010 there were five men's <a href="/wiki/Field_hockey" title="Field hockey">hockey</a> teams, a women's team and a junior team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_attractions">Local attractions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Local attractions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Located in Kidderminster is the <a href="/wiki/Severn_Valley_Railway" title="Severn Valley Railway">Severn Valley Railway</a> a <a href="/wiki/Heritage_railway" title="Heritage railway">heritage railway</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Carpet" title="Museum of Carpet">Museum of Carpet</a>, opened in 2012, showcases the town's contribution to the carpet industry.<sup id="cite_ref-KCS_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KCS-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brinton Park is an <a href="/wiki/Urban_park" title="Urban park">urban park</a> to the south of the town centre, comprising 30 acres (12 ha) of land donated by <a href="/wiki/John_Brinton" title="John Brinton">John Brinton</a> in the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-Craztor_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craztor-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another green space is <a href="/wiki/Wilden_Marsh" title="Wilden Marsh">Wilden Marsh</a>, a nature reserve covering 94 acres (38 ha) to the south of Kidderminster. </p><p>Places of interest near Kidderminster include the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Safari_Park" title="West Midlands Safari Park">West Midlands Safari Park</a> to the west of Kidderminster towards <a href="/wiki/Bewdley" title="Bewdley">Bewdley</a>. A few miles south of the town is <a href="/wiki/Hartlebury_Castle" title="Hartlebury Castle">Hartlebury Castle</a>, which houses the <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Museum" title="Worcestershire County Museum">Worcestershire County Museum</a>. A few miles north are the <a href="/wiki/Drakelow_Tunnels" title="Drakelow Tunnels">Drakelow Tunnels</a>, a former underground military complex, which has an attached museum.<sup id="cite_ref-Craztor_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Craztor-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_media">Local media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Local media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The local newspapers covering Kidderminster are <i><a href="/wiki/The_Shuttle_(newspaper)" title="The Shuttle (newspaper)">The Shuttle</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminsterstandard.co.uk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kidderminsterstandard.co.uk (page does not exist)">Kidderminster Standard</a>. </p><p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_West_Midlands" title="BBC West Midlands">BBC West Midlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Central" title="ITV Central">ITV Central</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_transmitting_station" title="Sutton Coldfield transmitting station">Sutton Coldfield</a> and local relay transmitters.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Wyre" title="The Wyre">The Wyre</a> was the town's first local commercial radio station; it began broadcasting on 12 September 2005 from studios in Kidderminster. Other radio stations providing local coverage are <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Herefordshire_%26_Worcestershire" title="Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire">Hits Radio Herefordshire & Worcestershire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Radio_(Herefordshire_and_Monmouthshire)" title="Sunshine Radio (Herefordshire and Monmouthshire)">Sunshine Radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Hereford_%26_Worcester" title="BBC Hereford & Worcester">BBC Hereford & Worcester</a>. The Wyre ceased broadcasting in 2012, and Signal 107 was launched on 26 March 2012; it now broadcasts as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Greatest_Hits_Radio_Herefordshire_and_Worcestershire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Greatest Hits Radio Herefordshire and Worcestershire (page does not exist)">Greatest Hits Radio Herefordshire and Worcestershire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town is noted for its particularly high record lows. Despite an average July low of 11.7 °C,<sup id="cite_ref-metoffice_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metoffice-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the temperature has never fallen below 5 °C in that month. The coldest and warmest July nights were both recorded in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-extremes_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-extremes-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Kidderminster </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF962E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.6<br />(67.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.6<br />(79.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.0<br />(89.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.6<br />(81.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.0<br />(80.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.8<br />(44.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD7B0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2<br />(50.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC285; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.3<br />(55.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAA55; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.8<br />(62.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF8710; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.8<br />(71.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFEDDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0<br />(44.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.9<br />(56.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #EBEBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(33.4) </td> <td style="background: #F5F5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.7<br />(36.9) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.6<br />(52.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFDCBA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(49.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7<br />(38.7) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.5<br />(34.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF6ED; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">5.8<br />(42.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.0<br />(17.6) </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.9<br />(10.6) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(32.0) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.0<br />(35.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFFBF8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(41.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFF4EA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(42.8) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.0<br />(21.2) </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.0<br />(26.6) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.0<br />(19.4) </td> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−10.1<br />(13.8) </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−11.9<br />(10.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #9DFF9D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.6<br />(2.58) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.1<br />(1.81) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.1<br />(2.09) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.0<br />(2.44) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">56.7<br />(2.23) </td> <td style="background: #A3FFA3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.1<br />(2.33) </td> <td style="background: #ADFFAD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.8<br />(2.16) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4<br />(2.54) </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.9<br />(2.48) </td> <td style="background: #86FF86; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.8<br />(3.18) </td> <td style="background: #8FFF8F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.4<br />(2.85) </td> <td style="background: #91FF91; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.3<br />(2.89) </td> <td style="background: #9FFF9F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">751.2<br />(29.58) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 1.0 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.5 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #8B8BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #8686FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #6A6AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #6666FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.0 </td> <td style="background: #6D6DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8 </td> <td style="background: #7878FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">128.3 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #616161; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">53.4 </td> <td style="background: #939393; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73.6 </td> <td style="background: #B1B17D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">109.2 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">151.6 </td> <td style="background: #D5D500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">190.8 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">191.3 </td> <td style="background: #D7D700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">200.7 </td> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">186.0 </td> <td style="background: #C1C11B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">140.4 </td> <td style="background: #B0B083; color:#000000;" class="notheme">107.1 </td> <td style="background: #757575; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">62.4 </td> <td style="background: #555555; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.7 </td> <td style="background: #BABA48; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,513.2 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/Met_Office" title="Met Office">Met Office</a><sup id="cite_ref-metoffice_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-metoffice-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: MyWeather2.com<sup id="cite_ref-extremes_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-extremes-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_residents">Notable residents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Notable residents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A statue of Richard Baxter in Kidderminster outside St Mary and All Saints' Church." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg/171px-Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg" decoding="async" width="171" height="304" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg/256px-Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg/342px-Statue_of_Richard_Baxter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2296" data-file-height="4080" /></a><figcaption>A statue of Richard Baxter in Kidderminster outside St Mary and All Saints' Church.</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kidderminster" title="Special:EditPage/Kidderminster">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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He began his ministry in Kidderminster in April 1641 and served there for the next 19 years. A memorial statue of him was erected outside St Mary's parish church, where he was based. The inscription states his wish "for unity and comprehension in religion". Prior to beginning his ministry in Kidderminster, Baxter lived in <a href="/wiki/Bridgnorth" title="Bridgnorth">Bridgnorth</a> from 1640 to 1641.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Birch_(musician)" title="Mark Birch (musician)">Mark Birch</a>, former guitarist with <a href="/wiki/Wishbone_Ash" title="Wishbone Ash">Wishbone Ash</a>, was born and brought up in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bradley_(writer)" title="Edward Bradley (writer)">Edward Bradley</a>, the English humorist of the mid-Victorian era, was born in Kidderminster in 1827.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lant_Carpenter" title="Lant Carpenter">Lant Carpenter</a>, English educator and Unitarian minister, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Claughton" title="Gilbert Claughton">Gilbert Claughton</a>, Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/London_North_Western_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London North Western Railway">London North Western Railway</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noah_Cooke" title="Noah Cooke">Noah Cooke</a>, poet, was born in the town.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sammi_Davis" title="Sammi Davis">Sammi Davis</a>, film actress, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_De_Vit" title="Tony De Vit">Tony De Vit</a>, Birmingham-based nightclub DJ and singer, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alun_Evans" title="Alun Evans">Alun Evans</a>, English football's first £100,000 teenager, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Eve" title="Richard Eve">Richard Eve</a>, Grand Treasurer of the <a href="/wiki/United_Grand_Lodge_of_England" title="United Grand Lodge of England">United Grand Lodge of England</a> in 1889, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Foley,_1st_Baron_Foley_(1716%E2%80%931777)" title="Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley (1716–1777)">Thomas Foley, 1st Baron Foley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MP</a> for <a href="/wiki/Droitwich_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Droitwich (UK Parliament constituency)">Droitwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Herefordshire (UK Parliament constituency)">Herefordshire</a>, created <i>Baron Foley, of Kidderminster in the County of Worcester</i> in 1776.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Frampton" title="Paul Frampton">Paul Frampton</a>, theoretical physicist, was born in Kidderminster and educated at King Charles I School.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ukawsaw_Gronniosaw" title="Ukawsaw Gronniosaw">Ukawsaw Gronniosaw</a>, also known as James Albert, lived with his family in the town in the 1760s and 1770s. An African prince and freed slave, he worked on his autobiography in Kidderminster, with a secretary from <a href="/wiki/Leominster" title="Leominster">Leominster</a>. Published at <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a> in about 1772, this was considered the first Black African autobiography published in Britain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hamer" title="Robert Hamer">Robert Hamer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Film_director" title="Film director">film director</a> and <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a>, known for his 1949 comedy <i><a href="/wiki/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronets" title="Kind Hearts and Coronets">Kind Hearts and Coronets</a></i>, starring <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Price" title="Dennis Price">Dennis Price</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alec_Guinness" title="Alec Guinness">Alec Guinness</a>, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jowe_Head" title="Jowe Head">Jowe Head</a> (born as Joe Hendon in Kidderminster) is a bass guitarist, singer and visual artist, and was a member of <a href="/wiki/Swell_Maps" title="Swell Maps">Swell Maps</a> before joining the <a href="/wiki/Television_Personalities" title="Television Personalities">Television Personalities</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rowland_Hill_(postal_reformer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rowland Hill (postal reformer)">Sir Rowland Hill</a>, the inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Penny_Black" title="Penny Black">Penny Black</a> and the modern postal system, was born in Blackwell Street. There is a statue, sculpted by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Brock" title="Thomas Brock">Sir Thomas Brock</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to him in Vicar Street outside the town hall. There was a pub in the Bull Ring called <i>The Penny Black</i> in his honour.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Eliot_Howard" title="Henry Eliot Howard">Henry Eliot Howard</a>, director of a steelwork in Worcester, and amateur ornithologist, was born at Stone House near Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eustace_Jotham" title="Eustace Jotham">Eustace Jotham</a> served as a British Army captain in the Great War, winning the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> in 1915; he was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_W._Law" title="Walter W. Law">Walter W. Law</a> was born in Kidderminster to a carpet dealer, and worked as a carpet manufacturer. He later emigrated to the United States, where he founded <a href="/wiki/Briarcliff_Manor,_New_York" title="Briarcliff Manor, New York">Briarcliff Manor, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iskra_Lawrence" title="Iskra Lawrence">Iskra Lawrence</a>, model, grew up in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rustie_Lee" title="Rustie Lee">Rustie Lee</a>, TV personality and celebrity chef, used to live on the outskirts of the town.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Mason" title="Josiah Mason">Sir Josiah Mason</a>, an English pen-manufacturer, was born in the town's Mill Street.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Nash" title="Walter Nash">Walter Nash</a>, former Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand, was born in the town.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_O%27Brien_(radio_presenter)" class="mw-redirect" title="James O'Brien (radio presenter)">James O'Brien</a>, radio talk show host of LBC and journalist, was brought up in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Job_Orton" title="Job Orton">Job Orton</a>, English dissenting minister, lived in Kidderminster in retirement from 1766 until his death.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Parkes" title="Taylor Parkes">Taylor Parkes</a>, journalist and broadcaster, was born in West Bromwich but grew up in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewan_Pearson" title="Ewan Pearson">Ewan Pearson</a>, DJ and record producer, grew up in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Plant" title="Robert Plant">Robert Plant</a>, English musician who was the front man of the 1970s English rock band <a href="/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a>, grew up in Kidderminster and has had associations with <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_College" title="Kidderminster College">Kidderminster College</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stuart_Matthew_Price" title="Stuart Matthew Price">Stuart Matthew Price</a>, singer and composer, was born in the town.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jess_Roden" title="Jess Roden">Jess Roden</a>, singer, was born in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Sanchez" title="Mike Sanchez">Mike Sanchez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">rhythm and blues</a> pianist and vocalist, is a long-time resident of Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Herbert_Smith,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Herbert Smith, 1st Baronet">Sir Herbert Smith, 1st Baronet</a>, Kidderminster carpet manufacturer and owner of <a href="/wiki/Witley_Court" title="Witley Court">Witley Court</a> (see <a href="/wiki/Smith_baronets#Smith_of_Kidderminster,_Worcs_(30_June_1920)" title="Smith baronets">Smith of Kidderminster baronets</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alf_Tabb" title="Alf Tabb">Alf Tabb</a>, Kidderminster cycle maker and rider of miniature cycles.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Taylor_(British_politician)" title="Richard Taylor (British politician)">Dr Richard Taylor</a> was an independent <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Wyre_Forest" title="Wyre Forest">Wyre Forest</a>, serving from 2001 to 2010. He originally trained as a medical doctor, working as a consultant at <a href="/wiki/Kidderminster_Hospital" title="Kidderminster Hospital">Kidderminster General Hospital</a> from 1972 to 1995. He was also co-leader of the National Health Action Party.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Watson_(Labour_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Watson (Labour politician)">Tom Watson</a> is a former <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="/wiki/West_Bromwich_East_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Bromwich East (UK Parliament constituency)">West Bromwich East</a> and Deputy Leader of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour Party</a>. He was educated at <a href="/wiki/King_Charles_I_School" title="King Charles I School">King Charles I High School</a> in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Webb_(guitarist)" title="Stan Webb (guitarist)">Stan Webb</a>, blues guitarist and founder of <a href="/wiki/Chicken_Shack" title="Chicken Shack">Chicken Shack</a>, resides in the town.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Francis_Young" title="John Francis Young">John Francis Young</a> served as a soldier in the First World War and won the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> as a private in 1918; he was born in Kidderminster.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sport_2">Sport</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mo_Anthoine" title="Mo Anthoine">Mo Anthoine</a> was born and brought up on Marlpool Lane in Kidderminster. He was a mountain climber famed for his technical skill.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Collins_(racing_driver)" title="Peter Collins (racing driver)">Peter Collins</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Formula_One" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> driver, was born in Kidderminster. During his career, Collins drove for the <a href="/wiki/Hersham_and_Walton_Motors" title="Hersham and Walton Motors">HWM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vanwall" title="Vanwall">Vanwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maserati_in_motorsport" title="Maserati in motorsport">Maserati</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scuderia_Ferrari" title="Scuderia Ferrari">Ferrari</a> teams and won 3 of his 33 Grands Prix. His promising career was cut short during the <a href="/wiki/1958_German_Grand_Prix" title="1958 German Grand Prix">1958 German Grand Prix</a>, when Collins spun off the track and sustained a fatal head injury in the accident that followed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kevin_Keelan" title="Kevin Keelan">Kevin Keelan</a>, footballer, played for <a href="/wiki/Norwich_City_F.C." title="Norwich City F.C.">Norwich City</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Lawley" title="Melissa Lawley">Melissa Lawley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_F.C._Women" title="Liverpool F.C. Women">Liverpool F.C. Women</a> Forward, who signed for the club in 2019.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Perry_(cricketer)" title="Ernest Perry (cricketer)">Ernest Perry</a>, first-class cricketer, died in Kidderminster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wyer" title="John Wyer">John Wyer</a> was born in Kidderminster; he went on to manage repeat victories at <a href="/wiki/Le_Mans_24_hours" class="mw-redirect" title="Le Mans 24 hours">Le Mans 24 hours</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CPkidpar2021-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-CPkidpar2021_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-CPkidpar2021_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wyre_forest/E04012638__kidder">"KIDDERMINSTER Parish in West Midlands"</a>. 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West Kennebunk, Maine: Phoenix Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-914659-49-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-914659-49-9"><bdi>0-914659-49-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/90045613">90045613</a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/22274920">22274920</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL1884671M">1884671M</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Changing+Landscape%3A+A+History+of+Briarcliff+Manor-Scarborough&rft.place=West+Kennebunk%2C+Maine&rft.pub=Phoenix+Publishing&rft.date=1990&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F22274920&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F90045613&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL1884671M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=0-914659-49-9&rft.aulast=Cheever&rft.aufirst=Mary&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKidderminster" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kidderminster&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurton1890" class="citation book cs1">Burton, John Richard (1890). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/historyofkidderm00burt"><i>A history of Kidderminster, with short accounts of some neighbouring parishes</i></a>. London: E. Stock.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+history+of+Kidderminster%2C+with+short+accounts+of+some+neighbouring+parishes&rft.place=London&rft.pub=E.+Stock&rft.date=1890&rft.aulast=Burton&rft.aufirst=John+Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fhistoryofkidderm00burt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKidderminster" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacDonald1969" class="citation cs2">MacDonald, Alec (1969) [1943], <i>Worcestershire in English History</i> (Reprint ed.), London: SR Publishers, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0854095759" title="Special:BookSources/978-0854095759"><bdi>978-0854095759</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Worcestershire+in+English+History&rft.place=London&rft.edition=Reprint&rft.pub=SR+Publishers&rft.date=1969&rft.isbn=978-0854095759&rft.aulast=MacDonald&rft.aufirst=Alec&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKidderminster" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPevsner_1968" class="citation book cs1">Pevsner, Nikolaus (1968). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YR7qAAAAMAAJ&q=the+buildings+of+england+worcestershire"><i>The Buildings of England: Worcestershire</i></a>. Penguin.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Buildings+of+England%3A+Worcestershire&rft.pub=Penguin&rft.date=1968&rft.aulast=Pevsner&rft.aufirst=Nikolaus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYR7qAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dthe%2Bbuildings%2Bof%2Bengland%2Bworcestershire&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKidderminster" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBrooks_&_Pevsner_2007" class="citation book cs1">Brooks, Alan; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2007). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3sG9568rRJsC&q=the+buildings+of+england+worcestershire"><i>The Buildings of England: Worcestershire</i></a>. 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population">Population of major settlements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Worcestershire" title="List of schools in Worcestershire">Schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Worcestershire" title="History of Worcestershire">History</a> (<a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_in_the_English_Civil_War" title="Worcestershire in the English Civil War">Civil War</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sites_of_Special_Scientific_Interest_in_Worcestershire" title="List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Worcestershire">SSSIs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Country_houses_in_Worcestershire" title="Category:Country houses in Worcestershire">Country Houses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Grade_I_listed_buildings_in_Worcestershire" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Grade I listed buildings in Worcestershire">Grade I listed buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Worcestershire" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Worcestershire">Grade II* 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