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Abberley, St. Mary (1850). Interior view. SO 7517 6800. Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Another view, © Karel Kuča (2011). Another view, and the chancel, both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed. St. Michael, the former parish church, of which the chancel is still used for services. The rest of the church is a shell. Two additional views - 1, 2. SO 7536 6786. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Another view of the old church, and two of the interior of the chancel - 1, 2 all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed
Abberton, St. Edburga. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Both links refer to a "broach spire", but nothing is evident in either photo. Howard Richter has pointed out that the grade II listing mentions that it was taken down in 1962, as it posed a hazard for RAF planes from the nearby RAF Pershore.
Abbot's Morton, St. Peter. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. The following are all © John Bowdler (2010) - the porch, just inside of which are two pews, dated by the church information leaflet to the 15th century; a triplet of windows of very unusual design; another three interior views - 1, 2, 3; the roof; the font is very plain, usually a sign of early date; the organ; and a window. Link.
Alfrick, St. Mary Magdalene. The porch, and two interior views - 1, 2. SO 7484 5297. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. A monument in the churchyard is listed as grade II.
Alvechurch, St. Laurence. Another view. SP 0266 7244.  Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For the churchyard cross and a memorial, see here. The Baptist Chapel on Red Lion Street. SP 0278 7272. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. St. Mary (R.C.) on School Lane, and its interior (taken through a window). This source says that it's a former school, converted in about 1970. SP 0285 7228. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Areley Kings, St. Bartholomew and its interior. SO 8020 7102. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another interior, © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. For other listed features, see here. The Methodist Church on Areley Common and Redstone lane, a tin tabernacle. This was previously known as Astley Cross Mission Church, and is dated here to 1905. SO 8017 6971. © Chris Kippin (2018).
Ashton under Hill, Free Church. © Graeme Harvey.
Astley, St. Peter. Another view, and the interior. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade I listed.
Aston Somerville, St. Mary the Virgin. Interior view, font, and a mutilated effigy resting on a stone coffin. The tower has a splendid golden dragon weather-vane; notice also the charming crocodile (?) gargoyle! All © John Bowdler (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Astwood Bank, St. Matthias & St. George (1884) on Church Roa
d. The intended tower was never built, but a nave was added in 1911. Prior to the church opening, services had been held in a school for several years. SP 0430 6288. © Richard Roberts (2020). Link.
Atch Lench, Wesleyan Methodist Church. © Aidan McRae Thomson.

Badsey, St. James. Interior view. SP 0709 4312. Both © Chris Kippin. Link. For those interested in researching their family history, "St. James Church, Badsey, Worcestershire - Registers and Monumental Inscriptions" can be downloaded here (pdf). It also contains numerous photos of the church. Grade II* listed.
Barnt Green, St. Andrew on Sandhills Road was built 1909-13, and the west facade (shown in the photo) was re-built in 2001. SP 0091 7359. © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed. Society of Friends Meeting House on Sandhills Road. SP 0079 7358. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Bayton, St. Bartholomew. Another view, and the interior. SO 691 732. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Beckford, St. John the Baptist. From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection. A modern view (taken from almost exactly the same position), and two interior views - 1, 2, all © Graeme Harvey (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Belbroughton, Holy Trinity. SO 9192 7686. © Vanessa Morgan. Two more views - 1, 2, both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For the listed churchyard memorial and cross, see here. Older O.S. maps show a Primitive Methodist Chapel on Forge Lane at SO 9200 7716. Pre-dating a map of 1903, it survived in active use (presumably as Methodist) until the mid-20th century at least, but has since been converted to secular use. It was seen by Streetview in 2009. It has a date-stone, but I can't read it.
Bengeworth, St. Peter. SP 093 438. © Graeme Harvey (2014). Link.
Beoley, St. Leonard. © Dorothy Turley. Link.
Berrow (aka Berrow Green), St. Faith. The porch, decorated at Harvest Festival time. Both © James Murray.
Besford, St. Peter. © Peter Morgan.
Bewdley, St. Anne. Link. All Saints. Link. Elim Riverside Church. All © John French. Another view of St. Anne. And a view from the rear. Interior view. These three all © James Murray.
Birlingham, St. James the Apostle, which stands at the junction of Church Street and Rectory Lane. Notes available in the church explain that this is at least the fourth church on the site. SO 932 431. © Roy Graham. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, the interior and the font. The lychgate is unusual in that it is the moved and re-used chancel arch from the Norman church, with a Victorian surround. All © Dennis Harper (2019). Link1. Link2. Grade II listed.
Birts Street, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. The comment here (which Janet Gimber pointed me to) advises dates of 1844 - late 1980's. Now converted to residential use. © Graeme Harvey.
Birtsmorton, St. Thomas of Canterbury with St. Peter and St. Paul. © James Murray.
Bishampton, St. James. Another view, and two interior views - 1, 2. Link. Grade II* listed. Former Chapel (1844). Howard Richter advises that this building shows as Baptist Chapel (General) on the 1885 OS map, and on the 1978-92 edition as Chapel. The closure date is so far unclear. SO 989 513. All © Peter Morgan (2012).
Bishop's Wood, St. Mary, on Church Lane near Crossway Green. Apparently known locally as The Gypsies Church", from a nearby common being a regular stopping place for Travellers. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the churchyard gateway. SO 8395 6876. All © Dennis Harper (2020).
Blackwell, St. Catherine (1939-40). It had a wooden predecessor of 1882, on the same site (source). SO 9909 7237. © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed. The former Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Greenhill, now a private residence. Its grade II listing (which calls it Trinity Methodist Memorial Church
) dates it to 1882. Another view. SO 9901 7223. Both © Peter Morgan (2023).
Blakedown, St. James the Great. © John French.
Bluntington, the former Methodist Chapel. It was built as Providence Primitive Methodist, and is dated here to 1873-circa 2010. SO 8978 7442. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Bockleton, St. Michael, and its blocked north door. SO 5931 6143. Both
© Chris Kippin. Another view of the North Door, and the South Door, both showing Lombard Bands. See Easton, below, for comments on Lombard Bands. Both © Rich Jones. Two more views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and a tomb, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. Two lych-gates are also listed - see here.
Bradley Green, St. John the Baptist. Its grade II listing dates it to 1864-5, on the site of a medieval chapel. SO 9862 6023. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Interior view, © Richard Roberts (2021). Link.
Bransford, St. John the Baptist. Another view. SO 7970 5156. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Bredon, St. Giles. SO 9200 3698. © Graeme Harvey. Two additional views - 1, 2, two interiors - 1, 2, and two examples of tombs - 1 (Sir Giles Reed and his wife, both died 1611), 2, all © Peter Morgan (2016). Another two view of the Reed tomb - 1, 2, both © Christopher Skottowe (1965). An old postcard view, from Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Link. Grade I listed. A former chapel, now a private residence. It's marked on older maps as Wesleyan Methodist. SO 9219 3694. © Peter Morgan (2016).
Bredon's Norton, St. Giles, which dates from circa 1150. Two interior views - 1, 2. All © Peter Morgan (2017). Link. Grade II listed.
Broadwas, St. Mary Magdalene. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2. SO 7550 5513. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For the churchyard cross and tombs, listed separately, see here. The Gospel Hall on Butts Bank, as seen by Streetview in 2021. SO 7636 5537. Link.
Broadway.
Bretforton, St. Leonard. Another view. SP 093 438. Both © Graeme Harvey (2014). Link. Grade I listed.
Bromsgrove.
Broughton Hackett, St. Leonard. © Peter Morgan (2012). Grade C listed - link.
Bushley, St. Peter. © Graeme Harvey (2013).

Callow End, St. James (1888). Link (with interior view). Stanbrook Abbey (R.C.) and Stanbrook Abbey Church (R.C.). The religious community has now moved to Yorkshire, but their website has a useful history. The buildings are now in use as a hotel. All © Peter Morgan (2015). Link. Grade II listed.
Callow Hill, Methodist Church (1864). SO 743 739. © Chris Kippin (2018). Link (scroll down).
Castlemorton, St. Gregory. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Catshill, Christ Church, on Stourbridge Road. SO 9572 7402. © Vanessa Morgan. Another view, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1838. Catshill Methodist Church Centre on Golden Cross Lane opened in 1968, and was extended in 2014. SO 965 740. © Richard Roberts (2015). Link. Catshill Baptist Church on Milton Road. SO 9627 7386. © Richard Roberts (2015). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023). The church  website history page dates it to 1990, the replacement for an earlier chapel of 1828 on the same site (the webpage has a photo of the demolished old chapel). Link. Bromsgrove Spiritualist Church on Church Road. Originally a Mission Room (1889), the current occupiers moved in in 1965. SO 958 739. © Richard Roberts (2015). Welcome Hall Evangelical Church on Woodrow Lane. SO 9637 7427. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Chaddesley Corbett, St. Cassian. Another view. The very handsome building in the churchyard is a (former?) school. According to its date-stone, it was "rebuilded and enlarged" in 1809. SO 8914 7359. All © Chris Kippin (2022). The font is superb, © Christopher Skottowe (1965). Link. Grade I listed. A cross, and a number  of headstones, memorials etc. are listed separately - they can be found here.
Charford, Bromsgrove - see Bromsgrove.
Charlton, St. John the Evangelist. The porch, and a close-up of the statue above the door. Two interior views - 1, 2. All © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade C listed.
Church Lench, All Saints. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two further views - 1, 2 - and an interior view. All © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Churchill, St. James. Dating from 1868 it is Grade II listed. SO 879 793. © Richard Rogerson. Link.
Claines, St. John the Baptist. © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Clent, St. Leonard. SO 928 793. © Roy Graham. Another view. And another. Both © John French. Link.
Cleeve Prior, St. Andrew. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson.
Clifton upon Teme, St. Kenelm. SO 7149 6161. © Les Needham (2011). Another view, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all
 © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see here. Less than a mile to the south is a medieval Chapel at Woodmanton Manor, at SO 7192 6048. Streetview hasn't seen it, and I haven't been able to find photo.
Clows Top, Mission Room (1895). SO 710 720. © Chris Kippin (2017). Link.
Cofton Hackett, St. Michael and All Angels. Two more views - 1, 2, and two of the interior - 1, 2. SP 0118 7535. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For other listed features, see here.
Cookhill, St. Paul. SP 0541 5896. © Aidan McRae Thomson. The church website dates it to 1876. Two more views - 1, 2, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2023). The Baptist Chapel of 1835. SP 0556 5813. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Cookley, St. Peter on Lea Lane. SO 842 802. © Dorothy Turley. Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, two interior views - 1, 2, the chancel, and the font, all © Dennis Harper (2018). Link. Grade II listed.
Cotheridge, St. Leonard. Two additional views - 1, 2, three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, the surviving box pews, pulpit and tester, organ, and the font, the Norman chancel arch, and the East window. SO 787 546. All © Dennis Harper (2018). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed.
Cow Honeybourne. Gilbert Barlow advises as follows. "This is a most unusual church. Built in the 15c but never consecrated and there is no dedication. Used as almshouses from the 16th to the 19th century. Rebuilt by W J Hopkins in 1861/62. Finally sold off in 1975 for conversion to 3 dwellings". © Tudorbarlow (Flickr).
Crabbs Cross, St. Peter (1896). SP 0411 6454. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. The Methodist Church is on Crabbs Cross Lane. It shows on older O.S. maps as Wesleyan. SP 0415 6441. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Croome d'Abitot, St. Mary Magdalene, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. Older maps label it as St. James. Its grade I listing dates it to 1758. SO 8865 4503. © Roy Graham. Two further views - 1, 2, two interior views - 1, 2, the pulpit (with tester), and font, all © Dennis Harper (2012). Another interior view, © Peter Morgan. The tomb of
Thomas, Lord Reeper, 1st Lord Coventry, (d. 1639). In the background is the tomb of Margaret, wife of the second Lord, (d. 1634), also seen here, and in B&W, another interior, and three more views of the tombs - 1, 2, 3, all © Christopher Skottowe (1965). Link. Grade I listed.
Cropthorne, St. Michael. Another view, an interior view, and the altar. The church has some fine monuments, including that of Francis Dingley (d. 1624) - 1, 2. SP 0001 4513. All © Peter Morgan (2012). A Saxon cross head, and another view of the monument, both © Christopher Skottowe (1963). Link. Grade I listed.
Crowle, St. John the Baptist. Grade II* listed - link. Gospel Hall. Both © Peter Morgan (2012).
Crown East, St. Thomas, on Crown East Lane. It's dated to 1876 here, where it says it was built on the site of a C13 chapel. SO 8129 5470. © Christopher Skottowe(2013). Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, all © Dennis Harper (2018). Link.

Defford, St. James. SO 9172 4321. © Peter Morgan. Two additional views - 1, 2, and the porch, all © Dennis Harper (2007). Link. Grade II* listed.
Dodderhill, St. Augustine of Canterbury. © Vanessa Morgan. Another view, © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Grade B listed - link.
Dodford, Holy Trinity & St. Mary (1908). Another view, and the interior. All © Peter Morgan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Dormston, St. Nicholas. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Doverdale, St. Mary. SO 8602 6603. © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Four additional views - 1, 2, 3, 4, all © Dennis Harper (2021). Link. Grade II listed.
Drake's Broughton, St. Barnabas on Walcot Lane. SO 926 485. © Peter Morgan (2012). Two additional views - 1, 2, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Dennis Harper (2019). Link.
Drakes Cross, Kingswood Unitarian Meeting House on Packhorse Lane. It was originally Presbyterian. SP 0778 7705. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1793, replacing an earlier building of circa 1708, destroyed in rioting in 1791. Whether it was on the same site or not isn't stated.
Droitwich Spa.

Earl's Croome, St. Nicholas. © Peter Morgan.
Eastham, St. Peter and St. Paul. SO 6570 6873. © Les Needham (2011). Another view, and an interior view, both © Rich Jones. Rich describes the feature above the door as a Lombard Band - this occurs in a number of churches in the area - and there is even a gravestone at Stockton on Teme with a Lombardic inscription. Another view, three more of the interior - 1, 2, 3, and the font, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is listed as grade II.
Eckington, Holy Trinity. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Edgioake, the Mortuary Chapel in the cemetery on Edgioake Lane. The 25" O.S. map of 1904 shows the cemetery as half its present size, and the chapel as Mortuary Chapel (Baptist). SP 0409 6125. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Eldersfield, St. John the Baptist. © James Murray. Link.
Elmbridge, St. Mary. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, and the interior, both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed.
Elmley Castle, St. Mary the Virgin. © Graeme Harvey. An old postcard view, from John Bowdler's Collection. Link1. Link2. Link3. Andrew Ross tells me that the church was used as a location for the first episode of the 1970's gloomy TV classic, Survivors.
Elmley Lovett, St. Michael. Another view, and the interior. SO 8655 6967. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. A cross and a memorial in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be found here.
Evesham.

Fairfield, St. Mark, is dated here to 1854. SO 9480 7515. © Chris Emms (2011). Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Far Forest, Holy Trinity (1844) on Church Lane. SO 728 750. Link. Baptist Church. SO 730 745. Both © Chris Kippin (2018).
Feckenham, St. John the Baptist. © Vanessa Morgan. Interior view. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Two further views - 1, 2, the porch, font, and what I assume is a font cover, another interior view, and the attractively painted arcade, the altar, a window, and a musical angel!, all © John Bowdler (2010). Link. St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher (R.C.). Another view. The foundation stone gives the date 1935. Both © John Bowdler (2010). The former United Methodist Chapel, originally Ebenezer Chapel (1861). © John Bowdler (2010).
Finstall, St. Godwald. © Tudorbarlow (Flickr).
Fladbury, St. John the Baptist. © Simon Edwards (2011). Link. Grade II listed - link.
Flyford Flavell, St. Peter. © Mark Summers.
Frith Common, the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which pre-dates a map of 1884. SO 6901 6977. © Peter Morgan (2023).

Gadfield Elm, the Chapel (Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, originally United Brethren  - a splinter from the Primitive Methodists). © James Murray. Link.
Grafton Flyford, St. John the Baptist. © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Great Comberton, St. Michael. Two interiors - 1, 2. SO 9550 4208. All © Peter Morgan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed.
Great Malvern.
Great Witley, St. Michael and All Angels. It was consecrated in 1735, originally as a private chapel for the Foley family of Witley Court. SO 7694 6498. © Peter Morgan. Another view, and the interior, both © James Murray.
Another interior, © Christopher Skottowe (1965). Two further views - 1, 2, and two more interiors - 1, 2, the organ, pulpit and the font. The ceiling is barrel-vaulted in papier-mâché. The spectacular Foley Monument is enormous, dwarfing the door to its left. The windows too are very fine - 1, 2, 3. All © Carole Sage (2018), who says a visit is highly recommended. Link. Grade I listed. A redundant church on Witley Road. Originally the Parish Church, it became redundant following the transfer of the congregation to the then newly restored church at Witley Court. © Peter Morgan.
Grimley, St. Bartholomew. SO 8364 6068. © Chris Kippin (2017). Another view, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see here.
Guarlford, St. Mary (1844). Another view. Both © Graeme Harvey (2013). Link.

Hadzor, St. Richard and St. Hubert (R.C.) on Hadzor Lane. Another view. SO 9113 6267. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. The former St. John the Baptist was the parish church. It hasn't been seen by Streetview, but a photo and short history are available here. SO 9156 6255. Grade II listed.
Hagley, St. John the Baptist. SO 921 807. © Chris Emms (2011). Link.
Hallow, St. Philip & St. James. A redundant church, now a primary school. Both © Peter Morgan.
Hampton, St. Andrew. SP 028 431. © Peter Wood. Link.
Hampton Lovett, St. Mary and All Angels. Interior view. Both © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Link.
Hanbury, St. Mary the Virgin. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3.
SO 9543 6439. All © Peter Morgan (2019). Link. Grade I listed. Several churchyard monuments are listed separately, and these can be found here.
Hanley Castle, St. Mary. © Peter Morgan. Link.
Hanley Child, St. Michael and All Angels. It replaced an earlier wooden church. SO 6500 6523. © Les Needham (2011). Another view, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1807.
Hanley Swan, St. Gabriel. © Peter Morgan (2010). Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Peter Morgan (2015). Link. Grade II listed. Our Lady and St. Alphonsus (R.C., 1846). Two interior views - 1, 2, and the altar. All © Peter Morgan (2015). Link. Grade II listed.
Hanley William, All Saints. SO 699 602. © Les Needham (2011). Grade II* listed - link.
Harpley - see Lower Sapey.
Hartlebury, St. James. © Dorothy Turley. Another view. © Peter Morgan. Hartlebury Castle Chapel (interior view). From an old postcard in John Bowdler's Collection.
Harvington, St. James the Great. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. The Georgian Chapel at Harvington Hall. Interior view. Both © Peter Morgan (2016). St. Mary (R.C.). The interior. Both © Peter Morgan (2016). Link.
Headley Heath, New Life Church Centre, part of the Elim network. SP 0628 7690. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Heightington, St. Giles. The interior. SO 767 711. Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Link. Grade II* listed.
Hill Croome, St. Mary. © Peter Morgan.
Himbleton, St. Mary Magdalene. The ancient door in the porch, and two interior views - 1, 2. SO 9466 5876. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade I listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as grade II.
Hollywood, Christian Life Centre on Simms Lane at Drake's Cross. SP 0809 7633. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Holt, St. Martin. SO 828 625. © Chris Kippin (2017). Link. Grade I listed.
Holy Cross, St. Oswald and St. Wulstan (R.C.). Originally a Tudor malthouse, it was donated to the Catholic Church in 1926. Another view. SO 918 787. Both © Chris Emms (2011).
Honeybourne, St. Ecgwin. Interior view. Both © Tudorbarlow (Flickr).
Huddington, St. James. Two interior views - 1, 2. All © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.

Inkberrow, St. Peter. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. Grade I listed- link. Bethesda Chapel (1861). © Peter Morgan (2012).

Kemerton, St. Nicholas. © Graeme Harvey (2013). Another view and the interior, both © Peter Morgan (2016). Link. Grade II* listed. St. Benet's (R.C.). Another view. Both © Graeme Harvey (2012).
Kempsey, St. Mary the Virgin. © Peter Morgan. Baptist Church. © Peter Morgan. Howard Richter advises that this was demolished in 2008-9 (and was certainly gone by November 2009). This document has numerous plans and photographs. The date of building is variously (according to source consulted) 1840 or 1844.
Kerswell Green, St. John the Baptist. The signboard dates it to 1883. SO 8613 4677. © Chris Kippin (2022). Marked on old maps a short distance away is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at SO 8609 4685. It pre-dates a map of 1904, and its site was seen by Streetview in 2008. This source claims that the Ordnance Survey was mistaken in calling it Wesleyan, saying that it was Primitive Methodist, and closed in 1956.
Kidderminster.
Kington, St. James. © Mark Summers. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade B listed - link.
Knighton on Teme, St. Michael and All Angels, showing a Lombard Band above the door; the same design feature is also present in the interior. For comments on Lombard Bands, see Easton, above. SO 6333 6991. Both © Rich Jones. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is also listed, as grade II.
Knightsford Bridge, the former St. Mary. SO 7340 5609. © Peter Morgan (2023). Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1856.
Knightwick, the Chapel. Its grade II listing dates it to 1879, on the site of the demolished parish church. Although described as a Mortuary Chapel on the listing, according to its ACNY entry, which describes it as Knightwick Chapel, services are held here. Here, it says that the congregation from Doddenham Church moved here in 2002, when their church "became unusable". Another view, and the interior, taken through a window. SO 7283 5523. All © Peter Morgan (2023).
Kyre, St. Mary. Another view. SO 6264 6352. Both
© Chris Kippin. Two more views - 1, 2, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.

Leigh, St. Edburga, as seen by Streetview in 2021. SO 7842 5346. The interior and font, both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. The churchyard cross is listed separately as grade II.
Lickey, Holy Trinity. Its Wikipedia entry dates it to 1855-6, with later enlargements. SO 9945 7523. © Vanessa Morgan. Another view, © Tudorbarlow (Flickr), and another view and the interior, both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link.
Lickey End, the Methodist Church. Older maps label it as Wesleyan. SO 9696 7307. © Peter Morgan (2011). Link.
Lindridge, St. Lawrence. SO 6752 6899. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, © Graeme Harvey, and the interior, © Aidan McRae Thomson. The chancel, © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1861. For other listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Little Comberton, St. Peter. © Graeme Harvey. Link.
Little Witley, St. Michael. Interior view, and the handsome font. SO 7826 6351. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Two more of the interior - 1, 2, and the pulpit, all © Karel Kuča (2011). Link. Grade II listed.
Long Bank, the former St. Mar
y. Another view. SO 762 743. Both © Chris Kippin (2018).
Longdon, St. Mary. © Graeme Harvey (2012). Grade II* listed - link.
Lower Bentley, St. Mary (1874-5), and its interior. SO 9821 6593. Both © Richard Roberts (2021). Link.
Lower Broadheath, Christ Church (C) on Church Lane. Another view. SO 811 573. Both © Dennis Harper (2018). Link.
Lower Moor, St. Thomas. Two interior views - 1, 2, and a window. All © Peter Morgan (2012). Link.
Lower Sapey, the old church of St. Bartholomew, now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. SO 6993 6021. Another view, the wooden porch, and three interiors - 1, 2, 3. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. The present church of St. Bartholomew (1876) stands about a mile away at Harpley. Another view and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3. SO 6869 6123. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed.
Lulsley, the former St. Giles. Its closure is dated here to 1892-1972. Two more views - 1, 2. SO 7448 5550. All © Peter Morgan (2023).

Madresfield, St. Mary the Virgin. © Peter Morgan.
Malvern - see Great Malvern.
Mamble, St. John the Baptist. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Martley, St. Peter. SO 7563 5981. © Dorothy Turley. Three more views - 1, 2, 3, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link1. Link2. Link3. Grade I listed. For related listed features, see here. Older maps show a Chapel adjacent to the Martley Union Workhouse, at SO 7535 5984. Workhouse and chapel have gone, and a housing estate built on the site. The bungalow on the site of the chapel was seen by Streetview in 2009. 
Menithwood, a former chapel. This is marked on old maps as "Mission Church". SO 709 693. © Chris Kippin (2018).
Middle Littleton, St. Nicholas. Interior view. SP 0806 4699. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, another of the interior, and the font, all © Peter Morgan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed as grade II.

Naunton Beauchamp, St. Bartholomew. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
North Piddle, St. Michael and All Angels. © Peter Morgan (2012).
Norton, St. Egwin. © Jane Marriott.
Norton, St. James the Great. Methodist Church. Both © Peter Morgan.

Oddingley, St. James. Another view, the porch, and two of the interior - 1, 2. SO 9145 5905. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Offenham, St. Mary and St. Milburgh. SP 0531 4622. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Taken from a very similar position, this old postcard is in Geoff Watt's Collection. Interior view, © Aidan McRae Thomson. Two more interior views - 1, 2, both © Peter Morgan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as grade II.
Ombersley, St. Andrew (1828-9). © Peter Morgan. Two interior views - 1, 2, and the organ, all © Simon Edwards (2011). Simon advises that the previous church was demolished when the stream eroded the land and made it unsafe. The present church is by Thomas Rickman, who has an important place in church architecture and scholarship, particularly for his classification of the chronology of the various architectural styles. Grade II* listed.
Orleton, the former St. John the Baptist (1816-1958). SO 6995 6703.
© Chris Kippin.
Overbury, St. Faith. Interior view. Both © Graeme Harvey (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.

Pebworth, St. Peter. Interior view. SP 1286 4690. Both © Tudorbarlow (Flickr). Three more views - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2022). Link. Grade I listed. There's also a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at the corner of Front Street and Chapel Road. It pre-dates a map of 1883. Now in secular use, it was seen by Streetview in 2021. SP 1306 4677.
Pendock, The Church of the Redeemer (or Pendock Cross Church). Another view. James advises that it was built in 1899 as a temporary mission church, but is still in use! It has an outdoor font, which, though pretty, is stacked up on bricks. SO 7839 3280. All © James Murray. Link. Pendock Old Church stands about two miles E.N.E. of the village, near the hamlet of Sledge Green, and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. SO 8170 3370. © James Murray. Link. Old maps show, immediately to the east of the church at SO 8175 3371, Priory (Site of). The site hasn't been visited by the Streetview van. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It has a date plaque for 1824. SO 7867 3259. © Janet Gimber (2019).
Pensax, St. James the Great. Interior view. SO 7233 6898. Both © Chris Kippin (2018). Another view, and two more of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed. The stump of a churchyard cross is also listed separately as Grade II.
Peopleton, St. Nicholas. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and a window. All © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Pershore.
Pinvin, St. Nicholas. Another view. Both © Rosemary Groves (2010).
Pirton, St. Peter. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan. Two interior views - 1, 2, both © Peter Morgan (2015). The one-handed clock, © Janet Gimber (2018). Link.
Powick, St. James (a chapel of ease). Stanbrook Abbey. St. Peter. All © Peter Morgan.

Redditch.
Ribbesford, St. Leonard. From an old postcard in Geoff Watt's Collection. A modern view, and an interior view, both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Ripple, St. Mary the Virgin. SO 8762 3773. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern view, and an interior view, both © Rosemary Groves (2010). The church is well known for its splendid misericords - here's a selection, 1 (bird-scaring), 2 (hawking), 3 (Lammastide bread baking), 4 (knocking down acorns for the pigs), 5 (woman spinning and man tending cooking pot), all © Christopher Skottowe (1965). The full set of misericords can be seen here, from where the interpretations listed earlier are taken. Link. Grade I listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed separately as grade II.  
Rochford, St. Michael. SO 6292 6850. © David Adams. Two mire views - 1, 2, and two of the interior - 1, 2, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Rock, St. Peter & St. Paul. © Bill McKenzie.
Romsley, St. Kenelm. SO 943 807. © Roy Graham. Another view. © John French. Methodist Church (1930). SO 962 799. © Chris Emms (2011).
Rous Lench, St. Peter. The fine south doorway. Both © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade I listed - link.
Rowney Green, the former Mission Chapel on Gravel Pit Lane, now a private residence. It's dated here to 1862-1978. SP 0454 7156. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Shared Church on Chapel Lane is a L.E.P., Anglican and Methodist. The Anglican congregation moved here a few years after the mission church closed. It was originally Wesleyan Methodist, of 1869. Interior view. SP 0461 7175. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link1. Link2. See also the link for the Mission Chapel.
Rubery, St. Chad on New Road. A 2022 Streetview provides another view. This source dates it to 1957. It stands on the site of an earlier St. Chad, which available maps bracket to between 1883 and 1904. SO 9883 7724. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Beacon Church Centre (U.R.C.) stands on Whetty Lane at SO 9864 7702. © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. The history page dates it to 1928. It may have been successor to a Congregational Chapel which shows on older O.S. maps at SO 9926 7754. Its site lies somewhere beneath the roadway, pavement and adjacent greenery seen in a Streetview from 2022. Older O.S. maps show City of Birmingham Lunatic Asylum (Rubery Hill) a little way north-east of Rubery. Its chapel survives. It's not well seen on Streetview, but its grade II listing, which dates it to 1882, has a photo. SO 9926 7781. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses on New Road. The only suitable Streetview shows the building from the A38 in 2022.
Rushock, St. Michael and All Angels. Two interior views - 1, 2. SO 8846 7119. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade II listed.
Rushwick, St. Thomas at Crown East. © Christopher Skottowe. Link. Grade II listed.

St. Michael's, St. Michael and All Angels. Another view. SO 5826 6575. Both © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1856-8.
Sale Green, the former Primitive Methodist Chapel (1893), now in residential use. © Peter Morgan (2012).
Salwarpe, St. Michael and All Angels. Interior view. Both © Simon Edwards (2011). Another view, another interior, and a close-up of the reredos, all © Peter Morgan (2015). Grade II* listed.
Sedgeberrow, St. Mary the Virgin. © Rosemary Groves (2010). Another view, the porch, lych-gate and war memorial, all © John Bowdler (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Severn Stoke, St. Denys. © Peter Morgan. Three further views - 1, 2, 3, all © Dennis Harper (2012). News story about floods of 2012. Grade II* listed.
Shelsley Beauchamp, All Saints. SO 7311 6286. © Dorothy Turley. Two more views - 1, 2, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. Listed monuments and a cross are also listed - they can be seen here.
Shelsley Walsh, St. Andrew. SO 7216 6297. © Les Needham (2011). Two more views - 1, 2, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link1. Link2. Grade I listed.
Shrawley, St. Mary. SO 8060 6479. © Dorothy Turley. Another view, the pulpit and a modern window, all © Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see here.
South Littleton, St. Michael. SP 0757 4623. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2022). Link. Grade II* listed. A cross in the churchyard is listed as grade II. Freedom Day Centre on Shinehill Lane is labelled on older O.S. maps as Mission Room. Streetview saw it in 2021, and zooming in shows the date-stone, which reads Friends Littleton Mission 1896. A 2015 news item mentions its planned closure, but doesn't reveal if the Friends means Quakers - however, an estate agents advert confirms that it was. SP 0799 4620.
Spetchley, All Saints. Interior view, and an impressive monument. All © Peter Morgan (2014). Grade II* listed. St. John the Baptist (R.C.) at Spetchley Park. The chapel is part of Spetchley Hall. Grade II* listed (for the hall, including chapel). © Peter Morgan.
Stanbrook, St. Thomas. © Peter Morgan (2015).
Stanford on Teme, St. Mary. SO 7024 6572. © Les Needham. Three interior views - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link1. Link2. Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1768-9.
Stock Green, the Baptist Chapel on Cockshot Lane, which dates from 1846. SO 9772 5845. © Richard Roberts (2020). The 1961 1:25,000 O.S. map doesn't show this chapel, though there is another site indicated a short distance away at SO 9781 5843. I can find no evidence for this chapel and it may be a rare example of an error on the part of the Ordnance Survey.
Stockton on Teme, St. Andrew. SO 7161 6734. © Les Needham (2011). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Bliss, St. Peter. SO 6514 6285. © Les Needham (2011). Two more views - 1, 2, and three of the interior - 1, 2, 3, all © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed.
Stoke Prior, St. Michael. © Vanessa Morgan. Another view, © Peter Morgan (2011). Interior view. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link. Grade I listed - link.
Stone, St. Mary. © Dorothy Turley.
Stoulton, St. Edmund, King and Martyr. © Peter Morgan. The blocked South Door has a Lombard Band above. For comments on Lombard Bands, see Easton, above. © Rich Jones. Grade II* listed.
Strensham, St. John the Baptist (K), now looked after by the Churches Conservation Trust. The 1902 25" O.S. labels this as St. Philip & St. James. Another three views - 1, 2, 3, the porch, and its sun-dial. SO 9108 4063. All © Dennis Harper (2019). Link. Grade I listed.
Suckley, St. John the Baptist. An unusual door handle, two interior views - 1, 2, the East Window, and the font. SO 7210 5163. All © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see here.
Summerfield, disused church. © Peter Morgan.

Tardebigge, St. Bartholomew, off High House Lane. Richard explains that the medieval church (1138), which collapsed in 1775, straddled the Worcestershire/Warwickshire county boundary. It was moved slightly for the re-build so that is now properly in Worcestershire. Interior view. SO 995 691. Both © Richard Roberts (2015). Link. Grade II* listed.
Tenbury Wells.
The Hook, Hook Church. © Peter Morgan.
Throckmorton, the Parish Church - "The Chapelry". Also known as Church in the Field. © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed- link.
Tibberton, St. Peter ad Vincula. © Peter Morgan.

Upper Arley, St. Peter. Two additional views - 1, 2, three interiors - 1, 2, 3, the altar and font. SO 764 804. All © Dennis Harper (2013). Link. Grade II* listed.
Upton Snodsbury, St. Kenelm. © Rosemary Groves (2010). Interior view, © Tim Hollinghurst (2011). Link.
Upton-upon-Severn.
Upton Warren, St. Michael. Another view. Both © Peter Morgan (2011). Link. Grade II* listed - link.

Welland, St. James. © Peter Morgan.
West Malvern, St. James. © June Norris.
White Ladies Aston, St. John the Baptist. Another view, and two interior views - 1, 2. All © Peter Morgan (2012). Link. Grade II* listed - link.
Whittington, St. Philip & St. James. © Peter Morgan.
Wichenford, St. Laurence. Interior view, and the superb Washbourne monument.  SO 7872 6015. All © Chris Kippin (2018). Three more views - 1, 2, 3, and two more of the interior - 1, 2, all
 © Peter Morgan (2023). Link. Grade II* listed. A churchyard tomb is listed as grade II.
Wick, St. Mary. © Peter Morgan. Another view. © Aidan McRae Thomson. Interior view, © Peter Morgan (2015). Grade II* listed.
Wildmoor, the former Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel on Top Road. The date-stone is for 1893. © Peter Morgan (2023). This source says that it closed in 2008, and that the congregation had previously met in a former Wesleyan Chapel. It's likely to be the Methodist Chapel marked on a map of 1883 on Middle Road at SO 9613 7592. The house at right in this 2022 Streetview has a plaque saying "Chapel Cottage". Whether anything of the chapel survives is unclear.
Wilden, All Saints. Interior view. Both © Aidan McRae Thomson. Link.
Witley - see Great Witley, above.
Wolverley, St. John the Baptist. SO 8289 7932. © Dorothy Turley. Two more views - 1, 2, two of the interior - 1, 2, the chancel, East window, the pulpit and the font, all © Dennis Harper (2022).
Link. Grade II* listed. Two memorials in the churchyard are listed separately - they can be found here.
Woolmere Green, the former St. Mark's Mission Church.
It pre-dates a map of 1903, SO 9602 6263. © Peter Morgan (2023).
Worcester.
Wychbold, St. Mary de Wyche - consecrated 1888. SO 9296 6589. © Peter Morgan (2011). Three additional views - 1, 2, 3, the lych-gate which also serves as the War Memorial, and the wooden porch, all © Dennis Harper (2021). Link. Grade II listed. Older maps mark an Independent Chapel on School Road, at SO 9217 6578. In all likelihood, this will have been the Congregational Church of 1836 mentioned on the village Wikipedia entry. A 2019 Streetview shows the housing built on the site. I've been unable to find a photo, or discover when it was closed or demolished.
Wyre Piddle, St. Anne. Another view, two interior views - 1, 2, and the altar and window. Link. Grade B listed. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel now in residential use. All © Peter Morgan (2012).
Wythall, the former St. Mary on Chapel Lane, now in commercial use. An 1862 church by Preedy, it was closed in 1999 for structural reasons.  A new church is to be built nearby. SP 0728 7488. © John Balaam (2015). Grade II listed. After a number of years of meeting in a variety of locations, the new church was finally completed in 2014. It stands off Shawhurst Lane, as part of the Coppice School site, but it isn't visible on Streetview. Link. The former St. Aiden (R.C., disused) on Station Road. SP 0836 7504. © Peter Morgan (2023).

 

 
 

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