How well do you know the area ?

1 In which year was Redditch-Evesham railway completed?
2 The ‘Anglo-Saxon’ pub in Bidford was formerly called?
3 Which stream separates the manor/civil parishes of Coughton and Sambourne?
4 Which farm stands on site of Roman fort overlooking Alcester?
5 Which year did ‘Alcester Chronicle’ first appear?
6 What is tomb of Fulke Greville in Alcester church made of?
7 By which ford are the remains of a mill?
8 What was an earlier name for Ragley (or Alcester) mill?
9 Where was Alcester’s manor house?
10 In which eccesiastical parish is Wood Bevington?
11 Who built Studley Castle?
12 Who built Oversley Castle?
13 3 tollhouses remain in our area; Haselor, Arrow and ?
14 At which place in our area did needlemaking start?
15 Who was the local vicar jailed for debt?
16 Which of our parishes had a Saxon cemetery?
17 The name of Mappleborough church?
18 Which church has a wooden window?
19 Where is St.Milburga’s church?
20 In which year was road from Stratford to Droitwich turnpiked?
21 In which parish is the ‘money stone’? 1690,1754,1816?
22 What was mined for centuries at Spernall?
23 When was Alcester’s Town Hall completed? 1641, 1618, 1700, 1750?
24 What does ‘Why Not?’ pub on Ridgeway commemorate?
25 What was King’s Coughton Mill built for?
Summer 1986 Index