The almonry museum have artifacts from the local area, including the silver from atch lench baptist chapel, which closed in september 2000. John rous purchased the manor of lench in 812, and it descended in that family for 350 years. Rous lench is named after the rous family who were lords of the manor for nearly 500 years from the late 14th century to the late 19th century. The parish registers of worcestershire are a collection of books essentially documenting. Rous was educated at johns hopkins university, baltimore, and at the university of michigan. The praetorians by jean larteguy, the dreyfus affair.
British history online also have some great information on the parish of church lench and rous lench. Property details for old rectory rous lench evesham wr11. The work was published privately and only a few copies were made. Heritage list entry summary for tower about 100 metres east of rous lench court. A short history of rous lench plus historical notes post. Rous lench worcestershire family history guide published december 16, 2018 updated august 29, 2019 rous lench is an ancient parish in the county of worcestershire. There are no pews in the church which offers the advantage of the space being flexibly used.
Church lench is a village in the civil parish of south lenches, in the wychavon district, in the county of worcestershire, england, approximately 5. Rous lench court, abbots morton 893 historic england. Jul 10, 2010 the social house after the smallest building in this worcestershire village, described in the previous post, heres the largest, rou lench court, a house of the 16th and 17th centuries, much altered in the 19th century by charles henry rouse boughton and his successor as lord of the manor william kyle westwood chafy chafy. Extract from the bomfords of worcestershireby dr bruce bomford frcs, salford priors, 1983. Rous lench saint peter churchyard, rous lench, worcestershire, england, united kingdom. The villages are steeped in history, far too little is written down. St peter, rous lench churches in worcestershire guides. Henry was succeeded by his son thomas, who obtained licence in 1445 to have divine service celebrated in the chapel or oratory in his manor of rous lench. They may well include the names of other locations or areas. Rous lench worcestershire family history guide parishmouse. It was the last of the local rouse boughtons, sir charles henry rouse boughton, who improved the village with a magnificent gothic school and village hall, plus various cottages. The rous lench pictorial history book which is always quite popular when made publicly available every year at the pig roast has been digitised and made publicly available year round via an album in the facebook page. During the next five centuries it was known under various forms of the name lench randulf before the name rous lench or its alternative spellings rouse or rowse was widely adopted. Much of the historical background to rous lench court quoted by the author of the 1899 country life article was sourced from the weighty tomes of encyclopaedic nash, a reference to dr treadway russell nashs collections for a history of worcestershire, published in 1781 and 1782.
Rous lench court, a 16thcentury timberframed building formerly the seat of the rouse baronets, is a grade ii listed building. The roll made for the powerful beauchamp family and possibly commissioned by anne neville, wife of richard iii commemorates the deeds of the earls. The parish of rous lench or rouse lench, comprising the village of rous lench and the hamlet of radford, is a rural parish of just over 100 homes situated to the northwest of church lench village website. This comprised an area of 1280 acres the deed of grant for which was issued to george forbes on 1 august 1839. The village has also been known as abbots lench, as recorded in the 1911 census, and hob lench as noted by the royal historical society in. An article from the meetings of the architectural societies, 1899. Robert rous was brother and heir of the younger john, but the manor of rous lench seems to have passed to henry, a younger brother. Unnamed road has 25 properties on it with an average current value of.
Its earliest recorded history reveals that it was a gift by kenred. The scandal that tore france in two by piers paul read, t. In the domesday book of 1086, rous lench was listed as biscopesleng, belonging to the abbey church of st mary, worcester, and assessed at 7 hides. Rous lench church st peters is an unusually designed church see photographs elsewhere on the website to see what i mean and has two pulpits. The parish includes rous lench court, an important 16 th century court house originally occupied by the rous or rouse family. As a result, it has been possible to scan this fivepage pedigree and post it on the web, for the benefit of anyone interested in temple family history. Rous lench, worcestershire genealogy heraldry and history.
Records images cemetery page showing maps, records, and images of headstones in the rous lench saint peter churchyard, rous lench, worcestershire, england, united kingdom billiongraves cemetery and images. There is a local book written by dr chafy called the history of rous lench. Church lench was listed in the domesday book in 1086 as circelenz, and in other contemporary manuscripts as chichlenz, or chyrchlench, indicating that. Rous lench was held by the rous family, and then the rouse boughtons, from 82 to 1876. Rous lench c e primary school admission register 191159 ref. Rous lench, wr11 4un about st peter, rous lench perhaps st peter, rous lench is your closest church or whether you have another qualifying connection with it, get in touch to talk about your plans for your celebration. Dec 16, 2018 rous lench is an ancient parish in the county of worcestershire. Rous lench, worcestershire genealogy genealogy familysearch. A searchable transcript of the baptism registers of rous lench. Get the billiongraves app now and help collect images for this cemetery. John rous, history of the kings of england the british library. Sp 05 sw rous lench cp rous lench 8164 rous lench court formerly listed as lench court 30. Tower about 100 metres east of rous lench court, rous lench.
The records of schools and other educational establishments in this parish are detailed in a handlist available at worcestershire archives. There are entries in the domesday book for ab lench and rous lench, both of which were part of the manor of fladbury, and sherriffs lench which was held by. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. History of rous lench, in wychavon and worcestershire place. People from history, chinesefrench bilingualchina classic paintings art history books provide a unique experience for children and people of all ages. Rouss family are first recorded at ragley in warwickshire, but in the early 80s they acquired the manor of rous lench, over the border in southeast worcestershire, and this had become their main residence by the sixteenth century. The land on which both edinglassie and rous lench are located was the original portion 4 of the parish of brougham in the county of durham. Rous lench is an ancient parish in the county of worcestershire. Its earliest recorded history reveals that it was a gift by kenred of mercia to evesham abbey in 708. Peyton rous, american pathologist whose discovery of cancerinducing viruses earned him a share of the nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1966.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Both books are softbound booklets, both in vg condition. This property is located at old rectory, rous lench, evesham wr11 4uj and has an estimated current value of. The rous roll is an illustrated armorial rollchronicle by john rous d. Sir thomas rous cr bt 1641, who inherited in 1645, was a friend of the puritan divine richard baxter whose visit to rous lench has long been commemorated by a tree.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Prior to this it was known as lench randolph, and before that it was bishops lench. I first became aware of it through the pictures in ethne clarke and george wrights 1988 book english topiary gardens and thought. These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with rous lench, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. Both rous lench and church lench have excellent churches which boast of norman and saxon origins. The lenches is the term used to describe the five settlements of ab lench, atch lench, church lench, sherrifs lench and rous lench, which includes radford. Property details for rous lench court rous lench evesham wr11. After a time i saw what i believed, at the time, to be a radio relay station located out on a desolate sand spit near villa bens. Home about us rous lench history of rous lench history of rous lench parish the parish of rous lench or rouse lench, comprising the village of rous lench and the hamlet of radford, is a rural parish of just over 100 homes situated to the northwest of church lench. Media in category rous lench the following 40 files are in this category, out of 40 total. Rous lench court, rous lench 1081656 historic england.
It was built because rous lench is the victorian estate village par excellence. Rous lench, in a history of the county of worcester. St peters, rous lench st peters is an unusually designed church see photographs elsewhere on the website to see what i mean and has two pulpits. The john sheldon collection 101985 the rous lench collection vol. Rous lench court, worcestershire rous lench court is an. Unnamed road, wr11 has 25 properties on it with a current average value of. The social house after the smallest building in this worcestershire village, described in the previous post, heres the largest, rou lench court, a house of the 16th and 17th centuries, much altered in the 19th century by charles henry rouse boughton and his successor as lord of the manor william kyle westwood chafy chafy. John rous, history of the kings of england the british. Author of new links with shakespeare, stanton and snowshill, gloucestershire, the hemmings of alcester and oxford, some notes on the evesham branch of the washbourne family, a vanished palace, the prattinton collections of worcestershire history, the rouses of rous lench, a seventeenth century country gentleman sir francis throckmorton, 164080. The victoria history of the county of worcester, 1924, 4978 pevsner, n, the buildings of england. Country houses for sale in worcestershire country life. Previous next back to beginning atch lench houses 1.
The ancient parish of church lench appears in the domesday book of 1086. Explore the worlds largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources. Piddle brook forms its northern and an unnamed stream, a tributary of whitsun brook, its western boundary. Property details for rous lench court rous lench evesham. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. A short history of rous lench plus historical notes post 1900. A 1994 reprint of a short history of rous lench by the revd wkw chafy, published 1901, with illustrations by gweendolen m chafy. The rous roll the british library the british library. Rous lench village hall, built in 1885 and deeded to the village in 1947, hosts public events and is available for hire. The village stands 2 miles w of the boundary with warwickshire, 8 sw by w of alcester, and 7 nnw of evesham.
The list refers to original documents so you will need to note the reference number and contact. Lench, rous, a village and a parish in worcestershire. Guide to rous lench, worcestershire ancestry, family history, and genealogy. The parish of rous lench lies in the east of the county. An addition to a short history of rous lench by roy gill, covering the period up to 1992.
A detailed history of the countys hundreds, parishes and religious houses. In around 1480, he began work on historia regum angliae history of the kings of england, a general history of england intended to give edward iv information about kings and high ranking clergy who might be. For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of. An original article from the meetings of the architectural societies 1899. These are relatively modern divisions, and the history of the area was. The road from worcester to alcester passes through the north of the parish. Aug 20, 2008 author of new links with shakespeare, stanton and snowshill, gloucestershire, the hemmings of alcester and oxford, some notes on the evesham branch of the washbourne family, a vanished palace, the prattinton collections of worcestershire history, the rouses of rous lench, a seventeenth century country gentleman sir francis throckmorton, 164080. The 12thcentury church was significantly extended during the 14th century and the 15th century. This 7 bed freehold detached house is located at rous lench court, rous lench, evesham wr11 4uj. The latter two are not included in the current south lenches parish. The parish contains also the hamlet of eadford, and is bounded on the n by radford brook. History of rous lench, in wychavon and worcestershire. Property details for old rectory rous lench evesham wr11 4uj. Very good condition book in very good condition photographic dust wrapper with shallow rubs to the spine ends and corners, not price clipped 126.
Tower about 100 metres east of rous lench court, rous. Republished here with permission from dr bomfords sons. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Media in category rous lench post box the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Its church, all saints, is currently church of england, and its earliest recorded priest was in residence in 1086. Dating from the 12th century, the norman church was enlarged and partly rebuilt by frederick preedy between 1884 and 1896. Rous lench court is an important though largely unknown garden which has gone through several phases in its long life and was recently on the brink of dereliction. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings. Rous lench is a village and civil parish in wychavon, worcestershire, england. Feb 12, 2020 peyton rous, american pathologist whose discovery of cancerinducing viruses earned him a share of the nobel prize for physiology or medicine in 1966.
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