Martley

Coordinates: 52°14′09″N 2°21′37″W / 52.23584°N 2.36018°W / 52.23584; -2.36018
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Martley
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWORCESTER
Postcode districtWR6
Dialling code01886
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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Worcestershire
52°14′09″N 2°21′37″W / 52.23584°N 2.36018°W / 52.23584; -2.36018

Martley is a village and

Malvern Hills district of the English county of Worcestershire. It is approximately nine miles north-west of Worcester
. The population of the village is approximately 1,200 people. The mixed farming of the area includes arable, formerly cherry, apple, damson orchards and hopyards.

It is a popular village for retired people and professionals working in the city and surrounding towns, and has a large

secondary school
to which around 700 pupils are bussed daily from the surrounding area. It has a sports hall with rock climbing wall and a gym within the grounds of the school can be used by the public out of school times.

Geology

The village and its extensive parish sits astride the Malvern Line, a north–south aligned lineament originating in Precambrian times. To the east are Triassic sandstones whilst to the west are Devonian mudstones. Along the lineament itself are a complex mix of rocks of Precambrian, Cambrian and Silurian age.[1]

History

See also: History of Worcestershire

Berrow Hill, an Iron Age hillfort, is one of several in the area, which hosts a beacon.

Martley was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred.[2]

Following the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 Martley Parish ceased to be responsible for maintaining the poor in its parish. This responsibility was transferred to Martley Poor Law Union.[3]

A lane leads south from the village to the church which stands close to a spring known as St Peters Well, suggesting a pre-Christian origin for the site.

Sir Hugh Mortimer, Lord of Kyre & Martley, killed in battle at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460. In 1999 a new stained glass window was cut, leaded and installed by Patrick Costeloe for the artist Tom Denny.[7]

Notable people

Amenities

Martley has a village shop, the Crown

Chantry High School
which has approximately 700 students and has a special technology status. It serves a large rural catchment area. Its sports hall is shared with the public.

There are many walks in the local area such as the Worcestershire Way which passes close by Rodge Hill, and the River Teme is also near the village.

The village is home to

football club has two Saturday teams and a Sunday
team. Martley has its own radio station, Longside Radio, currently broadcasting over the Internet.[9] It has growing support locally and hopes to develop links with Chantry High School and youth club. The station broadcasts a wide variety of music and live shows broadcast every evening. Now broadcasting from the heart of the village in the old weighbridge. Details of how to listen and contact the station are on their website.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Teme Valley Geological Society". Teme Valley Geological Society.
  2. ^ Morgan, Vanessa 2011 Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
  3. ^ Morgan, Vanessa 2011 Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, p68 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
  4. ISBN 1 904396 39 9
  5. ISBN 9780300112986
  6. ^ The bells of St Peter's Church, Martley Archived 2008-09-26 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 21 June 2009
  7. ^ St Peter's, Martley. Stained glass window Retrieved 21 June 2009
  8. ^ DJ fractures kneecap playing for Lampitt's XI Retrieved 31 July 2011
  9. ^ "Longside Radio". media.info.
  10. ^ "Longside Radio – Where variety matters". www.longsideradio.co.uk.
  • Pevsner, Nikolaus (1968). The Buildings of England: Worcestershire. Penguin Publishings. pp. 221–222.

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