Colwall is a parish and village at the eastern edge of the county on the other side of the Malvern Hills from Malvern itself.
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| Clock tower with Colwall library behind |
| Information |
| County: |
Herefordshire |
| Parish: |
Colwall |
| Population: |
2,400 (2011 census) |
There has been habitation in the area since the Iron Age, at the south east of the parish is the Iron Age British Camp, a fort which is thought to have been constructed in the 2nd century CE. At the time of the Domesday Book the area was part of the manor of the Bishop of Hereford a manor of Barton Colwall was created.
The parish was predominantly agricultural until the 19th century. The local econony grew after the establishing of a spa in Malvern and the opening of the railway via a tunnel under the hills. A bottling plant for Malvern water was opened in Colwall in 1892.
The parish church of St James the Great dates from the 12th century though was built on the site of an earlier Saxon church.
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| Probably not arrow slits but you never know |
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| Half-timbered house |
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| Crown Inn pub |
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| St James the Great |
