Everything about Powick totally explained
Powick is a
Worcestershire village two miles south of the city of
Worcester and four miles north of
Great Malvern, close to the
River Teme.
English Civil War Cavalry Skirmish
The old bridge
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) across the Teme at Powick was the scene of one of the very first skirmishes between Royalist and Parliamentarian soldiers in the
English civil war in 1642 at what became known as the
Battle of Powick Bridge. It was a short sharp but decisive cavalry engagement that resulted in a victory for the Royalists and showed the Parliamentarian cavalry their shortcomings, setting the tone for the early conflict.
The more famous
Battle of Worcester was fought later on in the
English Civil War, in 1651, in much the same locality. The church
(External Link) in Powick village was used by the Royalists as a lookout point
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(External Link) from small bore cannon balls which were fired by Parliamentarian gunners to deter the Scottish Royalist forces using the tower. They extend up the south face of the tower from as low as head height up to the top.
Victorian Power Station
A former
water mill, adjacent to Powick Bridge, was converted in 1894 to become the world's first combined steam/hydro electric
power station (External Link).
Electricity from this provided about half the city of
Worcester's needs. The Powick site continued generating until the 1950s. In its turn, when it closed, it was converted firstly into a laundry and has again been converted into smart residential apartments.
The site was chosen as a mill site from at least the 11th century, and very probably earlier than that. The mill
leat was dug in 1291. A succession of water mills replaced each other throughout the
middle ages and into the 16th century and later.
Elgar Connection
A mile from the village towards
Malvern was the Worcester and County Lunatic Asylum, in later years just known as
Powick Hospital.
Edward Elgar became the bandmaster of the Asylum when he was 22, in 1879 until about 1886 before his fame and wrote compositions for the asylum's band.
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