Cookhill

 

Anglican: St Paul

Built in 1876 as a chapel of ease to Inkberrow. It remains in Inkberrow parish today. The architect was Frederick Preedy.
The church is open daily 9am to 5pm.  (Ref Parish Website, January 2014.) 

Cookhill          Cookhill Ext May 2011

St Paul’s Church from old undated postcard.                                                  St Paul’s Church, May 2011.

For other recent (2007 & 2011) pictures Please Click Here.  (www.flickr.com/tudorbarlow)

References and some further sources:
Aitken, John. Census of Religious Worship, 1851: The Returns for Worcestershire (2000)
Bridges, Tim. Churches of Worcestershire (2005)
Brooks, Alan, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Worcestershire  (2007)

 n.b. Full details of these books are on bibliography page.

 Websites:        British History Online: Entry for Inkberrow includes Cookhill village and church.
                         
Church Plans Online: Original ground plan 1875-79.= (Frederick Preedy)
                          Parish Website.  (Parish of Inkberrow)
                          A Church Near You.
                          Family History Website.

 

Nearby churches in this area: Astwood Bank,   Dormston,  Inkberrow,  Kington,  Evesham Deanery

Frederick Preedy, Architect, 1820-1898. Click here for more pictures of his work throughout England.

 

Cookhill Baptist Church

 
The church was built in 1841 on land given by  the Waldron family.   Attached to the church is a cottage built to house the minister, but later used for a caretaker.

Cookhill_Baptist          Cookhill Baptist Ext Feb 2014

References and some further sources:
Aitken, John. Census of Religious Worship, 1851: The Returns for Worcestershire (2000)
Brooks, Alan, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Worcestershire  (2007)
Cooke, Philip [Ed] The Worcestershire Baptist Association Remembered (2001)

Heart of England Baptist Association Website.

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