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MALVERN , an inland watering-See also:place in the See also:Bewdley See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Worcestershire, See also:England, 128 .m. W.N.W. from See also:London by the See also:Great Western railway, served also by a See also:branch of the Midland railway from Ashchurch on the See also:Bristol-See also:Birmingham See also:line. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district(19o1), 16,449. It is beautifully situated on the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills, which rise abruptly from the See also:flat valley of the See also:Severn to a height of 1395 ft. in the Worcestershire See also:Beacon. The district still bears the name of Malvern See also:Chase, originally a See also:Crown-See also:land and See also:forest, though it was granted to the earldom of See also:Gloucester by See also:Edward I. A ditch along the See also:summit of the hills determined the See also:ancient boundary. Becoming a notorious haunt of criminals, the See also:tract was disafforested by See also:Charles I., with the exception of a portion known as the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King's Chase, See also:part of which is included in the See also:present See also:common-land formed under the Malvern Hills See also:Act of 1884. -
Malvern was in See also:early times an important ecclesiastical See also:settlement, but its See also:modern fame rests on its See also:fine situation, pure See also:air, and chalybeate and bituminous springs. The open-air cure for consumptive patients is here extensively practised.
The name Malvern is collectively applied to a line of small towns and villages, extending along the See also:foot of the hills for 5 M. The See also:principal is GREAT MALVERN, lying beneath the See also:Worcester-See also:shire Beacon. It has a See also:joint station of the Great Western and Midland See also:railways. Here was the See also:Benedictine priory which arose in 1083 out of a hermitage endowed by Edward the See also:Confessor. The priory See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of SS. See also:Mary and See also:Michael is a fine cruciform Perpendicular See also:building, with an ornate central See also:tower, embodying the See also:original See also:Norman See also:nave, and containing much early See also:glass andcarved See also:choir-stalls. The See also:abbey See also:gate and the See also:refectory also remain. There are here several hydropathic establishments, and beautiful See also:pleasure gardens. Malvern See also:College, founded in 1862, is an important See also:English public school. A museum is attached to it. See also:Mineral See also:waters are manufactured. At MALVERN See also:WELLS, 21 M. S., are the principal medicinal springs, also the celebrated See also:Holy Well, the See also:water of which is of perfect purity. There are extensive fishponds and hatcheries; and See also:golf-links. The Great Western railway has a station, and the Midland one at See also:Hanley Road. LITTLE MALVERN lies at the foot of the See also:Herefordshire Beacon, which is crowned by a See also:British See also:camp, See also:r2 m. S. of Malvern Wells. There was a Benedictine priory here, of which traces remain in the church. MALVERN See also:LINK, I M. N.E. of Great Malvern, of which it forms a suburb, has a station on the Great Western railway. See also:WEST MALVERN and See also:NORTH MALVERN, named from their position relative to Great Malvern, are pleasant residential quarters on the higher slopes of the hills.
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