Rock, Worcestershire
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Coordinates: 52°20′19″N 2°23′22″W / 52.338748°N 2.389441°W
| ROCK | |
 The Rock Cross Inn, ROCK |
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  ROCK ROCK shown within Worcestershire | |
| Population | 2,366 |
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| OS grid reference | SO735712 |
| Civil parish | Rock |
| District | Wyre Forest |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KIDDERMINSTER |
| Postcode district | DY14 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Rock is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, which lies south-west of Bewdley. It had a population of 2,366 in 2001.[1]
Rock was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred. [2]
The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre provides secondary education for pupils from the area.
The church contains a number of Herefordshire School Romanesque carvings.[3]
The local church has a major congregation, and the village hall always has local events taking place from weddings to the rock show.
References
- ↑ Census 2001
- ↑ Worcestershire Family History Guidebook, Vanessa Morgan, 2011, p20 The History Press, Stroud, Gloucestershire.
- ↑ Thurlby, Malcolm (1999) The Herefordshire School of Romanesque Sculpture Logaston Press
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