St
Peter's Church, Cowleigh from the westCowleigh Parish
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St
Peter's Church, Cowleigh from the west
For ten years St Peter's Church was a chapel of ease to St James, West Malvern, but in 1875 the ecclesiastical parish of Cowleigh was formed from the former parish following the growth of the area from the 1850s. The church was designed by George Street and built of Malvern stone and sandstone in a late Early English style.
A brickworks was established in the parish in 1844 and the growing numbers of workers swelled the population to nearly 900 by 1891. During this time, the parish was the poorest in the district - in 1909 children came to fetch soup from a Soup Kitchen at the vicarage, 1500 pints of soup being dispensed in two winter months. Several clubs, including a Miniature Rifle Club at Cowleigh School were strongly supported, and are represented in the Roll of Honour.
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Acknowledgments (*)
| Name | Brief Service Details |
|---|---|
| Henry BARBER | 3778 Pte 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment, KIA Egypt 4/8/16 |
| Charles Thomas BOND | 3228 Pte 1/1st Herefordshire Regiment, Died Egypt 20/11/15 |
| Albert HEWITT | 15384 Pte 9th Worcestershire Regiment, KIA Mesopotamia 25/1/17 |
| Cecil HEWITT | 15385 Pte 3rd Worcestershire Regiment, KIA France 28/4/16 |
| Reginald Harold HICKLING | 77687 Airman 2nd Class 13th Sqn, Royal Flying Corps Died France or Flanders 7/5/17 |
| William Charles HOUGHTON | 240192 Pte 2nd Worcestershire Regiment, KIA Flanders 26/9/17 |
| Thomas Reginald JONES | 37848 Pte 4th Worcestershire Regiment, KIA France 3/12/17 |
| Thomas LYNE | 4154 Pte 13th Royal Scots KIA France or Flanders 11/5/16 |
| James Henry MORRIS | 2643 Gnr 10th Brigade Australian Field Artillery, AIF DOW France or Flanders 3/6/17 |
| Arthur Edward REYNOLDS | 20138 Pte 1st Wiltshire Regiment KIA France 24/8/18 |
| Leonard William SAUNDERS | 471720 Spr 497th Field Coy, RE, DOW France 11/7/17 |
| Richard SCHOFIELD | 19614 Gnr Royal Field Artillery DOW France or Flanders 28/3/16 |
| Thomas SCHOFIELD | 14150 Pte 4th Worcestershire Regiment KIA Gallipoli 8/8/15 |
| Harry SMITH | M2/103591 Pte Royal Army Service Corps Died Home 15/10/17 |
| Reginald Charles TUDGE | 81669 Pte 106 Infantry Coy Machine Gun Corps KIA France or Flanders 31/8/17 |
| Edward WAUGH | 9931 S/Smth 11th Hussars, DOW France or Flanders 10/10/18 |
| William WALKER | 8879 Cpl 4th Worcestershire Regiment, KIA Gallipoli 20/9/17 |
| Archibald Charles WARNER | 145213 Spr 222nd Field Coy RE DOW France 10/8/16 |
| Arthur James Hicks WOODYATT | 241640 Pte 4th Worcestershire Regiment, KIA Flanders 27/8/17 |
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Acknowledgments:
Bridges, T Churches of Worcestershire Herefordshire 2000.
Mason, W St Peter's Church, Cowleigh: A History and Guide (Second Edition);
Private Publication 1986
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