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	Parishes: Great Malvern with Newland \| British History Online
		The town of Great Malvern is situated in beautiful woodland scenery at the foot of the Worcestershire Beacon and the North Hill, the two highest peaks at the northern end of the Malvern range; the former reaches a height of 1,395 ft. and the latter 1,307 ft. above the ordnance datum.
		The earliest poetical allusion to the Malvern Hills occurs in the Vision of Pierce Plowman (1362), 'And on a Maye mornynge on Malverne hylles.' (fn.
		North Malvern, Holy Trinity.—In 1909 Miss Frances Margaret More, by her will proved 25 March, bequeathed £500, the income to be applied in the distribution of coals at Christmas to deserving poor, to the number of forty or less.
	www.british-history.ac.uk /report.asp?compid=42867 (11490 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Priory
		Pancras priory was founded in the town in the 11th cent.; its ruins remain.
		PRIORY SUSPECT Priory CEO Dr Chai Patel was the whistleblower on the loans-for- peerages scandal which rumbles on still.
		PRIORY SUSPECT; Priory CEO Dr Chai Patel was the whistleblower on the loans-for-peerages scandal which rumbles on still.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Priory&StartAt=11 (816 words)

	Malvern
		He was probably one of those sent by Abbot Gilbert of Westminster to establish a regular community at Malvern on land previously given for the purpose by Urso D'Abitot and Edward the Confessor.
		William the Conqueror confirmed these grants and was himself a benefactor, as also was Henry I. This connexion with Westminster led later on to a famous and protracted conflict between the bishops of Worcester and the Abbot of Westminster.
		The choir and tower of its church alone remain; portions of the monastery are incorporated in The Court, an old Catholic mansion, the seat of the Beringtons.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/m/malvern.html (837 words)

	The Malvern Hills
		Great Malvern has a host of Georgian and Victorian buildings around steep sloping streets probably it's most important attraction is the Great Malvern Priory founded in 1085AD although mainly 15th century it has a collection of stained glass that is only bettered by York Minster, it's north transept window being a gift from Henry VII.
		Probably Malvern's most famous son was Edward Elgar who is said to have composed much of his music while walking these hills and is buried at St. Wulstan's churchyard.
		Today Malvern is still famous for it's spring water that owes it's purity to the hard rocks from which it flows, a million bottles are sold throughout the world every year.
	www.btinternet.com /~yeatesprint/ross/malvern.html (265 words)

	history.html
		We do not know when the Priory was finished but the areas coloured red in the plan on the right are part of the original building and show that it was considerably smaller than the present Priory.
		The Priory was built for thirty monks on land belonging to Westminster Abbey which was under the control of the crown at that time.
		Although the Civil War raged in nearby Worcester, Malvern was still a remote part of the English countryside surrounded by the dense forest of Malvern Chase.
	www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk /history.html (772 words)

	Malvern Museum - Official Homepage
		The building that houses Malvern Museum was originally the gatehouse guarding the entrance to the medieval priory, and dates back to c 1470.
		The Malvern Hills Room tells the story of the rocks of the Malvern Hills, formed between 600 and 1,000 million years ago.
		Malvern Museum is housed in one of the two buildings surviving from the Benedictine Monastery (the other being Malvern Priory church).
	www.malvernmuseum.co.uk (394 words)

	Malvern Tourist Information on AboutBritain.com
		Malvern's most famous son is Sir Edward Elgar, who drew inspiration from the hills and the countryside around.
		Malvern is also home to the world class English String and English Symphony Orchestras, the ESO and principal conductor William Boughton, enjoy international acclaim as the leading performers of English music and still give local recitals.
		In the dramatic setting of the Malvern Hills and surrounded by a beautiful deer park, arboretum and lake, this fairy-tale castle is the home of the Hervey-Bathurst family.
	www.aboutbritain.com /towns/malvern.asp?RefID=1503243 (776 words)

	BBC - Hereford and Worcester - Malvern and the Malvern Hills - Malvern Priory
		BBC - Hereford and Worcester - Malvern and the Malvern Hills - Malvern Priory
		Hereford and Worcester > Malvern and the Malvern Hills >
		These great 360 degree panoramic photos of Malvern Priory, including some stunning views from the top of the tower, were taken by Bob Bilsland.
	www.bbc.co.uk /herefordandworcester/malverns/malvern_priory/index.shtml (235 words)

	Malvern Interest
		Malvern water: springs, wells, fountains; Malvern Hills and geology/ archaeology now have their own page.
		Malvern, its name probably deriving from the Celtic for bare hill (Moel-bryn), is on the borders of Worcestershire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire.
		The adjacent Little Malvern Priory church (the link is to a history page looking at sculpture) has some interesting stained glass, restored 2004, with part of the east window from 15th century showing the then royal family.
	www.malverntrail.co.uk /interest.htm (1387 words)

	Malvern Hotels \| accommodation - hotels in Malvern Herefordshire Cotswolds
		It is estimated the Malvern hills are 650 million years, and are particularly imposing as they rise from an otherwise flat landscape.
		Malvern is also famous for its water and its use in Hydrotherapy treatment.
		Great Malvern is overlooked by the natural beauty of the Malvern Hills and with delightful villages nearby this is perfect countryside for walking.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /malvernhotels.html (681 words)

	Great Malvern Priory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Malvern Priory, in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, was a Benedictine monastery c.1075-1540 and is now a parish church.
		The Priory was built for thirty monks on land belonging to Westminster Abbey.
		In 1154-1156, Westminster Abbey obtained a 'bull' from Pope Adrian IV which confirms a strong dependency of the priory of St Mary, Malvern, on the Abbey of Westminster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malvern_Priory (536 words)

	Country Cottages & Self Catering Holiday Accommodation in Malvern Hills, Luxury Holiday Cottages for Rent Malvern
		Malvern owes its origin to the establishment of the Priory and subsequently the 18th and 19th Centuries, which saw the widespread use of the local, spring -water as a 'cure of all ills'.
		Malvern Water is reputed to be the purest water in Great Britain and is now sold worldwide.
		Malvern is set in some of the most spectacular and unspoilt countryside in Britain.
	www.beehousecottages.co.uk /malvern_hills.html (479 words)

	Rebuilding complete
		Great Malvern Priory was founded over 900 years ago, and there are records of organs in the Priory since 1551.
		The Priory project was the first to be completed in their new, extensive factory near Malvern.
		This section is taken mainly from 'History of Organs at Malvern Priory', an excellent booklet written in 1979 by Richard Dacey, the Priory organist from 1977 to 1980.
	www.malvernprioryorgan.org.uk /Organ_rebuild.htm (1101 words)

	Malvern Hills District Council - Malvern
		Perhaps it was the pure water of the Malvern Hills springs that first attracted the iron-age builders of The British Camp (Herefordshire Beacon), and then, hundreds of years later, the founders of Malvern's two medieval priories.
		Malvern's other medieval jewel is the Abbey Gateway, which is home to Malvern's Museum.
		It is small but filled with exhibits on every aspect of Malvern's history and development; geology, intriguing insights into the 19th Century, era of the water cure and items from Malvern's famous defence research establishment, where historic wartime radar was developed.
	malvern.whub.org.uk /home/mhcindex/mhc-tourism/mhc-tourism-malvern.htm (568 words)

	Roundabout Malvern
		A site dedicated to the joys of cycling in the Malverns, put together (content, design, tech) by John Howes, who moved to Malvern (Worcestershire, UK) in October 2001 after many years involvement in community and voluntary action in London.
		A founder member of London Cycling Campaign, he was their rides organiser for seven years and is the longest serving crew member for Bicycle Beano cycling holidays.
		This is the home page for the Three Counties Showround in Malvern, and includes a diary of events, including the famous Three Counties Show (unsurprisingly).
	www.roundabout-malvern.co.uk (367 words)

	Malvern
		Certainly it was those waters that made Malvern a 19th Century spa, with the elegance to become a place of culture, attracting people like Sir Edward Elgar and Bernard Shaw.
		But in and around the Malverns are many more springs, some well restored like the Beauchamp Spout in Cowleigh Road or the well known fountain, Malvhina, at Belle Vue Island and others more obscure.
		Malvern's has two medieval jewels - one is the Abbey Gateway, which is home to Malvern's Museum.
	www.holidaycottagesnationwide.co.uk /tourist/malvern.html (323 words)

	Stunning appartment for sale in Great Malvern
		With gardens having direct access to the Malvern Hills, bedrooms/dining room overlooking the famous Malvern Priory and views far across the Vale of Evesham all the way to Bredon Hill, this is surely one of the most desirable apartments in the whole of the Malvern Hills.
		The town of Great Malvern is famous for its thirteen miles of fantastic hill walking, the music of Elgar, Malvern Water, its Schools, gas lamps and of course for being the home of Morgan Cars.
		Malvern is well placed for access to the motorway network with Junction 7 of the M5 motorway at Worcester eight miles distant and Junction 1 of the M50 south of Upton upon Severn just ten miles away.
	freespace.virgin.net /pete.thenash/Castlehaven/Castlehaven_Complete.htm (1988 words)

	Great Malvern Worcestershire, tourist information
		The town is an inland resort overlooked by the Malvern Hills and the 1,400 foot Worcestershire Beacon, with its St Ann's well.
		Situated in Central Malvern opposite to the Malvern theatre,shops and direct access to the hills.New Spring restaurant and bar serving fabulous food and wine..
		Amidst the unspoilt beauty of the Malvern Hills, this private family run country house is close to Great Malvern and Worcester, one of the few hilltop accommodations in Malvern.
	www.touruk.co.uk /worcester/wor_malv.htm (465 words)

	Profilego
		Housed in the medieval Priory Gatehouse, exhibits include artifacts relating to Malvern's development as a spa, geology, Malvern radar and cars and Malvern's heritage dating from the times of St Werstan the Martyr who established a hermits cell here in the 11th century.
		The Malvern Museum is in the town centre near Belle Vue Terrace, within a stones throw of the Malvhina Spout and the Enigma Fountain, the latter commemorating Edward Elgar's association with the town.
		Malvern Museum is maintained by volunteers and the items stolen were donated or loaned by well wishers and friends in the past.
	www.thespasdirectory.com /profilego.asp?ref=2C3D (943 words)

	Flickr: Photos from HeBeDeBe
		It was cold and misty on the slopes of the Malvern hills, and the wind was freezing the mist to the...
		Malvern is only a small town but it has this fantasticly grand church.
		I took this shot to show the unstoppable onset of autumn and I decided to call it...
	www.flickr.com /photos/thestream (280 words)

	Great Malvern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Great Malvern is approximately 13 kilometres (8 miles) south-west of the city of Worcester, on the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills.
		Great Malvern is the home of one of the oldest Fringe festivals in the world.
		The main events of the Malvern Fringe are the MayDay and the annual three day festival held in June as a fringe to the Elgar Festival.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Great_Malvern (605 words)

	Malvern Remembers - Great Malvern Picture Gallery
		One of Malvern's many springs, probably one of the most famous.
		'Malvern water, says Dr John Wall, is famous for containing nothing at all.' This spring has recently been restored and is well worth a visit.
		One of the many hotels that were built to cater for the Water Cure in the mid 19th Century.
	www.malvernremembers.org.uk /PicGreatMal.html (164 words)

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		The Holy Well in Malvern Wells (there are seven Malverns) probably derived its name from the miraculous cures received by people washing in its waters.
		Above Malvern Priory Church is St. Ann’s Well with its octagonal building and cottage and this is probably where Victorians puffed their way up to after an early morning wrap in wet sheets.
		The Great Malvern Priory is a lovely building whose stones change colour with the seasons.
	www.trip101.com /fea_Carolan_Nathan_Malvern.htm (1310 words)

	Dr Gully
		In 1830, Malvern offered the tired, the ill and the unfit many restorative benefits of a minor spa, ie.
		During the 1830's, spa baths were built at Great Malvern and the town quickly became more popular than Malvern Wells for water-treatment.
		By 1861 a railway line ran through the town and Malvern was attracting numerous hydropaths and hundreds of regular customers.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /malvernhillsbrewery/DrGully.html (245 words)

	Malvern Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Discover the story of Malvern at the Priory Gatehouse, which houses an amazing collection of pictures and pieces of the past.
		The rigours of the nineteenth-century Water Cure; the development of radar; Morgan cars, made in Malvern for nearly a century and still exported world-wide, as is the pure spring water of the Malvern Hills.
		There is information about the Benedictine Priory, Malvern Forest and Chase, life in Victorian Malvern, Edward Elgar, the Malvern Festival - and much more.
	www.malvern-hills.co.uk /museum/index.html (189 words)

	Great Malvern Priory - history, activities, services.
		The Parish Church of St Mary and St Michael (the Priory)
		nestles beneath the Malvern Hills in Worcestershire, England.
		Great Malvern Priory has a rich heritage going back over 900 years.
	www.greatmalvernpriory.org.uk (155 words)

	All Great Malvern hotels
		The Malvern's are in the middle of an area of outstanding natural beauty.
		A peaceful haven nestling at the foot of the sunny western side of the Malvern Hills.
		The cottage in the wood is uniquely situated high on the Malvern hills commanding breathtaking views across 30 miles of the Severn vale described by the daily mail as the best view in England yet minutes from the M5 M50.
	www.openroads.com /?id=great_malvern_hotels&source=mivauk (275 words)

	Literary connections with Great Malvern, Worcestershire
		A spa town on the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills.
		The poet William Langland (c1331-c1400) is believed to have been born in the area and educated at the Benedictine monastery, of which only the Priory Church remains.
		The author and poet, Robert Conquest (1917-) was born in Great Malvern, but spent much of his childhood in France.
	www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk /greatmal.htm (154 words)

	Ashtar - Malvern Priory Park 27/5/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Ashtar headlined the first ever rock gig in Malvern's Priory Park bandstand.
		Urantia (mother earth) blessed them with the hottest May day since 1953 so a fabulous crowd assembled to enjoy their music.
		Thanks again to Alan Turnbull and all of Floating Lotus for organising this wonderful night, as well as Malvern Theatres for helping with equipment, the Malvern Gazette for the good publicity, and the local Council and Police for giving it their blessing.
	www.roscalen.com /ashtar/Malvern050527/index.htm (207 words)

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