Childswickham

Childswickham is a village in Worcestershire, England, situated within the flat open landscape of the Vale of Evesham, between the Bredon and Cotswold Hills, two miles from Broadway.

It is an area predominantly of market gardening, arable and pasture land, with surrounding fields defined by hedgerows.

The earliest buildings are timber framed with wattle and daub and Cotswold limestone.

The name Childswickham is believed to have derived from 'Child', the young son of a nobleman, 'wick', a clearing in the wood and 'ham', short for hamlet.

The 15th-century spire of the original Norman church, St Mary the Virgin, is a local landmark and can be seen for several miles.

December 2010