# Pendock

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Village in Worcestershire, England

Human settlement in England

Pendock Pendock Cross Church, Pendock Pendock Location within Worcestershire Population 341 (2011 Census) OS grid reference SO785325 Civil parish Pendock District Malvern Hills Shire county Worcestershire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town Gloucester Postcode district GL19 Police West Mercia Fire Hereford and Worcester Ambulance West Midlands UK Parliament West Worcestershire List of places UK England Worcestershire 51°59′26″N 2°18′52″W / 51.99053°N 2.31452°W / 51.99053; -2.31452

**Pendock** is a village and [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) in the [Malvern Hills District](/source/Malvern_Hills_District) in the county of [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire), England, situated about halfway between the towns of [Tewkesbury](/source/Tewkesbury) and [Ledbury](/source/Ledbury). The name is probably from old Welsh, possibly *penn heddioc*, meaning 'head of the barley field.[1]

The civil parish constitutes [two detached parts](/source/List_of_UK_civil_parish_enclaves_and_exclaves),[2] with Lower Pendock containing the main (present-day) village with its church, and school situated at or near Pendock Cross(roads), and Upper Pendock containing the hamlet of Sledge Green and the old [parish church](/source/Parish_church) (see below); the parish of Berrow cuts between the two parts of Pendock parish.[3]

The population was recorded at 341 at the 2011 census[4] and was 329 at the previous census in 2001.

Pendock has two churches, and a primary school — the Pendock CE Primary School is a small voluntary-controlled school with full healthy school status and a bronze eco award.

The [M50 motorway](/source/M50_motorway_(Great_Britain)) passes through the parish, with the nearest junction being number 2, to the west of Pendock.

## History

See also: [History of Worcestershire](/source/History_of_Worcestershire)

[Pendock Church](/source/Pendock_Church) dates from the 12th century.[5] Alterations and additions were made to it in the 14th century, and again in the 15th century when the west tower was built.[6] The church was [vested](/source/Vesting) in the Churches Conservation Trust on 1 November 1987.[7]

To its north are the earthworks of a former [medieval](/source/Middle_Ages) village.[8]

The prolific nineteenth-century writer on Worcestershire [John Noake](/source/John_Noake), in his 1868 *Guide to Worcestershire* notes that: "[Rev. W. S. Symonds](/source/William_Samuel_Symonds), the eminent geologist, is lord of the manor, patron and incumbent of the living."[9]

Pendock Cross church, also known as The Redeemer Church, was built in 1899 as a temporary mission church, but is still in use. It has an outdoor [font](/source/Baptismal_font) which is stacked up on bricks.[10]

[Gadfield Elm Chapel](/source/Gadfield_Elm_Chapel), the oldest chapel of [The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints](/source/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints) in the world, is in the parish.[11]

## Pendock Church

Main article: [Pendock Church](/source/Pendock_Church)

Pendock Church

Pendock Church is a [redundant](/source/Redundant_church) [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) church standing to the southeast of the hamlet of Sledge Green. It is designated by [English Heritage](/source/English_Heritage) as a Grade I [listed building](/source/Listed_building),[6] and is under the care of the [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/Churches_Conservation_Trust). It stands in an isolated position overlooking and to the north of the motorway.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Watts 2004](#CITEREFWatts2004), p. 466

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) mapping

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Parish Council](http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=93&PostCode=WR136JW&Prop=31307&partner=mhc&MarriedTo=0)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Neighbourhood statistics](http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=11127474&c=pendock&d=16&e=61&g=6477192&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1485723094584&enc=1&dsFamilyId=2491) 2011 census data: Pendock CP

1. **[^](#cite_ref-cct_5-0)** [*The Church (no dedication), Pendock, Worcestershire*](http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/The-Church-no-dedication-Pendock-Worcestershire/), [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/Churches_Conservation_Trust), retrieved 29 March 2011

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-hg_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-hg_6-1) [Historic England](/source/Historic_England), ["Parish Church, Pendock (1098789)"](https://HistoricEngland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1098789?section=official-list-entry), *[National Heritage List for England](/source/National_Heritage_List_for_England)*, retrieved 10 September 2013

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [*Diocese of Gloucester: All Schemes*](http://www.churchofengland.org/media/811202/worcester%20-%20all%20schemes.pdf) (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England), 2011, p. 2, retrieved 11 April 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [*The Church (no dedication), Pendock, Worcestershire*](http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/The-Church-no-dedication-Pendock-Worcestershire/), [Churches Conservation Trust](/source/Churches_Conservation_Trust), retrieved 29 March 2011

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Noake's Worcestershire Page 296"](http://www.users.totalise.co.uk/~fortroyal/NoakeGuide/296.html). users.totalise.co.uk. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Worcestershire"](http://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/worcester.html). churches-uk-ireland.org. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Do you know where the oldest Mormon chapel in the world is?"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/03/30/mormon_chapel_feature.shtml). [BBC News](/source/BBC_News). 11 November 2005. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150106215656/http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2005/03/30/mormon_chapel_feature.shtml) from the original on 6 January 2015.

## Sources

- Watts, Victor Ernest, ed. (2004). *The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-Names*. Cambridge University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781107196896](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781107196896).

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Pendock](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Pendock).

- [Pendock CE Primary School web site](http://www.pendockpri.worcs.sch.uk/)

- [Pendock Parish Council web site](http://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=93&PostCode=WR136JW&Prop=31307&partner=mhc&MarriedTo=0)

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