Powick

Other current and historical names

Powicke
Poiwic

Built-Up Area: Powick
Parish/Community: Powick
District/Borough: Malvern Hills
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°9'45"N 2°15'3"W
Eastings/Northings: 382922, 251611
OS Grid: SO829516
Mapcode Local: GBR 1GH.FNW
Mapcode Global: VH92S.XXS3

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Powick within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Powick in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Powick, par. and vil., Worcestershire - par. (containing Worcestershire Pauper Lunatic Asylum), 5194 ac., pop. 2635; vil., 3 miles W. of Worcester; P.O.; in vicinity is Powick Court, seat.

Powick in the Domesday Book

A village in Pershore hundred, in the county of Worcestershire.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter; Riders, eight
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £5 in 1066; £20 in 1086
- Households: 16 villagers; 10 smallholders; 4 slaves; 1 female slave; 1 priest; 5 other
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 13 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 20 acres
- Mills: 1
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: Abbey of Westminster St Peter
- Lords of the Manor in 1066: Aethelward; Saewulf; Alwin; Brictmer
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Westminster
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Urso of Abetot (subinfeudated)
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £9 5/- in 1066; £9 5/- in 1086
- Households: 22 smallholders; 14 slaves
- Plough Teams: 7 lord's ploughs

British Place Names

Powick, Worcestershire

Powick is a village in Worcestershire

Powick in historic gazetteers

Powick in the Domesday Book