Pedrocut's photos

A welcome place in the shade to have a cuppa on such a beautiful September day.

We had stopped here to look back at the Crutch Hill Trig Point (77m). If we ever passed that way again we would certainly make another visit!

The footpath rises to the trees in the distance where it meets a path at right angles; we would turn right and follow it to Hampton Lovett. it is part of the Wychavon Way that we had walked in sections in 2000/2001.

The actual Trig Point can be seen in the middle of the clump of trees. It is fenced off with barbed wire. However one of the trees at the edge provided a good strong low branch to sit and have lunch. For a Trig point of only 77m there are magnificent views as can be seen from the next three pictures.

A place for lunch and a cup of tea. Lovely views all round from the lowly Trig Point (77m)

Crutch Farm stands near the site of the ancient manor-house. All trace of this manor-house has now disappeared; it is said to have stood on the top of some rising ground immediately to the southwest of the present building and adjoining the road known as Crutch Lane. A considerable indentation of the ground by the roadside may indicate a moat, though no return line can now be distinguished, and it may be the remains of a marl-pit. The farm-house is apparently a building of the late 17th century, though much modernized. The materials are red brick, with a tiled roof. From: 'Parishes: Crutch', A History of the County of Worcester: volume 3

The clump of trees at Crutch Hill and the Trig Point (77m) can be seen in the distance.

The church stands, on an eminence, and is a fine specimen of Early Norman architecture; it contains a Norman font, some good altar-tombs to the Blount family, and a replica by Bacon of his memorial to Mrs Mason in Bristol Cathedral. In the churchyard is a monument to Miss Frances Eidley Havergal, whose father was rector of this parish. (1232 views on Panoramio) uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Worcestershire/places/As