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Holy Trinity Arrow
Services:
Holy Eucharist at 9.30am 2nd and 4th* Sundays.
Morning Worship at 9.30am 3rd Sunday
* Reserved Sacrament
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"While at Arrow the other night I decided to have a look
around the church, which I found most interesting. You enter through a lych
gate, over which is carved 'Believe in the Resurrection'. On the inside door of
the tower are carved the words 'Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus'. There are some
beautiful stained glass windows and also a number of memorials to the Seymour
family most of whom seem to be interred there.
One reads, 'Francis 5th Earl 1812 - 1882 son of Sir George' Admiral of the Fleet
who served in the Scots Fusiliers and was Equerry and groom of the Robes to
William IV and Victoria and Albert and was Lord Chancellor in the government of
Lord Beaconsfield 1874 1879.'
There is a memorial to Adam Kerr, head gardener to the Ragley estate 1870 -
1912. Another interesting memorial is to one of the Seymours who served in the
1914 1919 war (odd, as it usually referred to as 1914 1918) and a cross to one
of the family killed in the war , the cross being taken from his grave abroad to
be placed in the church. Another of the family served in the Strathcona Horse in
South Africa 1900 1902.
The gravestones, too, are of interest: one remembers a local man killed in
Gallipoli. The oldest is dated 1699 and one is embellished with a skull and
crossbones. There is an odd interment of a man from Lower Worton, Oxon. who died
at Dovedale, Blockley and his wife from Broom. I wonder how they came to be
buried at Arrow?
There is also the grave of the eight Coughton children who ranged from six
months to ten years and all died in the 'flu epidemic of 1878 and all are buried
together. William Scott the farmer, Mr Hunt the miller and Mr Clark the coach
builder also lie buried here.
In the church it appears that there was some sort of segregation, as the
building is fitted with top-hat stands in certain pews".
This is a hamlet rather than a village, near the river of the same name. The parish church of Holy Trinity is six hundred years old but was much altered in Victorian times. Ragley Hall, the home of the Seymour family, must have dominated this parish. Ragley is now the home of the Marquess of Hertford whose family have been in possession for nearly three hundred years, and is one of the most outstanding stately homes in the Midlands. It is open to the public. There is a four hundred acre park laid out by Capability Brown in 1750. Arrow is just a few miles from Alcester. Oversley and Thornhill are in the parish.
To find Arrow Church, proceed from Alcester towards Evesham, and take the second exit at the A46 bypass roundabout. Just beyond the right turn to Worcester look out for a track to the left beyond the village hall, over a cattle grid. Go down this track and park at the bottom of the field. The church is a short walk towards the left.