Rock is a village and civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, which lies south-west of Bewdley. It had a population of 2,366 in 2001.[1]

Rock
The Rock Cross Inn, Rock
Rock Location within Worcestershire
Population	2,366
OS grid reference	SO735712
Civil parish	Rock
District	Wyre Forest
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	KIDDERMINSTER
Postcode district	DY14
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52.338748°N 2.389441°W / 52.338748; -2.389441

In the parish is Fingerpost, the junction of the A456 and A4117 roads. The parish council erected a large commemorative stone near the junction for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.[2]

The Church of St Peter and St Paul contains a number of Herefordshire School Romanesque carvings.[3] The local church has a major congregation, and the village hall always has local events taking place from wedding functions to the Rock Show.

The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre provides secondary education for pupils from the area.

History

Rock was in the lower division of Doddingtree Hundred.[4] It is a geographically large civil parish, embracing various settlements including Far Forest.

There is a moated site, and earthworks showing remains of a medieval village, near the church.

A grammar school was established in King Edward VI's reign.

Mary Whitehouse, the tv/radio clean-up campaigner and founder of Mediawatch UK, was reportedly living at Triangle Farm farmhouse in Rock just before moving to Essex in 1975.[5]

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