Powick
Powick is a
Worcestershire village two miles south of
Worcester and four miles north of
Great Malvern, close to the
River Teme. The bridge across the Teme at Powick was the scene of a skirmish between Royalist and Roundhead soldiers in the
English civil war.
A former water mill, adjacent to Powick Bridge, was converted in 1894 to become the world's first combined steam/hydro electric power station. Electricity from this provided about half the city's needs. The Powick site continued generating until the 1950s. In its turn when it closed it was converted into a laundry and has again been converted into residential apartments.
A mile from the village towards Malvern was the Worcester and County Lunatic Asylum, in later years just known as
Powick Hospital.
Edward Elgar became the bandmaster of the Asylum when he was 22, in 1879 until about 1886.
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Ballad of Powick Bridge*
Worcester Museum website - page including Powick Mills
