Broadway

Anglican: St Eadburgha

The old parish church of Broadway, now about a mile south of the town. Earliest parts are the Norman nave and chancel and there is work from later periods. The building remains almost unaltered since the opening of St Michael’s church in the village centre in the 19th century.
The church is open daily (Ref Parish Website) and features in both Simon Jenkin’s England’s 1000 Best Churches and Betjeman’s Best British Churches (2011 Edition).

Broadway St E Ext June 2011

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Websites: Grade I Listed Building:  Listing details here.
Historic England List for England: Click here.
  Parish Website. Broadway with Wickhamford.
  A Church Near You.

Anglican: St Michael and All Angels

Located in the centre of the village, St Michael’s replaced the old parish church of St Eadburgha. (See above) Built in the Early English style by Harvey Eginton in 1840.

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Websites: Grade II Listed Building. Listing details here.
Historic England List for England: Click here.
Parish Website. Broadway with Wickhamford.
A Church Near You.

There are 5 “new build” churches in Worcestershire by Worcester Architect Harvey Eginton, 1809-1849.

Other Worcestershire Parish Churches in this area are: Childswickham, Wickhamford, Evesham Deanery

Roman Catholic: St Saviour

Built c1828 as a Benedictine chapel but the façade is of 1850 when the building was taken over by the Passionists. The parish website (see below) has an excellent and detailed history section.

St Saviour’s Church from old undated postcards.

St Saviour’s Church, August 2014.

Website for St Saviour’s Roman Catholic Church, Broadway.

Broadway Methodist Church.

High Street. Originally built in 1811 and remodelled in 1860.

Broadway Methodist Church, August 2014.
No website details available.

Broadway United Reformed Church.

High Street. Built in 1843 to replace an earlier Congregational chapel of 1798. Considerably altered in 1961 when the roof was lowered and a gallery removed.

Broadway United Reformed Church, August 2014.

Broadway United Reformed Church Website.

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References and some further sources:

Aiken, John. Census of Religious Worship, 1851: The Returns for Worcestershire.
Bridges, Tim. Churches of Worcestershire (2005)
Brooks, Alan, and Nikolaus Pevsner. Buildings of England: Worcestershire (2007)
Morgan, Paul. Inspections of churches and parsonage houses in the Diocese of Worcester in 1674, 1676, 1684, and 1687 (1986)
Noake, John. The Rambler in Worcestershire or, Stray Notes on Churches and Congregations. Volume III: (1854)
Ransome, Mary. The State of the Bishopric of Worcester, 1782-1808 (1968)

n.b. Full details of these books are on bibliography and sources page.

Websites: British History Online: Entry for Broadway.
Family History Website.