Hook Common

 

Anglican: Good Shepherd.

A chapel of ease to Upton on Severn church.  Built by G R Clarke and consecrated in 1870. The church has some excellent 20th century stained glass including the west window, The Good Shepherd by Robert Payne. This church is usually open.
Hook_around_1905          Hook Common Oct 2011

     Church of The Good Shepherd.    c1905.                                                October 2011.

For other recent (2011) pictures Please Click Here.   (www.flickr.com/tudorbarlow)

References and some further sources:
Bridges, Tim.  Churches of Worcestershire,  2005
Brooks, Alan and Nikolaus Pevsner.  Buildings of England:  Worcestershire,  2007

n.b. Full details of these books are on the Bibliography Page. 

Websites:          British History Online: Entry for Upton on Severn includes Hook Common.
                           Grade II Listed Building:  Listing Details Here.
                           Church Plans Online:  Ground plan of new church in 1869
                           A Church Near You.
                           Family History Website.

Nearby Churches are:   Little Malvern,  Upton on Severn,  Upton Deanery

Please click on red text for a link.  External websites will open in a new window.                     Page updated May 2022