St Peter the Great, Worcester

St Peter the Great or St Peter's is a suburb and civil parish of the city of Worcester in Worcestershire, England. It is south of the city centre, on the east side of the River Severn, near Junction 7 of the M5 motorway. In the 2011 census, the parish population was recorded as 5,851.[1]

Tesco supermarket in St Peter the Great

Church and parish

The parish is named after the Church of St Peter the Great (so named to distinguish it from the chapel of Worcester Castle, "St Peter the Less"[2]), formerly located between King Street and Sidbury in Worcester, by the Royal Worcester porcelain factory (now the Museum of Royal Worcester). The medieval church was rebuilt in brick in the style of a Commissioners' church in 1836/37. This building became structurally unsafe, was closed in 1972, declared redundant in 1974 and demolished in 1976.[3] The church site is now housing and a car park (2016).

The church parish was joined with that of St Martin's Church, London Road, the combined parish of St Martin with St Peter being established on 1 August 1974.[4] The congregation and the World War I memorial[5] were transferred there.

The ancient parish included parts within and outside the city of Worcester. In 1894 the parish was divided civilly:[6] the part within the county borough of Worcester became the civil parish of St Peter the Great City (merged into the civil parish of Worcester in 1898[7]), the part outside the city became the civil parish of St Peter the Great County,[8] the basis of the modern Parish of St Peter the Great.

St Peter's Parish Council was created in 1994.[9]

Suburb

The Ordnance Survey map of 1977 shows St Peter the Great County as farmland, with a main road and a single country road with a few cottages. The housing estate was developed in the 1980s and 1990s.[10]

St Peter the Great, or "St Peters" as it is commonly abbreviated to, is mainly a large housing estate with a large Tesco superstore, a petrol station and a small shopping area containing a convenience store, a Chinese takeaway, a chip shop, a dentist, a beauty salon, chemist, dry cleaner, charity shop and a part-time GP surgery close to the village hall. In 2007, despite objections from some local residents, a Baptist church [11] opened close to the centre of the estate, the church centre is used for worship, meetings and youth activities also meetings of other groups.

In September 2013, a large scale planning request was made to the County Council to build further dwellings, together with commercial and light industrial buildings.

References
  1. "St Peter's Parish Demographics". QPZM Local Stats UK. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. Page, William; Willis-Bund, J. W. (eds.). The city of Worcester: City churches and advowsons. A History of the County of Worcester. 4. pp. 408–412. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. "Worcester St Peter". Worcestershire & Dudley Historic Churches Trust. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. "Our History". St Martin's Church, London Road, Worcester. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. "Worcester St Peter's in St Martin's Church". Remember the Fallen. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  6. "Worcester St Peter the Great". Worcester Branch of the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  7. "Worcester St Peter the Great City". Worcester Branch of the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  8. "Worcester St Peter the Great County". Worcester Branch of the Birmingham & Midland Society for Genealogy & Heraldry. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  9. "The Parish and Parish Council of St Peter the Great, Worcester: A Brief History" (PDF). Parish of St Peter the Great. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  10. "South Worcestershire Development Plan: Statement of Common Ground" (PDF). 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  11. St Peter's Baptist Church

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