Clent

Clent
The village green next to the parish church
Clent  Clent shown within Worcestershire
Population	2,600
– London	105 miles (170 kilometres)
Civil parish	Clent
District	Bromsgrove
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stourbridge
Postcode district	DY9
Dialling code	01562
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Bromsgrove
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Clent is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, southwest of Birmingham and close to the edge of the West Midlands conurbation. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,600.

Parish History

See also: Evolution of Worcestershire county boundaries

The parishes of Clent and Broome were once an exclave of Staffordshire, completely surrounded by Worcestershire, having been seized by the Sheriff of Staffordshire before the Norman Conquest. This anomaly was addressed in 1844 when it was belatedly returned to Worcestershire. Clent had however always remained part of the Worcester Diocese.

The four stones or "Ossian's Tomb" on the top of the Clent Hills were follies erected by George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton

Geography

Because of the hilly topography of the parish the village consists of several distinct hamlets. These are Upper Clent (Clatterbach and the area around the parish church of St. Leonard), Lower Clent, Holy Cross, Adams Hill and Walton Pool. The Civil Parish of Clent also included part of the village of West Hagley, the population of which is about half that of the whole parish. On the first of April 2016, this part of the parish was transferred to the Parish of Hagley. Though in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Clent, that area is now part of the Anglican parish of Broome. Part of the parish is an area of agricultural lowland, but to the northwest the ground rises forming the Clent Hills (now owned by the National Trust), which is a popular destination for walkers.

Climate

Climate in this area has mild differences between highs and lows, and there is adequate rainfall year round. The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Cfb". (Marine West Coast Climate/Oceanic climate).

Climate data for Clent
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	7 (44)	8 (46)	10 (50)	13 (55)	16 (61)	19 (66)	22 (72)	22 (72)	18 (64)	14 (57)	10 (50)	7 (45)	13.8 (56.8)
Average low °C (°F)	2 (36)	2 (36)	3 (37)	4 (39)	7 (45)	10 (50)	12 (54)	12 (54)	9 (48)	7 (45)	4 (39)	2 (36)	6.2 (43.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	43 (1.7)	38 (1.5)	30 (1)	30 (1.2)	28 (1.1)	36 (1.4)	33 (1.3)	28 (1.1)	38 (1.5)	48 (1.9)	41 (1.6)	41 (1.6)	434 (16.9)
Average precipitation days	22	19	20	20	18	17	18	18	18	21	21	21	233
Source: Weatherbase

Education

Sunfield Children's Home is located in Clent, a charitable school for children with autism and complex learning needs. There is also a small primary school located in Holy Cross, called Clent Parochial Primary School, with just over 100 pupils ranging from Reception (age 4) to Year 6 (age 11), after which the pupils feed into Haybridge High School, the local secondary school, in the neighbouring village of Hagley.

Notable Residents

Notable residents of Clent include -:

• John Amphlet, High Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1805
• Richard Fowler (5 March 1887 - 27 October 1970), cricketer
• James Higgs-Walker (31 July 1892 - 3 September 1979), cricketer
• Alan Todd (3 June 1900 - 14 August 1976), barrister

Further reading

• Clent Parish Council
• — Although not published until much later Erdeswicke's description of Clent was writing during the 16th-century. The layout is a little confusing because the text and the notes use a similar font, for example the text in the last paragraph on page 287 should be read together with the text in the last paragraph on page 288 as they are part of the same footnote ("... in 1421, by Joan Beauchamp, ... ").

External links

• photos of Clent and surrounding area on geograph