Tenbury Wells is a small town in Worcestershire, England, lying on the south bank of the River Teme. It was known as Tenbury until the 1840s, when its name was altered to publicise the mineral water being produced from the wells around the town. The town is also known for its hops, holly and mistletoe.
TenburyWells is a small scenic market town in Worcestershire, England, lying on the south bank of the River Teme.
The name of the Railway station, which was on the line from Woofferton to Bewdley, was changed in 1912, in an attempt to publicise the mineral water being produced from the wells around the town.
Other notable structures in Tenbury include the parish church with a Norman tower, the part-Mediaeval bridge over the River Teme, linking Tenbury to Burford, Shropshire and the Round Market, where markets are still held on Tuesday and Friday mornings.
THE ROSE AND CROWN INN (Burford) close to Tenbury Station, is said to date from 1600.The original part of the pub is 17th century but was greatly extended in 1860 by the owner Lord Northwick, probably because of the coming of the railway in 1862.
The spring of the Tenburymineral waters was discovered accidentally in the year 1839.
These few Memoranda of Tenbury, and of its life from one generation to another, may fitly, perhaps,, be concluded with the Napoleonic reminiscence of an old inmate of the Tenbury Workhouse in the early months of the Great War.
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