2. • HE VILLAGE AND PARISH
OF OMBERSLEY IS IN THE
WYCHAVON DISTRICT
COUNCIL AREA OF
WORCESTERSHIRE.
HISTORY AND ATTRACTIONS

3. • OMBERSLEY COURT IS THE
TRADITIONAL HOME OF THE LORDS
SANDYS, MANY OF WHOM ARE
BURIED IN THE FAMILY MAUSOLEUM
IN THE CHURCHYARD OF ST
ANDREW'S PARISH CHURCH. WHEN
ST ANDREW'S WAS BUILT IN ITS
CURRENT FORM BETWEEN 1825 AND
1829, THE CHANCEL OF THE OLD
CHURCH WAS ADAPTED FOR USE AS
MAUSOLEUM FOR THE LORDS OF THE
MANOR.

4. • THE VILLAGE OF OMBERSLEY
STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
PARISH AT THE JUNCTION OF THE
TWO HIGH ROADS. THE REMAINS OF
THE OLD CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW,
WHICH WAS SUPERSEDED IN 1825
BY A NEW STRUCTURE BUILT NEAR
THE SITE OF THE OLD ONE, ARE STILL
TO BE SEEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE WORCESTER AND STOURPORT
ROAD.

5. • THE CHURCH OF ST. ANDREW CONSISTS OF A CHANCEL 30 FT. BY
20 FT. WITH VESTRIES NORTH AND SOUTH OF IT, NAVE 69 FT. BY
21 FT., NORTH AND SOUTH AISLES 15 FT. WIDE AND A WESTERN
TOWER 12 FT. SQUARE. THESE MEASUREMENTS ARE ALL
INTERNAL. THE BUILDING WAS ERECTED BY RICKMAN FOR THE
MARCHIONESS OF DOWNSHIRE, NEAR THE SITE OF THE FORMER
CHURCH, WHICH WAS PULLED DOWN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CHANCEL, WHICH NOW SERVES
AS A MORTUARY CHAPEL TO THE FAMILY OF LORD SANDYS.

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/OMBERSLEY
• HTTPS://WWW.BRITISH-HISTORY.AC.UK/VCH/WORCS/VOL3/PP460-468#P30