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Great Malvern

Great Malvern or Malvern, town (1991 pop. 30,187), Worcestershire, W central England, on the eastern slopes of the scenic Malvern Hills . Occupying the site of the medieval Chase of Malvern (a royal forest of 7,000 acres/2,833 hectares), the town has become a health (mineral springs) and holiday resort. Malvern College, an independent coeducational school, was founded in 1862. The priory church of Great Malvern dates from 1085; the Norman arches of the interior remain intact. The annual Malvern festival of dramatics, associated with the plays of G. B. Shaw , was instituted in 1928.

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Malvern, Great

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Malvern, Great & Malvern, Little Worcs. Mælfern c.1030, Malferna 1086 (DB). ‘Bare hill’. Celtic *mę̄l + *brïnn. Malvern Link, Link 1215, is from OE hlinc ‘ledge, terrace’.

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Malvern

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Malvern, Jamaica, South Africa, UK, USA UK (England): named after the Malvern Hills, the name, formerly Mælfern and Malferna, means ‘Bare Hill’ from the Welsh moel ‘bare’ and bryn ‘hill’. The name is collective and includes Great Malvern and Little Malvern as well as the district which is known as Malvern Link from the Old English hlinc ‘ledge’ or ‘ridge’.

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