By
Paul Harding, Discover History
The searchlight position on Upper Pike
Paul Harding, of Discover History, takes a wander through time in Worcester's Ronkswood Meadow
RONKSWOOD Hill Farm dominated the area for many years. Today the main 19th-century farmhouse stands proudly on Newtown Road. The farm buildings behind have been converted to housing and overlook the oasis known as Ronkswood Meadow.
When the practice of farming arrived in Britain, large areas of woodland were cleared ready for crops. We know outside the ancient settlement of Worcester, woods stretched on to the high ground surrounding it.
Today, some of that ancient woodland still exists at Perry and Nunnery Wood.