Bell End Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.3929°N -2.0904°W
Official Name:Bell End
Static Image:A491, Fairfield.jpg
Static Image Width:250px
Static Image Caption:The A491 passing through the village, the Bell End Service Station is on the left.
Shire District:Bromsgrove
Shire County:Worcestershire
Region:West Midlands
Civil Parish:Belbroughton
Postcode District:DY9
Postcode Area:DY
Post Town:STOURBRIDGE
Dial Code:01527
Os Grid Reference:SO938773
London Distance:105miles

Bell End is a village in the English county of Worcestershire. It is situated approximately 2miles south-east of Hagley on the A491, north of Bromsgrove and close to Kidderminster, Stourbridge and Halesowen. It lies in the local government District of Bromsgrove.

The village lies about 1.5mile east of Belbroughton.

On the western side of the village is Bell Hall, a Victorian Gothic mansion on the site of the original manor house. It was built in 1847 for Charles Noel, later a High Sheriff of Worcestershire, by the architect Edward Smith of Oldswinford.[1] In 2010 the property was offered for sale at £3.5 million.[2]

The village shares its name with the British slang for the glans penis.[3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. [Nikolaus Pevsner|Pevsner, N.]
  2. Web site: Bell Hall mansion on sale for £3.5m « Express & Star.
  3. Web site: The UK's rudest places: From Bell End to Wetwang – BelfastTelegraph.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Jeremy Clarkson in new row over 'bellend' number plate in Falklands Porsche. Camilla Turner, and. agencies.
  5. Web site: bellend – definition of bellend in English – Oxford Dictionaries. https://web.archive.org/web/20150312200010/http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bellend. dead. 12 March 2015.