St Michael's College, Tenbury St Michael's College, Tenbury King's College Saint Michaels (more commonly known as St Michael's College) is an independent international boarding school located in Tenbury Wells Worcestershire, England. The school specialises in teaching non English language students. St Michael's is located in the same buildings as the former College of St. Michael and All Angels, a boys school founded by Frederick Ouseley in 1856 to provide a model for the performance of Anglican church music. Choral services were performed daily in term time. The college possessed a library that contained rare books of international importance. Financial difficulties forced its closure in
Droitwich Spa is likely derived from Sal meaning "salt" and weorp which means "to throw up" i.e. "the river which throws up salt" which overflows from the salt brines. The town is situated on massive deposits of salt, and salt has been extracted there since ancient times. The natural Droitwich brine contains of salt – ten times stronger than sea water and rivalled only by the Dead Sea. During the Roman era the settlement was known as "Salinae" and was located at the crossroads of several Roman roads. Railway construction in 1847 revealed Roman mosaic pavements, and later excavations unearthed a Roman