WR postcode area WR postcode area The WR postcode area, also known as the Worcester postcode area, is a group of fifteen postcode districts in England, which are subdivisions of seven post towns. These postcode districts cover much of Worcestershire, including Worcester, Broadway, Droitwich, Evesham, Malvern, Pershore and Tenbury Wells, plus very small parts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Gloucestershire. The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! WR1 ! WR2 ! WR3 ! WR4 ! WR5 ! WR6 ! WR7 ! WR8 ! WR9 ! WR10 ! WR11 ! WR11 ! WR12 ! WR13 ! WR14 ! WR15 ! WR78 ! WR99
Tenbury Wells control the original River Teme crossing. It has also been described as "... the remains of an 11th-century Norman Castle." A legal record of 1399 mentions a place spelt perhaps as "Temedebury" which may be a further variation in spelling. Tenbury was in the upper division of Doddingtree Hundred. Originally named "Temettebury", the town was granted a Royal Charter to hold a market in 1249. Over time, the name changed to "Tenbury", and then added the "Wells" following the discovery of mineral springs and wells in the town in the 1840s. The name of the railway station, which was on