Rock Parish is comprised of the seven villages of Bliss Gate, Callow Hill, Clows Top, Far Forest, Heightington, Ribbesford and Rock. It is situated in the north west corner of Worcestershire and is the second largest parish in the Country. The parish records go back to 1100.

Rock gets its name, not as might be thought from the ground, but from corruptions of the ancient Saxon name "Aka" meaning Oak or "at the oak". In those times it was customary to have a communal meeting place and a large oak tree might well have been that place. Over the course of years "Oak" became "Roke" and eventually Rock.

Early history tells us that prior to the year 1210 the only mention of the place was as Alton when a Roger de Todeni built the earliest remaining part of Rock parish church, no later than 1162.