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West Midlands Region

Hagley Obelisk

West Midlands Region

Hagley Obelisk

Highlight • Monument

Hagley Obelisk

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Location: Hagley, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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February 8, 2020

Hiking

Hagley Obelisk is a Grade II-listed monument that was constructed in the mid-18th century. Since the 1970s, the monument has been defaced with graffiti relating to an unsolved murder from the 1940s in which a woman's body was found in nearby woodland. The graffiti asks: "Who put Bella in the Wych Elm?"

July 15, 2025

Hiking

Look out for the graffiti - "Who put Bella in the Wych Elm". Local folklore, which you can google and decide whether the murder was black magic or nazi spies?

October 25, 2026

Hiking

The obelisk is a site for the re-appearance of infamous graffiti "Who put Bella in the wych elm?" relating to an unsolved murder case dating back to the discovery of a body in 1943 in a hollow tree in nearby Hagley Woods.
explorethepast.co.uk/2016/09/monthly-mystery-who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/#:~:text=In%201944%20a%20new%20twist%20was%20added,name%20tag%20'Bella'%20which%20the%20police%20adopted

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Elevation 200 m

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Location: Hagley, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, West Midlands Region, England, United Kingdom

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