Bredenbury

Village in Herefordshire, England

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52°12′14″N 2°34′19″W / 52.204°N 2.572°W / 52.204; -2.572

Bredenbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 12.5 miles (20.1 km) northeast of Hereford. The village lies on the A44 road, 3 miles (4.8 km) from Bromyard and 8 miles (13 km) from Leominster.[2]

The parish had a population of 185 in the 2001 UK census,[3] reducing to 169 at the 2011 census, and is grouped with Grendon Bishop and Wacton to form Bredenbury & District Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.[4]

The parish church, dedicated to St Andrew, is in the syle of 1300 but was built in the 1870s from a design by T H Wyatt.[5] Land for the church was donated by William Barneby, of nearby Bredenbury Court. The Barneby family commissioned many of the interior furnishings for the new church.[6] Wyatt also designed the first phase of Bredenbury Court in the Italianate style. An extension in 1902 was designed by Sir Guy Dawber.[5]

Bredenbury Primary School is much smaller than average, but was rated as outstanding by Ofsted in 2008.[7]

Bredenbury Court Barns is one of the more historic and iconic venues situated within Bredenbury, with the barns now being used for weddings.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Maps) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN 978-0-319-22953-8
  3. ^ "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 1 May 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.
  6. ^ "British Listed Buildings - Church of St Andrew, Bredenbury". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  7. ^ Ofsted details for unique reference number 116654
  8. ^ "Bredenbury Court Barns". hitched.co.uk.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bredenbury.
  • Bredenbury, GENUKI genealogy web portal
  • List of monuments in the parish
    • Please note that most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public