Bredenbury
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Bredenbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire
, England
. It is located 20 km northeast of Hereford
. The village lies on the A44 road
, 5 km from Bromyard
and 13 km from Leominster
.
The parish had a population of 185 in the 2001 UK Census
and is grouped with Grendon Bishop and Wacton
to form Bredenbury & District Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.
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
. 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. Wyatt also designed the first phase of Bredenbury Court in the Italianate style
. An extension in 1902 was designed by Sir Guy Dawber
.
Bredenbury Primary School is much smaller than average but was rated as outstanding by Ofsted
in 2008.
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located 20 km northeast of Hereford
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
. The village lies on the A44 road
A44 road
The A44 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales.-History:The original route of the A44 was Chipping Norton to Aberystwyth. No changes were made to the route of the A44 in the early years...
, 5 km from Bromyard
Bromyard
Bromyard is a town in northeast Herefordshire, England with a population of approximately 4,000. It lies near to the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 between Leominster and Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered pubs and some buildings dating back to Norman times...
and 13 km from Leominster
Leominster
Leominster is a market town in Herefordshire, England, located approximately north of the city of Hereford and south of Ludlow, at...
.
The parish had a population of 185 in the 2001 UK Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
and is grouped with Grendon Bishop and Wacton
Wacton, Herefordshire
Wacton is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. It is located north west of Bromyard.In a field are the motte and remains of the moat of Wacton Castle: buried foundations are all that remain of stone defences....
to form Bredenbury & District Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, dedicated to St Andrew
Saint Andrew
Saint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...
, is in the syle of 1300 but was built in the 1870s from a design by T H Wyatt
Thomas Henry Wyatt
Thomas Henry Wyatt was an Irish British architect. He had a prolific and distinguished career, being elected President of the Royal Institute of British Architects 1870-73 and awarded their Royal Gold Medal for Architecture in 1873...
. 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. Wyatt also designed the first phase of Bredenbury Court in the Italianate style
Italianate architecture
The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
. An extension in 1902 was designed by Sir Guy Dawber
Guy Dawber
Sir Edward Guy Dawber, RA, ARA was an English architect working in the late Arts and Crafts style whose work is particularly associated with the Cotswolds....
.
Bredenbury Primary School is much smaller than average but was rated as outstanding by Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
in 2008.
External links
- Bredenbury, GENUKIGENUKIGENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. Its aim is "to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland"...
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