Bredenbury

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Bredenbury
Pasture near Bredenbury
Bredenbury is located in Herefordshire
Bredenbury
Bredenbury
Location within Herefordshire
Population169 [1]
OS grid referenceSO 609563
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBROMYARD
Postcode districtHR7
Dialling code01885
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
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.
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