Bredenbury Explained

Official Name:Bredenbury
Coordinates:52.204°N -2.572°W
Country:England
Static Image:Across fields to Bredenbury - geograph.org.uk - 955280.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:Pasture near Bredenbury
Post Town:BROMYARD
Postcode Area:HR
Postcode District:HR7
Dial Code:01885
Os Grid Reference:SO 609563
Population:169
Population Ref:[1]
Region:West Midlands

Bredenbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 12.5miles northeast of Hereford. The village lies on the A44 road, 3miles from Bromyard and 8miles from Leominster.

The parish had a population of 185 in the 2001 UK census, 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.

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.

Bredenbury Court Barns is one of the more historic and iconic venues situated within Bredenbury, with the barns now being used for weddings.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 28 October 2015.
  2. Web site: Bredenbury Court Barns . hitched.co.uk.