Official Name: | Bromsberrow |
Coordinates: | 52.0038°N -2.3802°W |
Static Image Name: | Bromsberrow Heath Post Office.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Bromsberrow Heath, the largest settlement in the parish |
Shire District: | Forest of Dean |
Shire County: | Gloucestershire |
Region: | South West England |
Country: | England |
Constituency Westminster: | Forest of Dean |
Population: | 407 |
Population Ref: | (2011)[1] |
Post Town: | LEDBURY |
Postcode District: | HR8 |
Postcode Area: | HR |
Dial Code: | 01531 |
Os Grid Reference: | SO7434 |
Bromsberrow (or Bromesberrow) is part of the Forest of Dean district. The village is close to the meeting point between Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. The nearest town is Ledbury, about four miles north in Herefordshire.
A resident of the village named Emily Bishop (c1879-1961) was recorded extensively singing traditional folk songs by the folklorist Peter Kennedy in 1952.[2]
The village was briefly home to Richard Hammond, the former Top Gear presenter, who resided on a farm next to St. Mary's Church.[3]
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that in 910 Aethelflaed constructed a stronghold at "Bremesbyrig"; the location is suspected either being Bromsberry or Bromsgrove.[4] [5]