Bredwardine
| Bredwardine | |
|---|---|
 Old Court, Bredwardine | |
  Bredwardine Location within Herefordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SO335445 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR3 |
| Dialling code | 01981 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Bredwardine is a village in the west of Herefordshire, England, lying just off the B4352 road. Features include a brick bridge over the River Wye, a historic late 17th-century coaching inn[1] named the Red Lion, St Andrew's Church, and the site of Bredwardine Castle. The name is pronounced to rhyme with "dine", and means "Brid's farm".[2]
Walkers[]
The Wye Valley Walk passes through the village.
Notable people[]
In birth order:
- Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), landowner and pioneer of irrigation, was born in Bredwardine.[3]
- Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), archaeologist, was raised in Bredwardine, where his father was vicar.[4]
- Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), diarist and cleric, was vicar of Bredwardine from late 1877 until his death on 23 September 1879.[5]
References[]
- ^ Nikolaus Pevsner: Herefordshire (Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin Books, 1963).
- ^ Herefordshire placenames
- ^ Hadrian Cook, et al. "The origin of water meadows in England". British Agricultural History Society. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
- ^ ODNB: B. F. Cook, "Newton, Sir Charles Thomas (1816 [baptised] – 1894)", Retrieved 4 March 2014, pay-walled.
- ^ ODNB: A. L. Le Quesne, "Kilvert, (Robert) Francis (1840–1879)", rev. Brenda Colloms Retrieved 4 March 2014, pay-walled.
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