Bredenbury

Bredenbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 12.5 miles (20 km) northeast of Hereford. The village lies on the A44 road, 3 miles (5 km) from Bromyard and 8 miles (13 km) from Leominster.[2]

For the town in Canada, see Bredenbury, Saskatchewan.

Bredenbury

Pasture near 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

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]

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.
  4. "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  5. 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
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