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==Churches==
==Churches==
The [[Anglican]] [[parish church]] is dedicated to [[St. Lawrence|St. Laurence]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stlaurencebidford.org.uk/ | title = St Laurence Parish Church, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire | publisher = St Laurence Parish Church | accessdate = 16 February 2012}}</ref> [[St. Joseph]] the Worker Church is the local [[Roman Catholic]] church. TheBarn is the home of Bidford [[Baptist]] Church.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theBarn.org.uk | title = theBarn - Home of Bidford Baptist Church | publisher = Bidford Baptist Church | accessdate = 16 February 2012}}</ref> Bidford also has a [[Methodist]] [[church (building)|church]].
The [[Anglican]] [[parish church]] is dedicated to [[St. Lawrence|St. Laurence]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.stlaurencebidford.org.uk/ | title = St Laurence Parish Church, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire | publisher = St Laurence Parish Church | accessdate = 16 February 2012}}</ref> [[St. Joseph]] the Worker Church is the local [[Roman Catholic]] church. TheBarn is the home of Bidford [[Baptist]] Church.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://theBarn.org.uk | title = theBarn - Home of Bidford Baptist Church | publisher = Bidford Baptist Church | accessdate = 16 February 2012}}</ref> Bidford also has a [[Methodist]] [[church (building)|church]].

==Climate==
Like much of the British isles, Bidford On Avon has a temperate maritime climate. Maximums range from {{convert|7.6|°C}} in January to {{convert|22.4|°C}} in July and minimums from {{convert|1|°C}} in February to {{convert|12.2|°C}} in July. The January record high strangely occurred when it was dark; On 9 January 2015, temperatures rose to {{convert|15.2|°C}}. In December 2010, a very low reading of {{convert|-17|°C}} was recorded. The warmest temperature ever recorded was {{convert|36|°C}} in August, however, a disputed temperature of {{convert|36.7|°C}} was recorded on 1 August 2013. This temperature was recorded from a digital thermometer in the sun and is therefore not accepted. The same is true of another unofficial reading of {{convert|33.8|°C}} in June 2015. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.myweather2.com/City-Town/United-Kingdom/Warwickshire/BidfordonAvon/climate-profile.aspx?month=12 | title = Climate, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire | publisher = My Weather 2 | accessdate = 20 June 2015}}</ref>

{{climate chart
| Bidford
| 1.4 | 7.6 | 53
| 1 | 8 | 35.6
| 2.7 | 10.9 | 39.2
| 4.1 | 13.6 | 47.7
| 7.1 | 17 | 53
| 9.9 | 20 | 50.4
| 12.2 | 22.4 | 50.2
| 11.8 | 22 | 55.1
| 9.8 | 19 | 52.2
| 7 | 14.7 | 60.1
| 3.7 | 10.5 | 56.6
| 1.6 | 7.7 | 53.3
|float=none
|clear=none
|source= Met Office }}

{{Weather box
|location = Pershore 35m amsl (nearest station to Bidford 35m amsl) (1981-2010) (extremes 1994-present)
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C= 15.2
|Feb record high C= 18
|Mar record high C= 20
|Apr record high C= 26
|May record high C= 28
|Jun record high C= 33
|Jul record high C= 34
|Aug record high C= 36
|Sep record high C= 29
|Oct record high C= 29
|Nov record high C= 19
|Dec record high C= 15
|year record high C= 36
|Jan high C = 7.6
|Feb high C = 8.0
|Mar high C = 10.9
|Apr high C = 13.6
|May high C = 17.0
|Jun high C = 20.0
|Jul high C = 22.4
|Aug high C = 22.0
|Sep high C = 19.0
|Oct high C = 14.7
|Nov high C = 10.5
|Dec high C = 7.7
|year high C = 14.5
|Jan mean C = 4.5
|Feb mean C = 4.5
|Mar mean C = 6.8
|Apr mean C = 8.9
|May mean C = 12.1
|Jun mean C = 15
|Jul mean C = 17.3
|Aug mean C = 16.9
|Sep mean C = 14.4
|Oct mean C = 10.9
|Nov mean C = 7.1
|Dec mean C = 4.7
|year mean C = 10.3
|Jan low C = 1.4
|Feb low C = 1.0
|Mar low C = 2.7
|Apr low C = 4.1
|May low C = 7.1
|Jun low C = 9.9
|Jul low C = 12.2
|Aug low C = 11.8
|Sep low C = 9.8
|Oct low C = 7.0
|Nov low C = 3.7
|Dec low C = 1.6
|year low C = 6.1
|Jan record low C= -9
|Feb record low C= -13
|Mar record low C= -8
|Apr record low C= -7
|May record low C= -2
|Jun record low C= -1
|Jul record low C= 3
|Aug record low C= 4
|Sep record low C= 0
|Oct record low C= -5
|Nov record low C= -6
|Dec record low C= -17
|year record low C= -17
|unit rain days= 1.0 mm
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan rain mm = 53.0
|Feb rain mm = 35.6
|Mar rain mm = 39.2
|Apr rain mm = 47.7
|May rain mm = 53.0
|Jun rain mm = 50.4
|Jul rain mm = 50.2
|Aug rain mm = 55.1
|Sep rain mm = 52.2
|Oct rain mm = 60.1
|Nov rain mm = 56.6
|Dec rain mm = 53.3
|year rain mm= 606.4
|Jan rain days = 11.3
|Feb rain days = 8.9
|Mar rain days = 9.3
|Apr rain days = 9.6
|May rain days = 9.0
|Jun rain days = 8.3
|Jul rain days = 8.0
|Aug rain days = 8.5
|Sep rain days = 8.9
|Oct rain days = 10.9
|Nov rain days = 10.9
|Dec rain days = 10.6
|year rain days= 114.1
|Jan humidity= 84
|Feb humidity= 82
|Mar humidity= 77
|Apr humidity= 73
|May humidity= 72
|Jun humidity= 72
|Jul humidity= 71
|Aug humidity= 71
|Sep humidity= 75
|Oct humidity= 80
|Nov humidity= 85
|Dec humidity= 86
|year humidity= 77.3
|Jan sun = 56.4
|Feb sun = 72.4
|Mar sun = 111.5
|Apr sun = 155.8
|May sun = 194.1
|Jun sun = 195.9
|Jul sun = 205.1
|Aug sun = 189.9
|Sep sun = 140.7
|Oct sun = 104.6
|Nov sun = 64.8
|Dec sun = 45.7
|year sun = 1536.7
|source 1 = Met Office<ref name = metoffice>{{cite web
| url = http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcq8uy4x6
| title = Pershore Climate Period: 1981–2010
| publisher = Met Office
| accessdate = 14 June 2015
}}</ref>

|date=May 2015}}


==Twinning Village==
==Twinning Village==

Revision as of 13:37, 5 July 2015

Bidford-on-Avon
Population4,830 (2001)
OS grid referenceSP099518
Civil parish
  • Bidford-on-Avon
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townALCESTER
Postcode districtB50
Dialling code01789
PoliceWarwickshire
FireWarwickshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Warwickshire

Bidford-on-Avon is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Warwickshire. In the 2001 census it had a population of 4,830.

Location

Bidford-on-Avon village is, as its name suggests, situated on the River Avon, some 7 miles (11 km) downstream of Stratford-upon-Avon and about the same distance upstream of Evesham. The village grew up around an ancient ford, (Byda's Ford) now replaced by a narrow stone bridge, on the Ryknild Street Roman road, now a minor country road to Honeybourne 4 miles (6.4 km) to the south. To the north Alcester is about 4 miles (6.4 km) away, Redditch 10 miles (16 km) away and Birmingham 25 miles (40 km) away. It also lies on the Heart of England Way.

Local government

Bidford-on-Avon is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Stratford-on-Avon District Council and Warwickshire County Council. The three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

Besides the village of Bidford itself, the civil parish includes the settlements of Barton, Broom and Marlcliff. Broom lies to the north of Bidford, whilst both Barton and Marlcliff lie south of the river.[1]

History

Two villagers at the Bidford Mop (Michaelmas Fair) c. 1900

Ryknield Street, the Roman road, passes through the village, going north towards Alcester.

There is also an ancient Anglo-Saxon burial site under the free car park located just behind the pub "The New Saxon". Artefacts from the latter excavations are at Warwick Museum while material from the first excavations on the site currently reside in the hands of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

William Shakespeare is said to have joined a party of Stratford folk which set itself to outdrink a drinking club at Bidford-on-Avon, and as a result of his labours in that regard to have fallen asleep under the crab tree of which a descendant is still called Shakespeares tree. When morning dawned his friends wished to renew the encounter but he wisely said "No I have drunk with “Piping Pebworth, Dancing Marston, Haunted Hillboro’, Hungry Grafton, Dodging Exhall, Papist Wixford, Beggarly Broom and Drunken Bidford” and so, presumably, I will drink no more." The story is said to date from the 17th century but of its truth or of any connection of the story or the verse to Shakespeare there is no evidence. The Falcon Inn was a favorite tavern in his day.[2]

Bidford was the birthplace and childhood home of the author Barbara Comyns Carr.

Transport

Bridge

Bridge over the River Avon

The river is crossed by Bidford Bridge, which is a scheduled monument.[3]

Week beginning Monday 26 November 2012, the Bridge had to be closed due to flooding, when the River Avon burst its banks, in various places.

On 9 June 2015, the bridge was closed to traffic after a heavy duty farm vehicle crashed into it, causing serious damage to the historic structure. Police cars were positioned either side of the bridge to alert drivers to the fact that the bridge was inaccessible to traffic. It is expected to be closed for four to six months.[4]

Railway

Bidford no longer has an active railway line, but it once had a station on the Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, which ran east-west across country from Broom Junction on the Midland Railway's Barnt Green-Redditch-Alcester-Evesham-Ashchurch line, through Stratford-upon-Avon to Towcester and beyond. The Broom to Stratford section (including Bidford and also Binton), was an early casualty, with passenger services suspended in June 1947 and closure rubber-stamped as permanent in May 1949. The line itself remained open with the south curve of Broom Junction until at least 1952.[5]

Road

The village was featured on the BBC motoring programme Top Gear when the presenters resurfaced a local road in a single day, a task that would have usually taken an entire working week.

Churches

The Anglican parish church is dedicated to St. Laurence.[6] St. Joseph the Worker Church is the local Roman Catholic church. TheBarn is the home of Bidford Baptist Church.[7] Bidford also has a Methodist church.


Climate

Like much of the British isles, Bidford On Avon has a temperate maritime climate. Maximums range from 7.6 °C (45.7 °F) in January to 22.4 °C (72.3 °F) in July and minimums from 1 °C (34 °F) in February to 12.2 °C (54.0 °F) in July. The January record high strangely occurred when it was dark; On 9 January 2015, temperatures rose to 15.2 °C (59.4 °F). In December 2010, a very low reading of −17 °C (1 °F) was recorded. The warmest temperature ever recorded was 36 °C (97 °F) in August, however, a disputed temperature of 36.7 °C (98.1 °F) was recorded on 1 August 2013. This temperature was recorded from a digital thermometer in the sun and is therefore not accepted. The same is true of another unofficial reading of 33.8 °C (92.8 °F) in June 2015. [8]

Bidford
Climate chart (explanation)
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█ Precipitation totals in mm
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Imperial conversion
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█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches
Climate data for Pershore 35m amsl (nearest station to Bidford 35m amsl) (1981-2010) (extremes 1994-present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 15.2
(59.4) 		18
(64) 		20
(68) 		26
(79) 		28
(82) 		33
(91) 		34
(93) 		36
(97) 		29
(84) 		29
(84) 		19
(66) 		15
(59) 		36
(97)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 7.6
(45.7) 		8.0
(46.4) 		10.9
(51.6) 		13.6
(56.5) 		17.0
(62.6) 		20.0
(68.0) 		22.4
(72.3) 		22.0
(71.6) 		19.0
(66.2) 		14.7
(58.5) 		10.5
(50.9) 		7.7
(45.9) 		14.5
(58.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 4.5
(40.1) 		4.5
(40.1) 		6.8
(44.2) 		8.9
(48.0) 		12.1
(53.8) 		15
(59) 		17.3
(63.1) 		16.9
(62.4) 		14.4
(57.9) 		10.9
(51.6) 		7.1
(44.8) 		4.7
(40.5) 		10.3
(50.5)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 1.4
(34.5) 		1.0
(33.8) 		2.7
(36.9) 		4.1
(39.4) 		7.1
(44.8) 		9.9
(49.8) 		12.2
(54.0) 		11.8
(53.2) 		9.8
(49.6) 		7.0
(44.6) 		3.7
(38.7) 		1.6
(34.9) 		6.1
(43.0)
Record low °C (°F) −9
(16) 		−13
(9) 		−8
(18) 		−7
(19) 		−2
(28) 		−1
(30) 		3
(37) 		4
(39) 		0
(32) 		−5
(23) 		−6
(21) 		−17
(1) 		−17
(1)
Average rainfall mm (inches) 53.0
(2.09) 		35.6
(1.40) 		39.2
(1.54) 		47.7
(1.88) 		53.0
(2.09) 		50.4
(1.98) 		50.2
(1.98) 		55.1
(2.17) 		52.2
(2.06) 		60.1
(2.37) 		56.6
(2.23) 		53.3
(2.10) 		606.4
(23.87)
Average rainy days (≥ 1.0 mm) 11.3 8.9 9.3 9.6 9.0 8.3 8.0 8.5 8.9 10.9 10.9 10.6 114.1
Average relative humidity (%) 84 82 77 73 72 72 71 71 75 80 85 86 77.3
Mean monthly sunshine hours 56.4 72.4 111.5 155.8 194.1 195.9 205.1 189.9 140.7 104.6 64.8 45.7 1,536.7
Source: Met Office[9]

Twinning Village

Bidford is twinned with Ebsdorfergrund, found close to Marburg in Rheinhessen, Germany.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Bidford-on-Avon Parish Council". Bidford-on-Avon Parish Council. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Highways and Byways in Shakspeares Country, Hutton 1914
  3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1355318)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. ^ http://www.stratford-herald.com/37747-bidfords-historic-bridge-closed-after-crash.html
  5. ^ Dunn, J.M., (1952) The Stratford-upon-Avon and Midland Junction Railway, Lingfield: The Oakwood Press
  6. ^ "St Laurence Parish Church, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire". St Laurence Parish Church. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  7. ^ "theBarn - Home of Bidford Baptist Church". Bidford Baptist Church. Retrieved 16 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Climate, Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire". My Weather 2. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  9. ^ "Pershore Climate Period: 1981–2010". Met Office. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  10. ^ http://www.bidfordonavon-pc.gov.uk/group-twinning.htm

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