Bretforton

Bretforton
Bretforton post office
Population	1,023
OS grid reference	SP092440
• London	86 miles (138 km)
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	EVESHAM
Postcode district	WR11
Dialling code	01386
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands

Bretforton is a rural village in Worcestershire, England. Bretforton is 4.4 miles east of Evesham, in the Vale of Evesham. It is the largest farming village around Evesham. At 2001, Bretforton has a population of roughly 1,023 with roughly 428 households.

Education

Bretforton consists of two schools, one is a Pre-school and the other is a primary school. The schools are:

• Bretforton Pre-school
• Bretforton First School

Places in Bretforton

The Fleece Inn

• The Fleece Inn is an old inn dating back to the 15th Century.
• Reputedly Oliver Cromwell’s Pewter Dinner service was exchanged on the way to the battle of Worcester and this is on display at the pub. Even if this account is not true, this is a superb example of 17th century English Pewter ware.
• The pub also has fine examples of so called 'Witch Circles' in white marked on the fireplace to prevent evil spirts and withces from entering. *The BBC has also used the Fleece Inn and surrounding village 'green' for it's 1993 £5 million production of Charles Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit where the pub was renamed the 'Green Dragon' for the duration of shooting.
• It is still used as a pub and B & B and is owned by the National Trust

Bretforton Manor

• Although of earlier, medieval origin, the manor house, listed Grade II, was mainly built of local stone in 1605 and substantially remodelled in 1877;
• reputedly haunted
• A secret priest-hole in the library
• Popular legend ascribes the panelling in the hall to a Spanish galleon wrecked in the Armada of 1588
• Bretforton Manor has four reception rooms, six bedrooms, five bathrooms and a staff flat.
• It stands in 7.3 acres of grounds next to the church with outbuildings include stabling, a 15th century dovecote, a cider house and an indoor swimming-pool complex.

References

[[File:Weston Road.JPG|thumb|left|Picture of Weston Road, Weston Road is the main road running through Bretforton. (2009)]

Picture of Filming at the Fleece Inn,(1993)

Picture of Filming at the Fleece Inn,(1993)