Bricklehampton
Bricklehampton | |
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![]() Bricklehampton | |
Location within Worcestershire | |
Population | 236 |
OS grid reference | SO980424 |
• London | 92 miles (148 km) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PERSHORE |
Postcode district | WR10 |
Dialling code | 01386 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Bricklehampton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was recorded as 236.[1] Its area is 369.7 hectares (1.427 sq mi).[2] The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.[3][4]
History
[edit]The name at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 was Bricstelmenstune.[5]
Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,[6] is a grade II listed building. The medieval church was rebuilt and restored in 1875-1877 but the 12th-century font and south doorway remain.[7][8] As of November 2020[update] there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,[9] now a nursing home,[10] and a K6 telephone box.[11]
Longest one word place name in English
[edit]According to linguist David Crystal, the 14-letter town name is perhaps the longest one-word place name in the English-speaking world that does not repeat any letter.[12] Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire)[13] and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bricklehampton". City population. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
- ^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bricklehampton Parish (E04010369)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council". Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Welcome to Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Bricklehampton". Bredon Hill View. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "St Michael". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Michael and All Angels (1116931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
- ^ "Bricklehampton". www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk. Worcestershire & Dudley Historic Churches Trust. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "Bricklehampton Hall (1319686)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Bricklehampton Hall Care home". www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Historic England. "K6 Telephone Kiosk to North West of Church Cottage (1273109)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Crystal, David (18 May 2007). "What's so special about Bricklehampton?". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ Askew, H. (26 November 1932). "Buslingthorpe Place-Name". Notes and Queries. clxiii: 389. doi:10.1093/nq/CLXIII.nov26.389a.
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