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Bricklehampton, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Bricklehampton, a township and a chapelry in St Andrew Pershore parish, Worcestershire, near the river Avon, 3 miles NW of Hinton station on the M.R., and 3½ SE of Pershore, the post town. Acreage of township, 914; population, 173. Bricklehampton Hall is a fine mansion in the Italian style, erected in 1848. The living is a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Pershore, in the diocese of Worcester. The church was originally Norman, and retains a fine Norman doorway and font; the chancel contains sedilia, a piscina, some stained windows, and some monuments. It was restored in 1877.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyWorcestershire 
HundredPershore 
Poor Law unionPershore 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

The register of baptisms dates from the year 1711; marriages, 1740; births, 1722: the earliest entries are very confused and almost unintelligible.


Churches

Church of England

St. Michael's Chapel (parish church)

The chapel of St. Michael, restored in 1877, at a cost of £800, is a building of stone, in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower containing 3 bells: the chancel was erected to the memory of the late George Gwyn Elger esq. who died Oct. 31st, 1874, and has double sedilia and a piscina: the south doorway is a fine example of enriched Norman work: there is a Norman font; and in the nave near the entrance is a holy water stoup: the east window is stained, and there are also in the chancel four other stained windows, presented by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hinshaw, in 1887, and tablets to Francis Palmer, gent. d. July 4th, 1715, and Mary his wife, d. March 9th, 1725; to Palmer Hatch, gent. d. Oct. 22nd, 1782, and Mary his wife, d. Aug. 18th, 1790; under the tower is a memorial erected by his fellow officers to Lieut. C. E. Woodward, of H.M. 98th Reg. who died at Fort Attock, in the Punjaub, India, May 12th, 1859, and there are modern monuments to the Woodward family: the church will seat 100 persons.

Chapel


Directories & Gazetteers

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Maps

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DistrictWychavon
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR10
Post TownPershore

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