Bredons Norton, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Bredon's Norton or Norton by Bredon, a township and chapelry in Bredon parish, Worcestershire. There is a post office under Tewkesbury. Acreage of township, 1106; population, 222. The church, a chapel of ease to St Giles, Bredon, is Norman and Early English, with an embattled western tower; it was restored in 1883.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1745.

Churches

Church of England

Bredons Norton Chapel

The chapel of ease here to the parish church of St. Giles, Bredon, is an edifice of stone in the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower of Norman date containing a clock and 6 bells: it was completely restored in 1883 by subscription, at a cost of £1,500, when the chancel and nave were entirely rebuilt in the Early English style, Mr. F. Preedy, of London, being the architect: in the church is a tablet with arms to William and Mary Hancocke (1685-1710): there are 150 sittings, 50 being free.

Maps

Online maps of Bredons Norton are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)