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Bretforton, Worcestershire

Historical Description

Bretforton, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, 1½ mile SE of Littleton and Badsey station on the G.W.R., 1 mile SW of Honeybourne Junction, and 3½ miles E of Evesham, under which there is a post and telegraph office; money order office, Bengeworth. Acreage of parish, 1706; population, 529. Bretforton Manor is the chief residence, and is a part of the ancient manor. At Bretforton Hall there is a remarkably large walnut tree in the garden. An old grange, the ancient manor house of the abbots of Evesham, with an ancient barn and fish pond, exists in this parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester; net value, £132 with residence. The church is ancient, ranging from Late Norman to Late Perpendicular; it was restored in 1823, and again in 1847. The carving of the Norman capitals is good; there is an embattled tower of the 15th century. 238

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 
Ecclesiastical parishBretforton St. Leonard 
HundredBlackenhurst 
Poor Law unionEvesham 

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


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Bretforton from the following:


Land and Property

The full transcript of the Worcestershire section of the Return of Owners of Land, 1873.


Maps

Online maps of Bretforton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Worcestershire papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictWychavon
CountyWorcestershire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtWR11
Post TownEvesham

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