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Bredon's Norton

Bredon
Bredon-milestone.jpeg
The milestone obelisk in Bredon, with the village church of St. Giles in the background.
Bredon is located in Worcestershire
Bredon
Bredon
Bredon shown within Worcestershire
Population 2,542 
OS grid reference SO925369
• London 93 miles (150 km)
Civil parish
  • Bredon
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Tewkesbury
Postcode district GL20
Dialling code 01684
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament
Website bredonparishcouncil.org.uk
List of places
UK
England
Worcestershire
52°01′48″N 2°07′01″W / 52.030°N 2.117°W / 52.030; -2.117Coordinates: 52°01′48″N 2°07′01″W / 52.030°N 2.117°W / 52.030; -2.117

Bredon is a village and civil parish in Wychavon District at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill, at "the beginning of the Cotswolds". As "Brensham Village", it has been made famous by the writer John Moore, whose descriptions of village life between the wars are widely celebrated.

Bredon is located 3 miles (5 km) north of the Gloucestershire town of Tewkesbury on the B4080 road. The River Avon forms the western boundary of the parish, and two of its tributaries, the Carrant Brook and Squitter Brook form the southern boundary.

The parish (including Bredon's Norton, formerly a separate parish to the north) extends from the Avon valley floor at an elevation of 32 feet (10 m) in the south-west to the upper slopes of Bredon Hill at an elevation of 820 feet (250 m) in the north-east. The northern third of the parish falls within the Cotswolds AONB. At its greatest extent the parish measures approximately 4.8 miles (7.7 km) long by 2.2 miles (3.5 km) wide, and covers around 4,119 acres (16.7 km2).

Bredon parish includes the hamlets of Bredon's Hardwick, Kinsham and Westmancote. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 2,542. The parish is now combined with that of Bredon's Norton, which had a population of 247 at the 2011 census.

Bredon's history of farming and settlement goes back at least four thousand years. Archaeological remains establish that parts of the parish were settled early in the Bronze Age (2500–800 BC). There are numerous Iron Age (800 BC–100 AD) remains, some of which would have related to Kemerton Camp, a large univallate hillfort at the summit of Bredon Hill. The parish is also rich in remains from the Roman Period (43–410 AD), revealing a continuing history of settlement and farming.


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