- Source: Bredwardine
Bredwardine is a village and civil parish in the west of Herefordshire, England.
Significant parish landmarks include a brick bridge over the River Wye, the historic Red Lion late 17th-century coaching inn, St Andrew's Church, and the site of Bredwardine Castle. The Wye Valley Walk passes through the village which is on the B4352 road.
The name is pronounced to rhyme with "dine", and means "Brid's farm".
Notable people associated with Bredwardine include Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), the landowner and pioneer of irrigation, who was born here; Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), the archaeologist, who was raised in Bredwardine, where his father was vicar; and Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), the diarist and cleric who was vicar of Bredwardine from late 1877 until his death on 23 September 1879.
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photos of Bredwardine and surrounding area on geograph
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Daftar tempat di Britania Raya/Bre-Bri
- Bredwardine
- Bredwardine Castle
- Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine
- Francis Kilvert
- List of civil parishes in Herefordshire
- Charles Thomas Newton
- Wye Valley Walk
- Hereford and Worcester
- Roger Vaughan
- Roger Vaughan of Tretower
