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OS grid reference
  
SO335445

Region
  
West Midlands

Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Local time
  
Friday 1:52 AM

Ceremonial county
  
Herefordshire

Unitary authority
  
Herefordshire

Country
  
England

Postcode district
  
HR3

Dialling code
  
01981

Post town
  
Herefordshire

Bredwardine

Weather
  
6°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity

UK parliament constituency
  
Hereford and South Herefordshire

Bredwardine is a village in Herefordshire, England, located off the B4352 road in the west of the county.

Contents

Map of Bredwardine, Hereford, UK

Features include a brick bridge over the River Wye, a historic late 17th century coaching inn named the Red Lion, St Andrews parish church and the site of Bredwardine Castle.

The name is pronounced to rhyme with "dine" and means "Brid's farm".

The Wye Valley Walk passes through the village.

Famous residents

  • Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), landowner and pioneer of irrigation, was born in Bredwardine.
  • Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), archaeologist, was raised in Bredwardine, where his father was vicar.
  • Francis Kilvert, diarist and cleric, was vicar of Bredwardine from late 1877 until his death on 23 September 1879.

    • References

    Bredwardine Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA