Bricklehampton

Village in Worcestershire, England

Human settlement in England

Wychavon

Worcestershire

Region

West Midlands

CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townPERSHOREPostcode districtWR10Dialling code01386PoliceWest MerciaFire Hereford and Worcester Ambulance West Midlands

List of places: UK; England; Worcestershire

52°05′N 2°02′W / 52.08°N 2.03°W / 52.08; -2.03

Bricklehampton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was recorded as 236.^[1] Its area is 369.7 hectares (1.427 sq mi).^[2] The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.^[3]^[4]

History

The name at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 was Bricstelmenstune.^[5]

Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,^[6] is a grade II listed building. The medieval church was rebuilt and restored in 1875-1877 but the 12th-century font and south doorway remain.^[7]^[8] As of November 2020^[update] there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,^[9] now a nursing home,^[10] and a K6 telephone box.^[11]

Longest one word place name in English

According to linguist David Crystal, the 14-letter town name is perhaps the longest one-word place name in the English-speaking world that does not repeat any letter.^[12] Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire)^[13] and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.

References

^ "Bricklehampton". City population. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
^ UK Census (2011). "Local Area Report – Bricklehampton Parish (E04010369)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council". Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "Welcome to Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "Bricklehampton". Bredon Hill View. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "St Michael". www.achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ Historic England. "Church of St Michael and All Angels (1116931)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "Bricklehampton". www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk. Worcestershire & Dudley Historic Churches Trust. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ Historic England. "Bricklehampton Hall (1319686)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Bricklehampton Hall Care home". www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ Historic England. "K6 Telephone Kiosk to North West of Church Cottage (1273109)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ Crystal, David (18 May 2007). "What's so special about Bricklehampton?". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
^ Askew, H. (26 November 1932). "Buslingthorpe Place-Name". Notes and Queries. clxiii: 389. doi:10.1093/nq/CLXIII.nov26.389a.