Bricklehampton

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Bricklehampton

| country = England

| region = West Midlands

| static_image = Bricklehampton - geograph.org.uk - 852182.jpg

| static_image_width = 250px

| static_image_caption = Bricklehampton

| population = 236

| os_grid_reference = SO980424

| coordinates = {{coord|52.08|-2.03|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = PERSHORE

| postcode_area = WR

| postcode_district = WR10

| dial_code = 01386

| constituency_westminster =

| civil_parish =

| london_distance = {{convert|92|mi|km}}

| shire_district = Wychavon

| shire_county = Worcestershire

}}

Bricklehampton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was recorded as 236.{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wychavon/E04010369__bricklehampton/ |website=City population |access-date=14 April 2023}} Its area is {{convert|369.7|ha|sqmi}}.{{NOMIS2011|id=E04010369|title=Bricklehampton Parish|accessdate=11 November 2020}} The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.{{cite web |title=Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council |url=http://elmleycastleparishcouncil.gov.uk/ |publisher=Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council |accessdate=11 November 2020}}{{cite web |title=Welcome to Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council |url=https://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=140&PostCode=WR103HT&Prop=147597&partner=wdc&MarriedTo=0 |publisher=Worcestershire County Council |accessdate=11 November 2020}}

History

The name at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 was Bricstelmenstune.{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=http://www.bredonhillview.co.uk/local-history/village-histories/bricklehampton/ |publisher=Bredon Hill View |accessdate=11 November 2020}}

Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,{{cite web |title=St Michael |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18641/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=12 November 2020 |language=en}} 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.{{NHLE|access-date=11 November 2020|desc=Church of St Michael and All Angels|num=1116931}}{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=https://www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk/index.php?page=bricklehampton |website=www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk |publisher=Worcestershire & Dudley Historic Churches Trust |accessdate=12 November 2020}} {{As of |November 2020}} there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,{{NHLE|access-date=12 November 2020|desc=Bricklehampton Hall|num=1319686}} now a nursing home,{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton Hall Care home |url=http://www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk/ |website=www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk |accessdate=12 November 2020}} and a K6 telephone box.{{NHLE|access-date=12 November 2020|desc=K6 Telephone Kiosk to North West of Church Cottage|num=1273109}}

Name

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.{{cite news |last1=Crystal |first1=David |authorlink=David Crystal |title=What's so special about Bricklehampton? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/19/featuresreviews.guardianreview3 |accessdate=19 September 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=18 May 2007}} Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire){{cite journal | last=Askew | first=H. | title=Buslingthorpe Place-Name | journal=Notes and Queries | date=1932-11-26 | volume=clxiii | pages=389| doi=10.1093/nq/CLXIII.nov26.389a }} and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.

References

Category:Villages in Worcestershire

Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire