Bricklehampton | |
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Bricklehampton | |
Location within
Worcestershire | |
Population | 236 |
OS grid reference | SO980424 |
• London | 92 miles (148 km) |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PERSHORE |
Postcode district | WR10 |
Dialling code | 01386 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
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]
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]
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.