Bredon

Other current and historical names

Breodun

Built-Up Area: Bredon
Parish/Community: Bredon
District/Borough: Wychavon
County: Worcestershire
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°1'51"N 2°6'50"W
Eastings/Northings: 392278, 236946
OS Grid: SO922369
Mapcode Local: GBR 2KK.LC9
Mapcode Global: VH93N.96SY

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Bredon within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Bredon in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Bredon, par. and township with ry. sta., E. Worcestershire, on river Avon, 3½ miles NE. of Tewkesbury -- par., 5818 ac., pop. 1473; township, 3140 ac., pop. 1092; P.O. The church is one of the best specimens in England of the Middle-Pointed style.

Bredon in the Domesday Book

A village in Oswaldslow hundred, in the county of Gloucestershire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Bishop of Worcester St Mary
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Worcester
- Taxable Value: 10 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £10 in 1066; £9 10/- in 1086
- Households: 33 villagers; 13 smallholders; 6 slaves
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 20 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 80 acres
- Woodland: 2 leagues
- Mills: 1, value 6/7¼

British Place Names

Bredon, Worcestershire

Bredon is a village in Worcestershire

Bredon in historic gazetteers

Bredon in the Domesday Book