Bredwardine is a village and civil parish in the west of Herefordshire, England.
Significant parish landmarks include a brick bridge over the River Wye, the historic Red Lion late 17th-century coaching inn,[1] St Andrew's Church, and the site of Bredwardine Castle. The Wye Valley Walk passes through the village which is on the B4352 road.
The name is pronounced to rhyme with "dine", and means "Brid's farm".[2]
Notable people associated with Bredwardine include Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), the landowner and pioneer of irrigation, who was born here; [3] Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), the archaeologist, who was raised in Bredwardine, where his father was vicar;[4] and Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), the diarist and cleric who was vicar of Bredwardine from late 1877 until his death on 23 September 1879.[5]
Bredwardine is a village and civil parish in the west of Herefordshire, England. Significant parish landmarks include a brick bridge over the River Wye...
Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine (died 25 October 1415), also known as Roger Fychan or Roger the younger, was a Welsh gentleman, described as having possessed...
Bredwardine Castle was sited in the village of Bredwardine in Herefordshire, England beside the River Wye. Thought to have been built in the second half...
Harmon, Radnorshire, and from 1877 to his death in 1879 he was vicar of Bredwardine, Herefordshire. In August 1879 he married Elizabeth Ann Rowland (1846–1911)...
Dickinson Hand Newton, vicar of Clungunford, Shropshire, and afterwards of Bredwardine, Herefordshire. He was educated at Shrewsbury School (then under Samuel...
8 Hereford Herefordshire: Hereford MB 9 South Herefordshire Herefordshire: Ross-on-Wye, Dore and Bredwardine RD, Hereford RD, Ross and Whitchurch RD...
pursuits, the Bredwardine and Hergest Vaughans supported Welsh poets. They took residence at the main Vaughan holdings of Bredwardine, Hergest, and Tretower...
to Byford – 10 miles (16 km) Section 2: Byford to Bredwardine – 5 miles (8 km) Section 3: Bredwardine to Hay-on-Wye – 9 miles (14 km) Section 1: Hay-on-Wye...
Henry VII. Johnys was descended from a cadet branch of the Vaughans of Bredwardine in Herefordshire. Hugh Jones, Bishop of Llandaff, is said to hve been...
Letchworth, Halesworth, Wirksworth, Whitworth, Cudworth, Haworth, Holsworthy, Bredwardine, Kenilworth usually suffix cf. Nl. -waard as in Heerhugowaard ynys W...
for National Statistics. A Vision of Britain Through Time : Dore and Bredwardine Rural District A Vision of Britain Through Time : Hereford Rural District...
bus stops, and can be reached by walking or driving out of Hay towards Bredwardine, and turning right into Cusop Dingle. The village is possibly first recorded...
of Welsh noblewoman Gwladys ferch Dafydd Gam and Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine, who fought and died with Gwladys's father, Dafydd Gam in the Battle...
similar to that used at several other castles of the period, including Bredwardine in Herefordshire and Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire. Water castles...
the daughter of Sir Dafydd Gam and the widow of Sir Roger Vaughan of Bredwardine. All three men had been part of the Welsh contingent that fought with...
[citation needed] The parish of Staunton, which includes Moorhampton and Bredwardine, is a key player in trading in Herefordshire. The population of this...
of the poor Inhabitants of the several Parishes of Stanton-upon-Wye, Bredwardine, and Letton, all in the County of Hereford; and for other Purposes. Barker...
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