Bricklehampton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. In the 2011 census the population of the parish was recorded as 220. Its area is 369.7 hectares (1.427 sq mi).[1] The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.[2][3]
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OS grid reference | SO980424 |
• London | 92 miles (148 km) |
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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 |
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The name at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 was Bricstelmenstune.[4]
Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,[5] 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.[6][7] As of November 2020[update] there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,[8] now a nursing home,[9] and a K6 telephone box.[10]
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.[11] Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire)[12] and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.
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