Bricklehampton is a village and

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, England. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was recorded as 236. Its area is . The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.

History

The name at the time of the

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in 1086 was ''Bricstelmenstune''. Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels, is a grade II

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. The medieval church was rebuilt and restored in 1875-1877 but the 12th-century font and south doorway remain. there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall, now a nursing home, and a K6 telephone box.

Name

According to linguist

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, the 14-letter town name is perhaps the longest one-word place name in the English-speaking world that does not repeat any letter. Two places named Buslingthorpe ( one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire) and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.

References

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