Bromsberrow (or Bromesberrow) is part of the
Forest of Dean district. The village is close to the meeting point between
Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire, and
Worcestershire. The nearest town is
Ledbury
Ledbury is a market town and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills.
It has a significant number of timber-framed structures, in particular along Church Lane and High Street ...
, about four miles north in Herefordshire.
A resident of the village named Emily Bishop (c1879-1961) was recorded extensively singing traditional folk songs by the folklorist
Peter Kennedy in 1952.
The village was briefly home to
Richard Hammond
Richard Mark Hammond (born 19 December 1969) is an English journalist, television presenter, mechanic, and writer. He is best known for co-hosting the BBC Two motoring programme ''Top Gear'' from 2002 until 2015 with Jeremy Clarkson and Jame ...
, the former
Top Gear presenter, who resided on a farm next to St. Mary's Church.
Identify as Bremesbyrig
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The ''Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons. The original manuscript of the ''Chronicle'' was created late in the 9th century, probably in Wessex, during the reign of Alf ...
states that in 910
Aethelflaed constructed a stronghold at "Bremesbyrig"; the location is suspected either being Bromsberry or
Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove is a town in Worcestershire, England, about northeast of Worcester and southwest of Birmingham city centre. It had a population of 29,237 in 2001 (39,644 in the wider Bromsgrove/Catshill urban area). Bromsgrove is the main town in the ...
.
Gallery
File:Bromesberrow_St_Mary's_Church.jpg, St. Mary's Church is in Bromsberrow itself
File:Malvern Waterworks at Bromesberrow - Tilley postcard.jpg, Malvern Waterworks
References
External links
Forest of Dean
Villages in Gloucestershire
Civil parishes in Gloucestershire
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