The Piddle Brook is a watercourse in
Worcestershire; It starts in
Kington and flows past the villages of
Flyford Flavell
Flyford Flavell is a village in Worcestershire , it has a traditional pub in the centre of the village adjacent to the village green and a first school (rated Good by Ofsted in November 2016). A garage and another pub lie on the periphery of the ...
,
North Piddle,
Naunton Beauchamp
Naunton Beauchamp (pronounced 'Bo-schomp') is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester
...
and
Wyre Piddle
Wyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham, Worcestershire, Evesham and ...
before joining the
River Avon near
Pershore
Pershore is a market town in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. The town is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census, the population was 7,125. The town is ...
.
In 2009
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 wildlife trusts throughout the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1968 to conserve, protect and restore the county's wildlife.
The Trust owns and manages over 70 nature reserves across the county, part ...
purchased the meadows in
Naunton Beauchamp
Naunton Beauchamp (pronounced 'Bo-schomp') is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester
...
which Piddle Brook flows through.
The brook is
forded on the road to Naunton Beauchamp at Sea Ford.
Origin of the name
William Henry Dugan, in his book ''Worcestershire Place Names'', states that although the word "Piddle" is not listed in any Anglo-Saxon dictionary, it is found in a few places in
Anglo-Saxon charters.
Dugan believes that the word "Piddle" is an
old English word for a small stream.
The former
Celtic name for the Piddle may have been ''Wyre'', as there is a town on the brook called
Wyre Piddle
Wyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham, Worcestershire, Evesham and ...
.
References
See also
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River Piddle
The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises in the Dorset Downs and flows into Poole Harbour near Wareham.
Etymology
The river's name has Germanic origins and has had various spellings over the years. In ...
,
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of ...
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Rivers of Worcestershire
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