Bricklehampton

{{short description|Village in Worcestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox UK place | official_name = Bricklehampton | country = England | region = West Midlands | static_image = Bricklehampton - geograph.org.uk - 852182.jpg | static_image_width = 250px | static_image_caption = Bricklehampton | population = 236 | os_grid_reference = SO980424 | coordinates = {{coord|52.08|-2.03|display=inline,title}} | post_town = PERSHORE | postcode_area = WR | postcode_district = WR10 | dial_code = 01386 | constituency_westminster = | civil_parish = | london_distance = {{convert|92|mi|km}} | shire_district = Wychavon | shire_county = Worcestershire }} '''Bricklehampton''' is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was recorded as 236.<ref name="bua2021">{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wychavon/E04010369__bricklehampton/ |website=City population |access-date=14 April 2023}}</ref> Its area is {{convert|369.7|ha|sqmi}}.<ref>{{NOMIS2011|id=E04010369|title=Bricklehampton Parish|accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref> The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.<ref name="pc">{{cite web |title=Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council |url=http://elmleycastleparishcouncil.gov.uk/ |publisher=Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton & Netherton Parish Council |accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="wcc">{{cite web |title=Welcome to Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton and Netherton Parish Council |url=https://e-services.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=140&PostCode=WR103HT&Prop=147597&partner=wdc&MarriedTo=0 |publisher=Worcestershire County Council |accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref> ==History== {{See also|History of Worcestershire}} The name at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 was ''Bricstelmenstune''.<ref name="bredon">{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=http://www.bredonhillview.co.uk/local-history/village-histories/bricklehampton/ |publisher=Bredon Hill View |accessdate=11 November 2020}}</ref>

Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,<ref name="churchnear">{{cite web |title=St Michael |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18641/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=12 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{NHLE|access-date=11 November 2020|desc=Church of St Michael and All Angels|num=1116931}}</ref><ref name="wdhc">{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=https://www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk/index.php?page=bricklehampton |website=www.worcesteranddudleyhistoricchurches.org.uk |publisher=Worcestershire & Dudley Historic Churches Trust |accessdate=12 November 2020}}</ref> {{As of |November 2020}} there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,<ref>{{NHLE|access-date=12 November 2020|desc=Bricklehampton Hall|num=1319686}}</ref> now a nursing home,<ref name="hall">{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton Hall Care home |url=http://www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk/ |website=www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk |accessdate=12 November 2020}}</ref> and a K6 telephone box.<ref>{{NHLE|access-date=12 November 2020|desc=K6 Telephone Kiosk to North West of Church Cottage|num=1273109}}</ref>

==Name== The name Bricklehampton derives from the Old English ''Beorthelmingtūn'' or ''Brihthelmingtūn'', meaning 'settlement connected with Beorthelm/Brihthelm'.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Worcestershire/Bricklehampton|title=Bricklehampton |website=Key to English Place-Names |publisher=The Institute for Name-Studies |access-date=2 November 2025}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crystal |first1=David |authorlink=David Crystal |title=What's so special about Bricklehampton? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2007/may/19/featuresreviews.guardianreview3 |accessdate=19 September 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=18 May 2007}}</ref> Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire)<ref>{{cite journal | last=Askew | first=H. | title=Buslingthorpe Place-Name | journal=Notes and Queries | date=1932-11-26 | volume=clxiii | pages=389| doi=10.1093/nq/CLXIII.nov26.389a }}</ref> and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.

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Category:Villages in Worcestershire Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire