# Bricklehampton
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{{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](/source/Wychavon)
| shire_county = [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire)
}}
'''Bricklehampton''' is a village and [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) in [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire), England. In the [2021 census](/source/2021_United_Kingdom_census) the population of the parish was recorded as 236.[{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/westmidlands/admin/wychavon/E04010369__bricklehampton/ |website=City population |access-date=14 April 2023}}] Its area is {{convert|369.7|ha|sqmi}}.[{{NOMIS2011|id=E04010369|title=Bricklehampton Parish|accessdate=11 November 2020}}] The village shares a [parish council](/source/parish_councils_in_England) with [Elmley Castle](/source/Elmley_Castle) and [Netherton](/source/Netherton%2C_Worcestershire).[{{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}}][{{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}}]
==History==
{{See also|History of Worcestershire}}
The name at the time of the [Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book) in 1086 was ''Bricstelmenstune''.[{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton |url=http://www.bredonhillview.co.uk/local-history/village-histories/bricklehampton/ |publisher=Bredon Hill View |accessdate=11 November 2020}}]
Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,[{{cite web |title=St Michael |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/18641/ |website=www.achurchnearyou.com |accessdate=12 November 2020 |language=en}}] is a grade II [listed building](/source/listed_building). The medieval church was rebuilt and restored in 1875-1877 but the 12th-century font and south doorway remain.[{{NHLE|access-date=11 November 2020|desc=Church of St Michael and All Angels|num=1116931}}][{{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}}] {{As of |November 2020}} there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,[{{NHLE|access-date=12 November 2020|desc=Bricklehampton Hall|num=1319686}}] now a nursing home,[{{cite web |title=Bricklehampton Hall Care home |url=http://www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk/ |website=www.bricklehamptonhall.co.uk |accessdate=12 November 2020}}] and a [K6 telephone box](/source/K6_telephone_box).[{{NHLE|access-date=12 November 2020|desc=K6 Telephone Kiosk to North West of Church Cottage|num=1273109}}]
==Name==
The name Bricklehampton derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) ''Beorthelmingtūn'' or ''Brihthelmingtūn'', meaning 'settlement connected with Beorthelm/Brihthelm'.[{{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}}]
According to linguist [David Crystal](/source/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](/source/Heterogram_(literature)).[{{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}}] Two places named Buslingthorpe ([one in Leeds](/source/Buslingthorpe%2C_Leeds) and in [one in Lincolnshire](/source/Buslingthorpe%2C_Lincolnshire))[{{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 }}] and [Buckfastleigh](/source/Buckfastleigh) in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.
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