{{Short description|Village in Gloucestershire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}} {{Use British English|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox UK place |official_name= Bromsberrow |coordinates = {{coord|52.00382|-2.38016|display=inline,title}} |static_image_name= Bromsberrow Heath Post Office.jpg |static_image_caption= Bromsberrow Heath, the largest settlement in the parish |civil_parish = Bromesberrow |shire_district= [[Forest of Dean District|Forest of Dean]] |shire_county= [[Gloucestershire]] |region= South West England |country= England |constituency_westminster= [[Forest of Dean (UK Parliament constituency)|Forest of Dean]] |population = 407 |population_ref=(2011)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125099&c=GL18+2BP&d=16&e=62&g=6427197&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427385490072&enc=1 |title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 26 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402151807/https://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11125099&c=GL18+2BP&d=16&e=62&g=6427197&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1427385490072&enc=1 |archivedate=2 April 2015 |df=dmy }}</ref> |post_town= LEDBURY |postcode_district= HR8 |postcode_area= HR |dial_code= 01531 |os_grid_reference= SO7434 }} '''Bromsberrow''' (or '''Bromesberrow''') is village and [[civil parish]] in the [[Forest of Dean District|Forest of Dean]] district. The village is close to the meeting point between [[Gloucestershire]], [[Herefordshire]], and [[Worcestershire]]. The nearest town is [[Ledbury]], about four miles north in Herefordshire. In 2011 the parish had a population of 407.
A resident of the village named Emily Bishop (c1879-1961) was recorded extensively singing traditional folk songs by the folklorist [[Peter Kennedy (folklorist)|Peter Kennedy]] in 1952.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emily Bishop, Bromsberrow Heath, Herefordshire 1952 - Peter Kennedy Collection - World and traditional music {{!}} British Library - Sounds|url=https://sounds.bl.uk/World-and-traditional-music/Peter-Kennedy-Collection/025M-C0604X0098XX-0001V0|access-date=2021-01-07|website=sounds.bl.uk}}</ref>
The village was briefly home to [[Richard Hammond]], the former [[Top Gear (current format)|Top Gear]] presenter, who resided on a farm next to St. Mary's Church.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stephenson |first1=David |title=Hamster’s drive to be new Parky |url=https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/36669/Hamster-s-drive-to-be-new-Parky |accessdate=19 August 2020 |work=Express |date=2 March 2008}}</ref>
==Identify as Bremesbyrig== [[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]] states that in 910 [[Aethelflaed]] constructed a stronghold at "Bremesbyrig"; the location is suspected either being Bromsberry or [[Bromsgrove]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Swanton |first1=Michael |title=The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle |date=1998 |publisher=Psychology Press |isbn=978-0-415-92129-9 |pages=94–95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f8B4NAl2r48C& |accessdate=1 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Dyer |first1=Christopher |title=Bromsgrove: a small town in Worcestershire in the Middle Ages |date=2000 |publisher=Worcestershire Historical Society| series = Occasional Publications|volume=9| issn = 0140-9913|authorlink1=Christopher Dyer}}</ref>
==Gallery== <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 </gallery>
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==External links== {{Oscoor gbx|SO7434}} {{Commons category-inline|Bromesberrow}}
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[[Category:Forest of Dean]] [[Category:Villages in Gloucestershire]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Gloucestershire]]
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