Bredwardine

Bredwardine is a village in the west of Herefordshire, England, located off the B4352 road. Features include a brick bridge over the River Wye, a historic late 17th-century coaching inn named the Red Lion, St Andrew's Church, and the site of Bredwardine Castle. The Wye Valley Walk passes through the village. The name is pronounced to rhyme with "dine" and means "Brid's farm".

Famous residents
In birth order:
Rowland Vaughan (1559–1629), landowner and pioneer of irrigation, was born in Bredwardine.
Sir Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894), archaeologist, was raised in Bredwardine, where his father was vicar.
Francis Kilvert (1840–1879), diarist and cleric, was vicar of Bredwardine from late 1877 until his death on 23 September 1879.

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External links

photos of Bredwardine and surrounding area on geograph

Category:Villages in Herefordshire