Brampton Abbotts
| Brampton Abbotts | |
|---|---|
 Farmland south of Brampton Abbotts | |
  Brampton Abbotts Location within Herefordshire | |
| Population | 322 (Parish)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO601264 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROSS-ON-WYE |
| Postcode district | HR9 |
| Dialling code | 01989 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Brampton Abbotts is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 2 km north of Ross-on-Wye and 16 km south east of Hereford. The village lies near the western terminus of M50 motorway.[2]
The parish had a population of 322 in the 2001 UK census,[1] and is grouped with Foy to form Brampton Abbots & Foy Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.[3]
The parish church, dedicated to St Michael, is Norman. The font has an octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panels.[4]
The place name Brampton means 'Broom settlement'. Abbotts is a reference to the abbot of St Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, which held it in the late 11th century at the time of the Domesday survey.[5]
In the south of the parish, at the boundary with Weston under Penyard and Ross Rural parishes, is the hamlet of Rudhall. Rudhall House is a Grade I listed 14th century manor house. The core of the original building is timber framed on a sandstone plinth. The house was extended in the 16th and 17th centuries and restored in the 19th century, but the interior retains many period features.[4][6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001" (pdf). Herefordshire Council. 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hereford & Ross-on-Wye (Explorer Map 189) (A2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2009, ISBN 978-0-319-24097-7
- ^ "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 30 April 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 81. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.
- ^ "Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley parishes - Brampton Abbotts". Archenfield Archaeology. 2008. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "British Listed Buildings - Rudhall House". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
External links[edit]
- Brampton Abbotts[permanent dead link], GENUKI genealogy web portal
- Old maps and photographs from Landscape Origins of the Wye Valley parishes
- List of monuments in the parish
- Please note that most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public