Bricklehampton

Bricklehampton is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England. In the 2021 census the population of the parish was recorded as 236.^[1] Its area is 369.7 hectares (1.427 sq mi).^[2] The village shares a parish council with Elmley Castle and Netherton.^[3][4]

Bricklehampton
Bricklehampton
Bricklehampton Location within Worcestershire
Population	236
OS grid reference	SO980424
• London	92 miles (148 km)
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PERSHORE
Postcode district	WR10
Dialling code	01386
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52.08°N 2.03°W / 52.08; -2.03

History

See also: History of Worcestershire

The name at the time of the Domesday Book in 1086 was Bricstelmenstune.^[5]

Bricklehampton's parish church, dedicated to St Michael and All Angels,^[6] 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.^[7][8] As of November 2020^[update] there are 12 listed buildings in the parish, all at grade II, including the 1848 mansion Bricklehampton Hall,^[9] now a nursing home,^[10] and a K6 telephone box.^[11]

Name

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.^[12] Two places named Buslingthorpe (one in Leeds and in one in Lincolnshire)^[13] and Buckfastleigh in Devon had previously been thought to share this honour, with 13 unique letters.