Bretforton, Worcestershire

Description
Bretforton, a village and a parish in Worcestershire, 1 1/2 mile SE of Littleton and Badsey station on the G.W.R., 1 mile SW of Honeybourne Junction, and 3 1/2 miles E of Evesham, under which there is a post and telegraph office; money order office, Bengeworth. Acreage of parish, 1706; population, 529. Bretforton Manor is the chief residence, and is a part of the ancient manor. At Bretforton Hall there is a remarkably large walnut tree in the garden. An old grange, the ancient manor house of the abbots of Evesham, with an ancient barn and fish pond, exists in this parish. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Worcester ; net value, £132 with residence. The church is ancient, ranging from Late Norman to Late Perpendicular; it was restored in 1823, and again in 1847. The carving of the Norman capitals is good; there is an embattled tower of the 15th century.