Brandon and Bretford

Brandon and Bretford is a civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire, England. It contains the village of Brandon and the smaller hamlet of Bretford. Both are within 1½ miles of each other, along the A428 road. In the 2001 Census the parish had a population of 588, increasing to 643 at the 2011 Census, and again to 675 at the 2021 census.^[1]

The parish is long and narrow in shape, and extends from Bretford to the border with Coventry, it covers Brandon Marsh as well as Brandon Wood.^[1] The River Avon crosses the parish, as does the Rugby–Birmingham–Stafford Line, which crosses the Avon on a viaduct. west of this, Brandon and Wolston railway station operated here until 1960.

The area was historically part of the parish of Wolston.^[2] Brandon and Bretford became a separate civil parish in 1866.^[3]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "BRANDON AND BRETFORD Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
^ "Parishes: Wolston". British History Online. 1951. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
^ "Brandon and Bretford Hmlt/CP". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

External links[edit]

Brandon & Bretford Parish Council

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[citpop-1] "BRANDON AND BRETFORD Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 24 October 2018.

[BHOL-2] "Parishes: Wolston". British History Online. 1951. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

[3] "Brandon and Bretford Hmlt/CP". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

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