BREINTON PARISH

Introduction

Breinton is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Breinton lies just to the west of Hereford. The name Breinton appears to be a modernised form of the word Bruntone, meaning a village near a flowing stream.Breinton is a collection of hamlets two miles to the west of Hereford: Warham, Upper Breinton, Lower Breinton, Breinton Common, and Veldifer; with a church (St. Michael’s) and a Village Hall. There are not many English parishes bordering a built-up city that are so rural and have changed so little in the last 1000 years. In Breinton, one reason for that is the high quality of the deep red loam soils for agriculture and horticulture. Therefore, relatively few new buildings have been built on valuable land since those shown on the (1839 tithe map). Another reason that Breinton remains rural is the beauty of the landscape, with vistas across hills, orchards, woods, and the valley of the River Wye. The parish boundary is irregular, but in general, it encloses land between the River Wye and the A438 that runs from Hereford towards Brecon. Half the population of Breinton (726 adults in the 2011 Census) live on or close to Kings Acre Road (A438).

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Parish Information

Parish statistics

Area	667 hectares
Population	891 ⁽²⁰²¹⁾
Density	134 people/km²
Mean age	49.4
Ward	Credenhill
District	Herefordshire, County of
Postcodes	HR4
ONS ID	E04000707