| 词条 | Breedon on the Hill |
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|official_name= Breedon on the Hill |static_image_name= breedonchurch.jpg |static_image_caption= Priory church of St. Mary & St. Hardulph |coordinates = {{coord|52.802|-1.399|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= SK4022 |label_position= bottom |population= 958 |population_ref= (2001 Census)[1] |civil_parish= Breedon on the Hill |shire_district= North West Leicestershire |shire_county= Leicestershire |region= East Midlands |country= England |post_town= Derby |postcode_district= DE73 |postcode_area= DE |dial_code= 01332 |constituency_westminster= North West Leicestershire |website= Breedon on the Hill parish council }} Breedon on the Hill is a village and civil parish about {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in North West Leicestershire, England. The parish adjoins the Derbyshire county boundary and the village is only about {{convert|2|mi|0}} south of the Derbyshire town of Melbourne. The 2001 Census recorded a parish population (including Isley and Wilson) of 958 people in 404 households.[2] The parish includes the hamlets of Tonge {{convert|1|mi}} east of the village and Wilson {{convert|1.3|mi|0}} north of the village on the county boundary. The population at the 2011 census (including Isley cum Langley and Langley Priory) was 1,029 in 450 households. GeographyBreedon is notable for its Carboniferous limestone hill that rises {{convert|122|m}} above sea level in a generally low-lying landscape and affords distant views across several counties. A large portion of the hill has been cut away by an active quarry now operated by the Breedon Group. On top of the hill is The Bulwarks Iron Age hill fort, within which is Breedon's historic Church of England parish church. Breedon is {{convert|3|mi|0}} from East Midlands Airport and {{convert|5|mi|0}} from the junction of the A42 road and M1 motorway. The village is {{convert|3|mi|0}} from the River Trent, and {{convert|2|mi|0}} from Donington Park motor circuit. HistoryExcavation of The Bulwarks in 1946 identified occupation between about the 1st century BC and about 1st century AD.[3] The toponym is derived from the Celtic word bre for hill and the Old English word dun for hill.[4] Hence in its current form the name combines three forms of the word hill. Briudun, an early spelling, has been traced from AD 731. Medieval Hagiography Manuscripts record four saints buried in Breedon on the Hill. They are Friduricus,[5] donor of the Mercian Royal Monastery built in Breedon during the seventh century, King Eardwulf of Northumbria, and relatively unknown Anglo-Saxon Saints Beonna of Breedon and Cotta of Breedon.[6][7]Breedon has a circular stone-built village lock-up.[3] It is 18th-century{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} and similar to the one in the nearby Worthington. It was used for detaining local drunks or lost cattle. In 1874, a branch of the Midland Railway was built through the eastern part of the parish and Tonge and Breedon railway station was built at Tonge. In 1980 British Railways closed the line and later the track was dismantled. The trackbed through the parish is now part of National Cycle Route 6. Breedon Priory Church{{main|Church of St Mary and St Hardulph}}The Priory Church of St Mary and St Hardulph was originally a monastery founded in about AD 676 on the site of The Bulwarks, an Iron Age hill fort. It was re-founded as an Augustinian priory early in the 12th century.{{sfn|Hoskins|McKinley|1951|pp=8–10}} Before becoming a monastery it was a hermitage.[8] In 1498 members of the visiting Battenberg family took mass at the church on a number of occasions. What remains of the priory church includes a large number of Anglo-Saxon sculptures,{{sfn|Pevsner|1960|pp=73–74}} an ornate family box pew and notable Renaissance church monuments.{{sfn|Pevsner|1960|p=73}} AmenitiesBreedon has two public houses: the Holly Bush and the Three Horseshoes. There was a third pub, The Lime Kiln, but this is now a private home. The village has a small primary school, a post office. It did have butcher's shop, but that closed in 2017. Breedon has a football club, Breedon F.C., whose players include former Aston Villa trainee Jon Dixon. References1. ^{{cite web |url= http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=4&containerAreaId=790453 |title=Area selected: North West Leicestershire (Non-Metropolitan District) |author= |date= |work=Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=18 July 2011}} 2. ^Leicestershire County Council: 2001 Census 3. ^1 {{harvnb|Pevsner|1960|p=75.}} 4. ^{{cite book |last=Mills |first=A.D. |authorlink= |year=2003 |title=A Dictionary of British Place Names |location=London |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-852758-6 |page= }}{{page needed|date=August 2013}} 5. ^Brian C.J. Williams, The Story of St. Mary and St. Hardulph Church: A Cradle of our Faith (The United Benefice of Breedon and Worthington, 2006) 6. ^[https://archive.is/20140103065303/http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=stowe_ms_944_f029v Stowe MS 944], British Library 7. ^The Oxford Dictionary of Saints, Oxford University Press. 8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.benefice.org.uk/breedon_church/the_breedon_story/index.php |title=The Story of St. Mary and St. Hardulph Church: A Cradle of our Faith |last=Williams |first=Brian C.J. |date=10 October 2006 |accessdate=12 October 2010 |publisher=The United Benefice of Breedon and Worthington}} Sources
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External links{{commons category|Breedon on the Hill|position=left}}{{Towns and Villages of North West Leicestershire |state=expanded}} 3 : Civil parishes in Leicestershire|North West Leicestershire District|Villages in Leicestershire |
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