Honeybourne, United Kingdom
Honeybourne is a town of 1,388 people in England, United Kingdom.
Why visit Honeybourne
Townapedia lists 1 museum or landmark, 3 parks and trails, 12 places to eat, 2 places to stay and 4 attractions in and around town.
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About Honeybourne
Honeybourne is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) east of Evesham, in the Wychavon district, in Worcestershire, England. Much of the parish are farmland. RAF Honeybourne just south of the village was operational from 1940 until 1947. In 2001, the parish had a population of 1619.
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Things to do4
Museums and landmarks1
Parks, trails and playgrounds3
Restaurants and cafes12
History
Honeybourne was two villages: Church Honeybourne in Worcestershire and Cow Honeybourne in Gloucestershire. Their names are derived from Old English hunig, "honey" and burna, "stream," the whole meaning "(places on) the stream by which honey is found," the first word of Cow Honeybourne comes from Old English calu, "bare, lacking vegetation." Boundary changes in 1931 moved Cow Honeybourne into Worcestershire and the two parishes were united in 1958. Honeybourne has several historic timber framed and thatched buildings. The Thatched Tavern in Cow Honeybourne has a cruck truss.
In Church Honeybourne, the Church of England parish church of Saint Ecgwin was consecrated in 1295. Its antiquity is reflected in a local rhyme "when Evesham was bush and thorn there was a church at Honeybourne." Its nave and chancel appear to be original late-13th-century structures. There was a south aisle, but it was demolished and its windows re-set in the south wall of the nave. The bell tower has a Decorated Gothic spire with three tiers of lucarnes. The south porch is a late mediaeval Perpendicular Gothic addition. It is a Grade I listed building.
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In Cow Honeybourne, the former parish church, known as the "Old Church" has a 15th-century Perpendicular Gothic west tower and formerly had an ornate Elizabethan pulpit. The church fell out of use for worship from the 16th to the 19th centuries and was partitioned off into four or five tenements, while pig sties and sheds were built against the outside walls. Apart from the tower, the church was rebuilt in 1861–63 to designs by the Worcester Diocesan Architect W. J. Hopkins. The church has since been made redundant, deconsecrated and converted to two private houses. It is a Grade II listed building.
Honeybourne is in the Diocese of Gloucester. Diocesan boundaries and county boundaries do not align in this part of the country.
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Education
Honeybourne Primary Academy teaches children between the ages of four and 11. Honeybees Nursery takes children between the ages of two and four.
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Churches and places of worship8
Shopping2
Schools, colleges and libraries3
Map of Honeybourne
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Getting there and nearby towns
Gloucestershire Airport (GLO) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 20 miles away.
- South Littleton 3 mi northwest, about 5 min by car
- Evesham 5 mi west, about 8 min by car
- Harvington 5 mi northwest, about 8 min by car
- Stratford-upon-Avon 8 mi northeast, about 14 min by car
- Wilmcote 9 mi north, about 15 min by car
- Ettington 10 mi east, about 16 min by car
- Inkberrow 10 mi northwest, about 17 min by car
- Eckington 12 mi west, about 20 min by car
- Bishops Cleeve 14 mi southwest, about 23 min by car
- Redditch 15 mi north, about 25 min by car
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Photo credits
- East Banqueting StJames Chipping Campden, Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Mickleton church 03, Traumrune, CC BY-SA 3.0
- The Fleece, Bretforton, Dave Bushell, CC BY-SA 2.0
- St Ecgwyn Porch, Steve Parker, CC BY 2.0
- JCBretfortonchurch, Fallonlane, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bretforton02LB, Lesbardd, CC BY-SA 4.0
- The Thatched Tavern., Dave Bushell, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Street-level photo, southglos, CC BY-SA 4.0
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