The Piddle Brook is a watercourse in
Worcestershire
Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a county in the West Midlands of England. The area that is now Worcestershire was absorbed into the unified Kingdom of England in 927, at which time it was constituted as a county (see His ...
; It starts in
Kington and flows past the villages of
Flyford Flavell,
North Piddle
North Piddle is a small civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is located within a loop of Piddle Brook.
North Piddle is a historic parish and a few of the parish's structures have been designated as listed buildin ...
,
Naunton Beauchamp and
Wyre Piddle
Wyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham and Pershore. History
Two archaeological excava ...
before joining the
River Avon near
Pershore
Pershore is a market town in the Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England, on the banks of the River Avon. The town is part of the West Worcestershire parliamentary constituency. At the 2011 census, the population was 7,125. The town i ...
.
In 2009
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust
Worcestershire Wildlife Trust is one of 46 wildlife trusts throughout the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1968 to conserve, protect and restore the county's wildlife.
The Trust owns and manages over 70 nature reserves across the county, part ...
purchased the meadows in
Naunton Beauchamp which Piddle Brook flows through.
The brook is
forded on the road to Naunton Beauchamp at Sea Ford.
Origin of the name
William Henry Dugan, in his book ''Worcestershire Place Names'', states that although the word "Piddle" is not listed in any Anglo-Saxon dictionary, it is found in a few places in
Anglo-Saxon charters.
Dugan believes that the word "Piddle" is an
old English
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word for a small stream.
The former
Celtic
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name for the Piddle may have been ''Wyre'', as there is a town on the brook called
Wyre Piddle
Wyre Piddle is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is on the River Avon, near where that river is joined by the Piddle Brook - between Evesham and Pershore. History
Two archaeological excava ...
.
References
See also
*
River Piddle
The River Piddle or Trent or North River is a small rural Dorset river which rises in the Dorset Downs and flows into Poole Harbour near Wareham.
Etymology
The river's name has Germanic origins and has had various spellings over the years. In ...
,
Dorset
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Rivers of Worcestershire
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