This was my first time coming to Bredenbury after working an awful lot at it’s sister venue, Dodford Manor. Happily, this would turn out to be the first of a few visits so I’m hoping for more!
As it’s fairly new venue, it’s been built perfectly for everything you’d need for your day. There’s ample room to get ready with your bridesmaids in the morning, a beautifully light and bright ceremony room and stunning panoramic views of the Herefordshire countryside. Throw in to the mix a great reception room and evening dance floor – as well as a well stocked bar – and you’ve got yourself a great place to party you day away in.
Emma and Shaun’s day was an incredibly relaxed affair, a chilled morning was followed by a ceremony where their friends provided an incredible musical backdrop and some show favourites to give the mood a real fun lift.
Dinner was a real feast! With each table having their own elected carver of of whatever meat they’d chosen so on went the chefs hats and out came the knives for some more hilarity.
The day was finished off brilliantly with Emma taking to the stage with the band on vocals and Shaun taking over the drum kit and them both pumping out a song or two togged the night really going.
Suppliers:
Venue: Bredenbury Court
Dress: Hill Bridal
Suits: Dyfed Menswear
Hair: Hair Comes The Bride
Make Up: Indulge Beauty & Make Up
Caterers: Jenkins Caterers
Florist: Chapel Florist
Band: Charlie & The Funk Factory
String Quartet: Aphrodite Strings
Bredenbury Barns sits in the beautiful countryside of Herefordshire, a ceremonial county of the West Midlands. It’s history dates back centuries and it began as a shire under King Athelstan in the 10th century and is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which states that the name of it’s main town, Hereford, is derived from the Old English “Here-ford” or “army crossing”. The area had been settled for long before this, the first peoples recorded being the Mogonsaetan tribe.
Before this, neolithic settlements were scattered across the area. One prime example of this era is Arthur’s Stone, a neolithic chambered tomb situated with commanding views of the Golden Valley and the Brecon Beacons and dates from around 3,700 BC – 2,700 BC. The myth of King Arthur is associated to this area, and this tomb, although no real evidence exists of exactly how the stones are linked to the mythical ruler.
It’s rulers have changed frequently over the years, the area was under the control of Mercia, and King Offa in the 8th century before being taken under Welsh, Anglo-Saxon, Danish and Norman before returning to English control as well as having links to the Vikings. In fact, in 2015, a large hoard of Saxon jewellery was found, dating to the 9th century and believed to have been buried by a Viking, at a time when the area was ruled by Alfred the Great and Ceolwulf II of Mercia.
Herefordshire is boarded by several other counties, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Monmouthshire and Powys meaning it’s part of the Welsh Marshes area of Britain – the area bordering Wales.
The area itself offers a beautiful array of towns and villages that area well worth a visit, Leominster, Ledbury, Bromyard and Ross-on-Wye are all worth making a day trip to.
Herefordshire offers a wide range of days out for you and the family. If history is your thing, Hereford Cathedral, Berrington Hall, Hampton Court Palace, Croft Castle and Parkland, GoodrichCastle, Eastnor Castle and Hampton Hall Castle are all open for visits whilst the National Trust owned Weir Gardens along with Hereford Racecourse. The Malvern Hills and Symonds Yat offer beautiful countryside for a hike in, as does the nature reserve at Puzzlewood.
