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Line 49: In 1751, Bromyard obtained a Turnpike Trust that established a toll road as far as [[Canon Frome]], with some minor roads turnpiked to prevent tax evasion. By 1830 town's fortunes had flagged down to only fifth in the county from second 300 years before; its stage wagons visited only 15 times per week. This reflected its place in the [[Industrial Revolution]] which came very late to Bromyard, partly because it took so long to connect the town to the railway system. A sandstone quarry was opened at Linton, just east of the town, in the 1870s, but the hopes for extensive sales of good quality building stone were disappointed and by 1879 it was producing bricks and tiles from the [[Old Red Sandstone]] [[marls]]. This business continued until the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/smrSearch/Monuments/Monument_Item.aspx?ID=30573|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505124405/http://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/smrSearch/Monuments/Monument_Item.aspx?ID=30573|url-status=dead|title=Herefordshire through time|archive-date=5 May 2015}}</ref> The town's water supply and sanitation was very poor until late in the 19th century; [[Benjamin Herschel Babbage]] conducted an inspection in 1850 (as he had the same year for the West Yorkshire town of [[Haworth]]). Babbage was horrified by the unsanitary conditions in the town, and reported to the General Board of Health into the town's water supply and lack of a sewerage system.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/49307691 |title=House drainage and disease |newspaper=[[South Australian Register]] |date=10 May 1855 |access-date=10 September 2024 |page=3 |via=Trove}}</ref> He said that he had "met with considerable opposition to the application of the Public Health Act to this town, from a large number of the inhabitants, upon the ground of the supposed expense of carrying out the sanitary reforms which I found to be so much needed." No action was taken by the town vestry for over twenty years. The town belatedly acquired a piped water supply in 1900.<ref>"Joan Leese in Bromyard – a Local History", Bromyard and District Local History Society, (1970); Hillaby, Ledbury, pg. 127</ref> During [[World War I]], Bromyard was the site of an [[internment camp]], where the Irish nationalist [[Terence MacSwiney]] (future [[Lord Mayor of Cork]] who would die on [[hunger strike]]), was both interned and married.<ref>''Journal of Bromyard and District LHS'', no. 19, 1996/97.</ref> Line 91: |} Bromyard is one of three market towns (Leominster, Bromyard and Ledbury) in the parliamentary constituency of [[North Herefordshire]]. The current member as of the general election of 2019 is Conservative Sir [[Bill Wiggin]] MP. Bromyard is served by the Bromyard and Winslow Town Council which has three clerks and a Mayor. It has 18 councillors who are predominately independent<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bromyardandwinslow-tc.gov.uk/ |title=Home |website=bromyardandwinslow-tc.gov.uk}}</ref> Line 112: Bromyard Arts is a not-for-profit enterprise with facilities for artists, craft makers, writers, musicians and performers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bromyardarts.co.uk/ |title=Bromyard Arts, Crafts, Music and Performing Arts |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002223227/http://www.bromyardarts.co.uk/ |archive-date=2 October 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> At Christmas time, volunteers known as the Bromyard Light Brigade organise a display of Christmas lights which are put up in October and switched on the last Saturday of November, running for the five weeks up to Christmas until after the New Year. The group established links with [[Blackpool Illuminations]] in 2010, and Blackpool's director Richard Ryan performed the switching-on ceremony in the same year; the volunteers were awarded [[King's Award for Voluntary Service|The Queen's Award for Voluntary Bromyard is the home of "Nozstock: The Hidden Valley Festival", which attracts around 5,000 visitors at the end of July every year. This three-day event showcases bands from around the country across nine stages, alongside dance arenas, a cinema, a theatre and comedy stage, circus, and a vintage tractor arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nozstock.com/|title=Nozstock: The Hidden Valley – Festival|website=Nozstock: The Hidden Valley Festival|accessdate=15 September 2022}}</ref> Line 123: Local news and television programmes are provided by [[BBC West Midlands]] and [[ITV Central]]. Television signals are received from the [[Ridge Hill transmitting station|Ridge Hill]] TV transmitter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Ridge_Hill|title= Full Freeview on the Ridge Hill (County of Herefordshire, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=10 December 2023}}</ref> Local radio station are [[BBC Hereford and Worcester]], [[Sunshine Radio ( The town is served by the local newspapers, ''Ledbury Reporter'' and ''[[Hereford Times]]''. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-wmids/hereford-times/|title=Hereford Times|date=20 January 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=10 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpapers.co.uk/england-wmids/ledbury-reporter/|title=Ledbury Reporter|date=4 January 2014|website=British Papers|accessdate=10 December 2023}}</ref> Line 153: [[File:The lane to Avenbury - geograph.org.uk - 44282.jpg|thumb|upright|The lane to [[Avenbury]]]] === ====The Green Estate==== The civil parish of Winslow was a total {{convert|2854|acre|ha|0}} in the original township devolved from the Saxon ''parochia''.<ref>Tithe Commissioners Report 1838; Williams, p.158-9</ref> To the west stands two outstanding Georgian properties. ''The Green Estate'' The Green Estate was owned in 1911 by [[Lupton family|William George Lupton]] who reportedly "took a keen interest in local politics" as did his first cousin, Mr. J.E. Schunck (1869-1940), the 1910 and 1912 [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] candidate for [[Taunton (UK Parliament constituency)|Taunton]] and son of [[Lupton family|Kate Lupton, Baroness von Schunck]] (1833-1913). Lupton accidentally shot himself at home on his farm at The Green in August 1911. Lupton's children, [[Lupton family|William Darnton Lupton]] (1909-1915) and Joan (1911-1981) were the half-brother and sister of [[Lechmere baronets|Sir Reginald Anthony Hungerford Lechmere, 7th Baronet]] (1920-2010).<ref>{{cite news |title=TAUNTON POLLING |url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=schunck&county=worcestershire%2c%20england&from=1909&to=1914 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=Worcester Daily Times and Journal Worcestershire, England |date=11 November 1912 |quote=TAUNTON POLLING place, today to fill the Parliamentary vacancy at Taunton, the candidates being Sir Gilbert Wills (Unionist), and Mr. J. E. Schunck (Liberal). The result will be declared tonight}}</ref><ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1886londuoft#page/94/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1886]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tragic Death of Mr. W. G. Lupton, of Bromyard. THE INQUEST: ACCIDENTAL DEATH.|url=https://www.genesreunited.com.au/searchbna/results?memberlastsubclass=none&searchhistorykey=0&keywords=the%20green%20lupton&county=worcestershire%2c%20england&from=1909&to=1915 |access-date=12 September 2024 |publisher=Tenbury Wells Advertiser Worcestershire, England |date=5 September 1911 |quote=The tragic death of Mr. W. G. Lupton, of The Green, Bromyard...death. Mr. Lupton married on May 24th, 1905, Miss Cecily Bridges, daughter of the late Rector of Bredenbury, who survives him. There is one child, a son, two years of age. Mr. Lupton was a strong Conservative, and took a keen interest in local politics...Tenbury Wells Advertiser Worcestershire, England 29 Aug 1911 BROMYARD BROMYARD. DEATH — On Friday morning, Mr. Lupton, of '''the Green Estate,''' Bromyard, was found dead in an orchard near his house. Shortly after six o'clock he interviewed his men, and gave instructions to the groom. At nine he was found dead, being shot...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Lupton Family |url=http://www.ocotilloroad.com/geneal/lupton1.html |publisher=chris@ocotilloroad.com |access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref> There was a blacksmith's smithy nearby to the estate on {{convert|21|acre|ha|0}} of woodland. A farm of 110 acres existed at Hardwick Manor. This was named for Anthony Hardwick in 1575 when he purchased the freehold. His descendant, John, fell into debt and in 1755 was forced to sell Hardwick Hall, which was demolished, and the rest of the estate was sold to Thomas Griffiths of Stoke Lacy. The manor house was rebuilt on the site.<ref>Williams, p.138</ref> Line 215 ⟶ 218: {{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in England}} *{{flagicon|France}} [[Athis-Val de Rouvre]], [[France]]. == Notable people == Line 227 ⟶ 230: *[[George Henry Evans]], a radical *[[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]], actor *[[Roger Lewis (biographer)|Roger Lewis]], writer, journalist and biographer, author of [[The Life and Death of Peter Sellers]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-01-04 |title=Academy honours Bromyard author |url=https://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1102556.academy-honours-bromyard-author/ |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Hereford Times |language=en}}</ref> and Erotic Vagrancy ==See also== | |||