The Village chapel set in the heart of the village is 12th Century, but was restored in the 19th Century.
There are several pretty timber framed cottages, a 12th Century thatched Tythe Barn (now a home) where it is claimed William Shakespeare acted on his Barn Storming Tour. A 14th Century Manor House where it is reputed Sir Walter Raleigh was a regular visitor and higher on the hill Norton Park, the home of the only American woman to be nominated for the Presidency of the USA.
The whole area is an oasis of peace and tranquility, a secret corner of England, where time seems to stand still yet the modern world is not forgotten.
The village of Bredons Norton, near Evesham, was the birthplace of a man who altered the face of the county and the eating habits of the nation.
Sir Thomas Copley sailed with Sir Walter Raleigh to the New World and brought back the potato which replaced the parsnip as the main staple carbohydrate on the dinner table.
Copley introduced the new vegetable to his native Vale of Evesham where it became a popular crop on farms and smallholdings and played a central role in the development of the market gardening industry which continues to dominate the area.
Copley also introduced tobacco to the county and the Vale was England's main producer for the next 70 years.
The variety grown had a particularly narcotic quality and excited the attention of the diarist Samuel Pepys who wrote about it.
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