Wyre Piddle
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| Wyre Piddle | |
  Wyre Piddle shown within Worcestershire |
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| Population | 535 |
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| OS grid reference | |
| District | Wychavon |
| Shire county | Worcestershire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERSHORE |
| Postcode district | WR10 |
| Dialling code | 01386 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Mid Worcestershire |
| List of places: UK • England • Worcestershire | |
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. Two excavations in the area have found evidence of late Iron Age and Roman occupation and also an enclosed pastoral settlement with four periods of occupation dating from the Middle Iron Age. In 1967 a hoard of 219 silver coins, some from as early as 1280 and none later than 1467.
- http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/ins/epntest/php/detailpop.php?placeno=5285
- http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-arch/wcc-arch-research/wcc-arch-surv/wcc-arch-surv-wyre.htm
- http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-museum-index/wcc-museum-collections/wcc-museum-treasures-wyrepiddle.htm
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