One church, three villages, two thousand years of history
The Breedon Priory Church Heritage Project
Using money raised by National Lottery players, The National Lottery Heritage Fund supports projects that connect people and communities with the UK’s heritage. The Breedon Priory Church Heritage Project was made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to restore the church tour, run community events and improve our interpretation for all visitors, including a virtual tour and the content of this website. We are extremely grateful for their support.
About The National Lottery Heritage Fund – The National Lottery Heritage Fund is the largest funder for the UK’s heritage. Using money raised by National Lottery players we support projects that connect people and communities to heritage. Our vision is for heritage to be valued, cared for and sustained for everyone, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more. Heritage can be anything from the past that people value and want to pass on to future generations. We believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past. For further details, please visit https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/
Whilst we will never know what the site at Breedon-on-the-Hill was called, the name we know it by is of interest in its own right. Being derived from the Celtic word ‘bre’ for hill, and the old English ‘dun’ also meaning hill, the name essentially translates as ‘Hill-Hill on the Hill’.