Wyre Piddle

Wyre Piddle
Church Street, Wyre Piddle
Wyre Piddle Location within Worcestershire
Population	535
OS grid reference	SO965475
District	Wychavon
Shire county	Worcestershire
Region	West Midlands
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
UK Parliament	Mid Worcestershire
List of places UK England Worcestershire 52°07′28″N2°03′03″W / 52.1245°N 2.0509°W / 52.1245; -2.0509

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.

History

See also: History of Worcestershire

Two archaeological 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, was found there.

It was the home village of Claude Choules, who was born in Pershore on 3 March 1901 and became the last surviving male veteran of World War I. He moved to Australia in 1926 and died in Perth, Western Australia on 5 May 2011, aged 110.

Amenities

There are two public houses situated in Wyre, The Anchor Inn and The Hotel. The Anchor Inn used to serve Wyre Piddle's locally brewed beer 'Piddle in The Hole' before the Wyre Piddle brewery was dissolved in September 2015. The Hotel is the venue for frequent live music events and is a Bohemian mecca for local artists and musicians.

External links

• Archaeology on the Wyre Piddle Bypass
• The Wyre Piddle Medieval Silver Coin Hoard