Little Bredy
Little Bredy is a lovely place but can easily be missed by those rushing along the Dorchester to Bridport road, but those who venture down the little path to the church which is concealed among the trees will be well rewarded, for here flow the waters of the Bride and the sound of the water makes a beautiful background to this beautiful place. The village though is straggling and is well named, Kingston Russell House is to be found here but Kingston Russell is a separate parish most of whose dwellings are some distance away and on the other side of the A35. This was the home of the Russell family later to become the Dukes of Bedford. The source of the River Bride rises in the grounds of a large house built in 1830 called Bridehead and then tumbles down the valley to meet the sea at Burton Bradstock. Here even the cottages echo the sense of peace and tranquillity of the place and in the summer months there is a place of colour when the window boxes and containers of all sorts are brim full with flowers. The villagers constructed a shelter with seats to commemorate the silver wedding of Margaret and Philip Williams in 1933 and on the roof are the following words from Isaiah: "A pavilion for a shadow in the daytime from the heat and for a refuge and cover from storm and rain" The 14th church dedicated to St Michael and All Angels was mainly rebuilt by the architect Benjamin Ferry in 1850, and he would only use the best materials which included Caen stone, he also added a tiny spire to the tower.
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