Wyre Piddle
| Wyre Piddle | |
| Worcestershire | |
|---|---|
 Church Street, Wyre Piddle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO965475 |
| Location: | 52°7’28"N, 2°3’3"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 535 |
| Post town: | Pershore |
| Postcode: | WR10 |
| Dialling code: | 01386 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Wychavon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Mid Worcestershire |
Wyre Piddle is a village in Worcestershire, on the River Avon, near where the Avon is joined by the Piddle Brook between Evesham and Pershore.
The village has two pubs; 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.
History
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.
This was the home village of Claude Choules, who was born in Pershore on 3 March 1901 and became the last surviving male veteran of First World War. He moved to Australia in 1926 and died in Perth, Western Australia on 5 May 2011, aged 110. [1]
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