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'{{about|the village in England}} {{Infobox UK place |country= England |official_name= Brendon |coordinates = {{coord|51.220|-3.764|display=inline,title}} |population = 159 |civil_parish = [[Brendon and Countisbury]] |shire_county = [[Devon]] |shire_district= [[North Devon]] |region= South West England |constituency_westminster= [[North Devon (UK Parliament constituency)]] |post_town= LYNTON |postcode_district = EX35 |postcode_area= EX |dial_code= 01598 |os_grid_reference= SS7693148214 }} A name made to describe a [BULLY]. Brendon loves to bully people, especially those whose name starts with [N, H, U]. He is probably the worst person to be around or to be friends with. He judges everyone from top to bottom and pretends to be nice to them. Brendon thinks he is the funniest bitch ever, but really, he has the worst sense of humour. In conclusion, just don't be friends with a [BRENDON]! P.S: His favourite word is Gay. He goes around calling literally everything Gay, not knowing he is the real definition of [GAY] Girl: Bro! Did you see that gay af bitch yesterday? Girl 2: Ohhh, that gay asss bitch, Brendon? Girl: Ugh i hate him! Girl 3: Same here sis! ==The village== The Church of St. Brendon was built in 1738, possibly using the stones from the original church at Cheriton. It lies midway between Cheriton and Brendon, about two miles (3&nbsp;km) from each, and has a tower and four bells. The church was further restored in the nineteenth century and houses a Norman font. There is a sundial above the porch dated 1707.<ref name=GENUKI/> The village is located just off the A39 and its population was 159 in 2001. The [[Civil parishes in England|parish]] of Brendon is roughly square in shape and is defined by the [[East Lyn River]] to the north, the Hoaroak Water to the west and the [[Badgworthy Water]] to the east; a tributary of the latter, the Hoccombe Water defines part of its southern boundary. Brendon Common occupies a part of the moorland area which characterises the south of the parish. Badgeworthy Water is crossed by the 17th century [[Packhorse bridge|packhorse]] [[Malmsmead Bridge]].<ref>{{PastScape|mname=Malmsmead Bridge|mnumber=35099|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref><ref name=IoE>{{NHLE |num=1173396 |desc=Malmsmead Bridge |accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Malmsmead Bridge|num=1289346|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=MSO7729 – Malmsmead Bridge|url=http://www.exmoorher.co.uk/hbsmr-web/record.aspx?uid=MSO7729-Malmsmead-Bridge-|website=Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record|publisher=Exmoor National Park|accessdate=7 March 2015}}</ref> ==History== The name contains two [[Old English]] place-name elements, the first – from ''brom'' – referring to the plant [[broom (plant)|broom]] and the second – from ''dun'' – which tends to signify a fairly extensive and flat hill or upland expanse.<ref>Gelling, M. and Cole, A. 2000 ''The Landscape of Place-names'' Shaun Tyas, Stamford, Lincs {{ISBN|1900289261}} pp. 164&ndash;168</ref> It is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Brandone''. It is not connected with the [[Brendon Hills]] in Somerset, the name of which has a different origin.<ref>Ekwall, E. 1981 ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names'', Fourth edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford p63</ref> ''White's Devonshire Directory'' (1850) describes Brendon as follows: <blockquote>A small village 1½ miles SE of Lynton & 15 miles W of Minehead is in a picturesque valley of the river Lyn, has in its parish 271 souls & 6733 acres of land including Leeford hamlet & a large tract of moorland on the borders of Somersetshire where the rivers Exe, Lyn and Barle have their sources. F. W. Knight Esq. is the Lord of the mannor owner of most of the soil, and patron of the rectory ... valued in 1831 at £148. The Rev. T. Roe of Oare, Somerset is the incumbent, and has 57a, 2r, 22p, of glebe. The parsonage is a small cottage, and the church [St. Brendon] is an ancient structure with a tower and 4 bells.<ref name=GENUKI>{{cite web |url=http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Brendon/ |title=Brendon |publisher=GENUKI |accessdate=14 August 2016}}</ref></blockquote> Brendon is home to the Exmoor Folk Festival,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exmoorfolkfestival.co.uk/ |title=Exmoor Folk Festival |author= |date= |work=Exmoor and Devon |accessdate=14 August 2016}}</ref> and is both on the route of the [[Coleridge Way]] and the [[Samaritans Way South West]]. Since 2012, Brendon has formed part of the civil parish of [[Brendon and Countisbury]], having previously been a civil parish in its own right.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://northdevon.gov.uk/media/124688/sealed_order-brendon-and-countisbury.pdf | title = The North Devon District Council (Reorganisation of Community Governance) No. 1 Order 2012 | date = 26 October 2012 | accessdate = 16 February 2016 | publisher = North Devon District Council }}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> <gallery> Image:Brendon 1.jpg|Main road through Brendon Image:Brendon 2.jpg|The Stag Hunters Inn Image:River Lynn.jpg|The East Lyn River Image:Deer over Brendon.jpg|Deer on the hillside over Brendon </gallery> ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commonscat|Brendon}} * [http://www.brendonvalley.co.uk Brendon Valley] {{North Devon}} [[Category:Villages in Devon]] [[Category:Former civil parishes in Devon]] [[Category:North Devon]]'