When morning dawned his friends wished to renew the encounter but he wisely said "No I have drunk with “Piping Pebworth, Dancing Marston, Haunted Hillboro’, Hungry Grafton, Dodging Exhall, Papist Wixford, Beggarly Broom and Drunken Bidford” and so, presumably, I will drink no more."

[3] Bidford-on-Avon village is, as its name suggests, situated on the River Avon, some 7 miles (11 km) downstream of Stratford-upon-Avon and about the same distance upstream of Evesham.

[7] When Warwickshire County Council took the decision to close the Bidford Library in April 2012, a Social Enterprise company was formed.

[9] During the week beginning Monday 26 November 2012, the Bridge had to be closed, due to flooding, when the River Avon burst its banks in various places.

[10] On 9 June 2015, the bridge was closed to traffic after a heavy duty farm vehicle crashed into it, causing serious damage to the historic structure.

The Broom to Stratford section (including Bidford-on-Avon and also Binton), was an early casualty, with passenger services suspended in June 1947 and closure rubber-stamped as permanent in May 1949.

Honeybourne station provides regular rail services to London Paddington, Oxford, Evesham, Worcester Shrub Hill and Hereford along the Cotswold Line.

Due to a car hitting the bridge parapet and causing damage to the structure Media related to Bidford-on-Avon at Wikimedia Commons