Eastnor

From Wikishire
Revision as of 20:14, 19 August 2019 by RB (Talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Infobox town |name=Eastnor |county=Herefordshire |picture=Eastnor Castle 03.jpg |picture caption=Eastnor Castle |os grid ref=SO734368 |latitude=52.033 |longitude=-2.392 |pop...")

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search
Eastnor
Herefordshire
Eastnor Castle 03.jpg
Eastnor Castle
Location
Grid reference: SO734368
Location: 52°1’59"N, 2°23’31"W
Data
Population: 339  (2011)
Post town: Ledbury
Postcode: HR8
Dialling code: 01531
Local Government
Council: Herefordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Herefordshire

Eastnor is a village in Herefordshire, two miles east of Ledbury and the same distance from the meeting of three counties: Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

Eastnor Castle built by Earl Somers (d.1841) is within its mediæval-founded parish which it is named after. The settlement is also the main settlement of its civil parish.

The 12th-century church of St John the Baptist was redesigned and rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1852[1] and is a grade I listed building.[2]

Eastnor Lake occupies a similar area to the village centre and is at the point where two streams from the north join to form the Glynch Brook, one of two similar axis left-bank tributaries of the River Leadon.

Outside links

Commons-logo.svg
("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Eastnor)

References

  1. The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p122 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  2. Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor - British Listed Buildings