Foy
| Foy | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 St Mary's church, Foy | |
| Location | |
| Location: | 51°57’11"N, 2°35’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 158 |
| Post town: | Ross-on-Wye |
| Postcode: | HR9 |
| Dialling code: | 01989 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Herefordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Hereford and South Herefordshire |
Foy is a hamlet and parish in Herefordshire. By road, it is four miles north of Ross-on-Wye, 14 miles south-east of Hereford and 17 miles south-west of Ledbury. The hamlet lies in a loop of the River Wye with the nearest vehicle bridges at Ross and Hoarwithy.[1]
The church is dedicated to St Mary. The south porch dates from the early 14th-century and the tower is in the Decorated style.[2]
The civil parish of Foy includes Hole-in-the-Wall, and Old Gore and had a population in mid-2010 of 158.[3] Hole-in-the-Wall on the east bank of the River Wye is accessible by a footbridge, built in 1919 by David Rowell & Co.. It featured in the British television series Survivors, in an episode titled "Gone Away" (1975).[4]
The Herefordshire Trail and Wye Valley Walk long distance footpaths pass through Hole-in-the-Wall.[1]
When Peter Mandelson was introduced to the House of Lords, he was introduced as Baron Mandelson of Foy. He had bought a cottage in the village in the mid 1980s and sold it in 1992. The Labour Party's red rose logo is said to have been inspired by a shrub in his garden there.[5]
References
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Foy) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hereford and Ross-on-Wye (Explorer Maps) (A2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2009, ISBN 9780319240977
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. Yale University Press. pp. 133. ISBN 978-0300096095.
- ↑ "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics. http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/business-transparency/freedom-of-information/what-can-i-request/published-ad-hoc-data/pop/december-2012/mid-2010-civil-parish-syoa-population-estimates-for-england-and-wales.xls.
- ↑ "Terry Nation's Survivors", Wyenot News, 19 April 2005, viewed on 2007-05-10
- ↑ Mine’s a double: Lord Peter Mandelson reveals full title, The Times 12 October 2008
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