Kenchester

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Kenchester
Herefordshire
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Location
Grid reference: SO437428
Location: 52°4’53"N, 2°49’19"W
Data
Post town: Hereford
Postcode: HR4
Local Government
Council: Herefordshire
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Herefordshire

Kenchester is a hamlet in Herefordshire, in the valley of the River Wye, upstream of Hereford and about five and a half miles west.

History

Kenchester is near the site of the Romano-British town of Magnae Dobunnorum.[1] and was once part of the early English Kingdom of the Magonsæte, which possibly took its name from Magnae

St Michael's

Parish church

The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building.[2]

Outside links

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("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Kenchester)

References

  1. "Herefordshire Through Time - Magnis". Herefordshire Council. http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/htt/1325.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-21. 
  2. National Heritage List 1172691: Church of St Michael, Kenchester