Leinthall Earls
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| Leinthall Earls | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Timber-framed cottage in Leinthall Earls | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO442677 |
| Location: | 52°18’19"N, 2°49’7"W |
| Data | |
| Postcode: | HR6 |
| Local Government | |
Leinthall Earls or Leinthall Earles is a village in Herefordshire, close to Aymestrey.
Parish church
The parish church is St Andrew’s, the earliest parts of which are of the 12th-century[1] Norman.[2]
The parish is part of a single benefice with the parishes of Aymestrey and Kingsland.[3]
Quarry
Leinthall Earls Quarry is north of the village. Up to 2,000 tons of aggregate are quarried there daily. A geological fault runs roughly southwest – northeast just south of the quarry, and is downthrown to the south.[4]
References
- ↑ RCHME, ed (1934). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire. 3, North West. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 9–15. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol3/pp9-15.
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, 1963; 2012 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-12575-7page 221
- ↑ Leinthall Earles: St Andrew: A Church Near You
- ↑ "Leinthall Earls Quarry". Aggregates of Herefordshire. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust. http://www.earthheritagetrust.org/pub/learning-discovery/aggregates/aggregates-of-herefordshire/site-examples-hfds/leinthall-earls-quarry/. Retrieved 15 August 2014.