Orleton
| Orleton | |
| Herefordshire | |
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 Orleton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO493672 |
| Location: | 52°18’2"N, 2°44’42"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Herefordshire |
Orleton is a small village in northern Herefordshire. A modest place, the population of the parish at the 2011 census was recorded as 794.[1]
Parish church
The village is known for its lovely parish church. The Norman nave with some 14th century stained-glass windows has a west end 13th century tower.
The c1200 door was moved and reset, while the early 13th c chancel has lancet windows. The tie-beam roof may be 14th c. There is a late Norman font which displays nine of the disciples standing under arches. It has a 17th c pulpit. The vestry was Victorian.
Items of interest in the church include:
- a twelfth-century font, characteristic of the Herefordshire School of Norman carving
- a Jacobean pulpit
- a clock dating from about 1700
- a Norman carving of a dragon, later used as a clock weight
- two thirteenth-century dug-out chests.
The 13th century Bishop of Hereford, Adam Orleton, took his name from this village, may have been born here. He was a constant supporter of Roger Mortimer, the lord of the manor[2]
The village is located midway between the historic market towns of Ludlow and Leominster, each some five miles away and is surrounded by beautiful Herefordshire countryside with a pretty brook meandering through.
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References
- ↑ "Civil parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11127273&c=SY8+4EY&d=16&e=62&g=6385774&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1446034804953&enc=1. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ↑ The register of Adam de Orleton, introduction by Rev. A. T. Bannister, 1907
