Staunton on Wye

Staunton on Wye
Herefordshire
St Mary, Staunton on Wye
Location
Grid reference:	SO363447
Location:	52°5’49"N, 2°55’49"W
Data
Postcode:	HR4
Local Government
Council:	Herefordshire
Parliamentary constituency:	North Herefordshire

Staunton on Wye is a quiet village in northern Herefordshire, to the north of the River Wye, nine mile west of Hereford and seven and a half miles east of the border of Radnorshire. A Roman road, which ran up the Wye Valley, passes along the south edge of the village. A Roman town, Magnae Dobunnorum once stood a little downstream of here.

The parish of Staunton, which includes Moorhampton and Bredwardine, had a recorded population at the 2011 census of 213.

Parish church

The parish church, St Mary's, dates from around 1190–1200, when King Richard I was on crusades, and several of Herefordshire's other churches are thought to have been founded. The nave has round-headed doorways with a small lancet. Some of the windows date from 14th century. The west tower has a pyramidal roof constructed in about 1300, to which oak panelling was added in 17th century.

The church is a Grade I listed building.

Two bay arcades only remain from the demolished north transept which was a chapel. Modernisation has replaced the windows in the 18th century chancel.

About the village

The village itself is a mixture of an old village with its mediæval church, but with huge Victorian mansions within it. There is also a small school here.

Located nearby is a nature area known as The Scar, situated on the banks of the River Wye. Included is a sheer 100 feet drop net to the river. The Scar is considered dangerous to children. There was a small station in the early 1900s whose staff who would warn the major towns and cities downstream of the impending flood waters of the River Wye.

Outside links

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