Ullingswick

Ullingswick
Herefordshire
Location
Grid reference:	SO596499
Location:	52°8’46"N, 2°35’26"W
Data
Post town:	Hereford
Postcode:	HR1
Local Government
Council:	Herefordshire

Ullingswick is a small village and ancient parish in Herefordshire, about six miles south-west of Bromyard, nine miles north-east of Hereford and ten miles south-east of Leominster. It forms part of the hundred of Broxash. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 259.

The village is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ullingwic. The name is apparently the Old English Ullinga wic, meaning "Ulla's family's village".

The village church, St Luke's, dates from the 13th century in a Gothic style. It was however extensively restored in 1863 at a cost of £800 and reroofed in 1912. A lych gate was erected in 1921 at the west entrance to the churchyard, as a War Memorial.

The village economy is almost exclusively agricultural. The village school and village post office no longer exist. The public house in the village was the Three Crowns Inn. now closed.

Archeology

According to local archeological studies, there is possible evidence of earthworks resulting from an early timber castle, to the north of the former village hall (which no longer exists and has been built over) (SO58514932). This was recorded as "Dunder Camp" on the 1904 Ordnance Survey map.

In fiction

Ullingswick is also the scene of two books by Ross Heaven, The Sin Eater's Last Confessions and Walking With The Sin Eater: A Celtic Pilgrimage On The Dragon Path

Outside links

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