Westhide
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| Westhide | |
| Herefordshire | |
|---|---|
 Westhide Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SO585441 |
| Location: | 52°5’39"N, 2°36’21"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 79 (parish) |
| Post town: | Hereford |
| Postcode: | HR1 |
| Dialling code: | 01432 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Herefordshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Herefordshire |
Westhide is a village in Herefordshire, five miles north-east of Hereford. The parish had a population of 79 in the 2001 UK Census.
The village stands on hilly farmland and to the south is Shucknall Hill.[1]
The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and has a large but short 12th-century tower.[2] In the churchyard stand the remains of a mediæval preaching cross now topped by an 18th-century sundial.[3] It went through a major restoration during the nineteenth century by Thomas Blashill, which included an addition of a south-facing porch.[1]
The course of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal runs just north of the village.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 St Bartholomew, Westhide - The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland (King's College London)
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, 1963; 2012 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-12575-7pages 314
- ↑ "Churchyard Cross, Westhide". Herefordshire Through Time. Herefordshire Council. http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/htt/smrSearch/Monuments/Monument_Item.aspx?ID=6520. Retrieved 2010-12-12.