Historic Churches in Herefordshire
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Herefordshire is blessed with an extraordinary collection of historic churches, with some especially interesting examples tucked in the rugged countryside near the Welsh border. Perhaps the most famous church in the county is not the glorious edifice of Hereford Cathedral, but the quiet little Norman church at Kilpeck, with its marvellous collection of carved faces decorating both the interior and exterior.
The church of St Dubricius at Hentland dates to the middle of the 11th century, though the bulk of the current building dates to the 13th and 14th centuries. It is entirely possible that there was a church here well before the Norman conquest; indeed, the name of the village comes from the Welsh words for 'old church'.
Hentland, Herefordshire, England, HR9 6LP
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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century churchyard cross and ancient holy well
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Hereford was founded in Saxon times to house the shrine of Saint Ethelbert, a murdered king of East Anglia. A carefully preserved tooth of the saint was highly venerated in the Middle Ages. The church underwent several stages of rebuilding, most notably in the 13th century, when the north transept was built. Look at the triforium arches; they are triangular, almost straight-sided, an unusual effect known as the Geometric style. Hereford gained its second major shrine when miracles were reported at the tomb of Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe, who died in 1282.
5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR1 2NG
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Heritage Highlight: 13th century tomb of Bishop de Cantelupe
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The twisted spire of All Saints church dominates the Hereford skyline. The church dates to the 13th century and boasts a set of amusing 14th-century misericords, a Queen Anne reredos, and a pulpit and sounding board made in 1621. The church interior does double-duty as a cafe and community centre.
High Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 9AA
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Heritage Highlight: 14th-century misericords
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St Francis Xavier Church is a stunning neoclassical Roman Catholic church in the heart of Hereford, begun in 1837. This beautiful 19th-century building houses the shrine of St John Kemble and relics of the Venerable Bede.
Broad Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 9AP
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Heritage Highlight: Shrine of St John Kemble
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St Nicholas Church is an excellent example of Victorian Gothic design, built from 1842 to replace a church that had stood on this site since Saxon times. The medieval font from the earlier church survives.
Barton Road, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 0AY
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Heritage Highlight: Medieval font
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St Peter's is the oldest and largest parish church in Herefordshire and the official civic church for Hereford. Established around 1035, the church was heavily restored in 1888 but retained its 15th-century choir stalls and misericords.
St Peter's Square, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR1 2HX
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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century choir stalls and misericords
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A fascinating Victorian chapel in rich Italianate style. Hoarwithy is technically a chapelry under nearby Hentland church. The man responsible for building the first chapel at Hoarwithy, Rev Thomas Hutchinson, was curate of Hentland parish in 1840. His fairly simple chapel was a small brick structure that had few redeeming architectural qualities.
Hoarwithy, Herefordshire, England, HR2 6QH
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Heritage Highlight: Extraordinary Byzantine style decoration
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A superb 14th-century church in a quiet countryside setting, far from any village. The church features some wonderful memorials to the Scudamore family, including the late 16th-century alabaster effigies of Sir John and Lady Sibill Scudamore in period dress.
Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, England
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Heritage Highlight: Scudamore family memorials
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The 13th-century church of St Andrew and St Mary stands in a wooded location overlooking the River Wye, in the grounds of How Caple Court, a 17th-century house built by Sir William Gregory on the site of a medieval manor.
How Caple, Herefordshire, England, HR1 4SX
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Heritage Highlight: 12th-century font
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The Norman church of St Mary and St David in the Herefordshire village of Kilpeck is quite a simple building, consisting only of a rectangular nave and an unusual rounded apse. But visitors do not come to Kilpeck for the layout, but for the extraordinary collection of Norman carvings that decorate the church.
Kilpeck, Herefordshire, England
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