Kimbolton,_Herefordshire

Kimbolton, Herefordshire

Kimbolton, Herefordshire

Human settlement in England

Kimbolton is a village and parish in Herefordshire, England, around 3 miles (5 km) north east of Leominster and 15 miles (24 km) north of Hereford. The village is on the A4112 road, near its junction with the A49 road.[1] The church is dedicated to St James, has 13th-century features and has two Norman windows in the chancel. The spire is shingled.[2]

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Bath Camp, a small Iron Age hill fort, lies on a ridge above the Whyte Brook about 1.5 miles (2 km) south east of the church.[2][3]

The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 434,[4] increasing to 472 at the 2011 Census.[5]

The village has a pub, The Stockton Cross[6] and a Primary School[7] with a separate Early Years nursery on site. There is also a village hall.[8]

Kimbolton Chapel (now Kimbolton St James church) is one of the rumoured burial sites for Owain Glyndwr.

References

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    "Google Maps".
  2. [2]
    Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. Yale University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0300096095.
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    Leominster and Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 9780319237595
  4. [4]
    "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics.
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    "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  6. [6]
    McGuire, Jim (19 August 2019). "The Stockton Cross | The Stockton Cross". thestocktoncross.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  7. [7]
    "KImbolton St James CE Primary School". kimboltonstjames. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. [8]
    Penny, Stewart. "Kimbolton Village Hall". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 3 January 2021.



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