Vowchurch

Vowchurch

Vowchurch

Human settlement in England

Vowchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated in the Golden Valley, on the River Dore. The village is about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Hereford. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163, increasing to 176 according to the 2011 census.[1]

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The place-name 'Vowchurch' is first attested in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of 1291, where it appears as Fowchirche. The name means 'multi-coloured church', from the Old English fāg meaning 'multi-coloured'. The same derivation is found in Frome Vauchurch in Dorset.[2]

The Grade I listed parish church of St Bartholomew[3] serves a large ecclesiastical parish.

The village was served by Vowchurch railway station from 1881 to 1949.

References

  1. [1]
    "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. [2]
    Eilert Ekwall,The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.489.
  3. [3]
    Vowchurch: St Bartholomew - a church near you
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