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The 30-mile (48 km) route crosses the River Teme and enters Mortimer Forest, an area of forested ridges. It passes Croft Castle and the Iron Age hill fort Croft Ambrey (not far from Wigmore and the initial seat of Mortimer power), and then passes through quiet Aymestrey .
Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I.
The Chaytor baronetcy, of Croft in the County of York and of Witton Castle in the County of Durham, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for William Chaytor, an industrialist and Whig politician who served as MP for Richmond in the first Reform Parliament. [1] He built Clervaux Castle on the manor of Croft.
The hotel, in 2017. The Croft Hotel is a historic building in Croft-on-Tees, a village in North Yorkshire in England. The hotel was constructed in 1835 by Ignatius Bonomi, to accommodate visitors to the old and new spas. [1] [2] In about 1860, a ballroom range was added to the west. The building was grade II listed in 1988. [1]
Croft Ambrey, on Yatton Hill, is in the civil parish of Aymestrey, 6 miles (10 km) north from Leominster, 3.5 miles (6 km) south-east from the South Shropshire border, and approximately 7 miles (11 km) east from the Wales border. The fort is on high ground beyond and adjoining the north-east boundary of National Trust Croft Castle parkland.
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Croft is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft and Yarpole, in north Herefordshire, England. [1] [2] In 1961 the parish had a population of 25. [3] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Yarpole to form "Croft & Yarpole". [4] Croft Castle was built in the 14th century and was the seat of the Croft family.
Bircher Common is an area of lowland heath in the civil parish of Croft and Yarpole in Herefordshire, England, and 6 miles (10 km) north from Leominster. The common, owned by the National Trust , is adjacent at the west to Croft Castle , a further National Trust Property. [ 1 ]