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Hereford (/ ˈ h ɛr ɪ f ər d / ⓘ HERR-if-ərd) is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England.It is situated on the banks of the River Wye and lies 16 miles (26 km) east of the border with Wales, 23 miles (37 km) north-west of Gloucester and 24 miles (39 km) south-west of Worcester.
Herefordshire (/ ˈ h ɛr ɪ f ər d ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / HERR-if-ərd-sheer, -shər) [5] is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthshire and Powys to the west.
Hereford and South Herefordshire (/ ˈ h ɛ r ɪ f ər d ... ˈ h ɛ r ɪ f ər d ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / HERR-if-ərd ... HERR-if-ərd-sheer, -shər) is a constituency [n 1] of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It comprises the city of Hereford and most of south Herefordshire and has been represented since 2010 by Jesse Norman of the ...
Hereford was, until 2010, a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Since 1918, it had elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first-past-the-post voting system. Previously, Hereford had been a parliamentary borough which from 1295 to 1885 had elected two MPs, using the bloc vote system in contested ...
The Old House, Hereford. The Old House is a distinctive black and white half-timbered house in High Town, Hereford, England, built in 1621. It was restored in the 19th century and became a museum of Jacobean life in 1929. [1] The building was renamed the Black and White House Museum in 2017. It is part of Herefordshire Council's Museum Service.
Hinton & Hunderton is a southern suburb and ward of Hereford in the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. The ward covers the southern part of Hereford across the River Wye and is one of the sixteen wards of Hereford City Council. [1] Cllrs Cat Hornsey and Kevin Tillett represent the ward.
The Mayor's full title is "The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Hereford". The mayor is traditionally addressed as "Your worship", as a court formality. The following have been notable mayors of Hereford: 1383–84 and 1393–95: Thomas Whitefield, MP for Hereford, 1378 and 1401 [1] 1391–92: Thomas Chippenham, MP for Hereford, 1388 and 1402 [2]
The county constituency of Herefordshire, in the West Midlands of England bordering on Wales, was abolished when the county was divided for parliamentary purposes in 1885. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England , then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United ...