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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.
Richard [2] Payne Knight (11 February 1751 – 23 April 1824) of Downton Castle in Herefordshire, and of 5 Soho Square, [3] London, England, was a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist [4] [5] and numismatist [5] best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery.
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Johnes was the eldest son of Thomas Johnes (c. 1721 –1780) of Llanfair Clydogau and his mother was Elizabeth Knight, daughter of Richard Knight of Croft Castle, Herefordshire. He was born on 1 September 1748 and baptised at Saint Laurence's Church in Ludlow.
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 ]
Researchers have uncovered a "dinosaur highway" after hundreds of giant prehistoric footprints dating back 166 million years were found in an English quarry.
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