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After the Second World War, the interior of the building was restored by Ross-on-Wye Town Council which converted part of the structure for use as its meeting place and offices. [7] The ground floor was re-purposed for retail use and, in 2010, became the first branch of a new chain of bookshops, Rossiter Books.
Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales. It had a population estimated at 10,978 in 2021. [ 2 ] It lies in south-east of the county, on the River Wye and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean .
The Ross and Monmouth Railway went through the village between Ross-on-Wye railway station and Monmouth Troy railway station from 1873/4. Eventually Walford Halt railway station was opened. It was opened by the Great Western Railway on 23 February 1931 [8] and consisted of 120 ft platform and a small hut on the east side of the line. It was ...
Lea (or The Lea) is a village and civil parish in the south east of Herefordshire.It lies south-east of Ross-on-Wye and adjoins the boundary of Gloucestershire. [2] Amenities include a school, church, village hall, shop, public house, garage and a twice-weekly mobile Post Office, all of which lie on the A40 road which passes through the village and links Ross and Gloucester.
Wilton Bridge was a major crossing of the River Wye and was protected by Wilton Castle. Both suffered significant damage during the English Civil War. The bridge has been restored and strengthened and updated with a sundial. Now the village is known for the roundabout where the A49 trunk road joins the A40. Being a convenient staging point it ...
Kerne Bridge is a hamlet in south Herefordshire, England, about 3.5 miles (6 km) south of the market town of Ross-on-Wye on the B4234 Ross-on-Wye to Coleford road adjacent to Bishopswood. Situated on the left bank of the River Wye, it takes its modern name from the nineteenth century bridge over the river.
Ross, or the Southern division of Herefordshire was a county constituency centred on the town of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom , elected by the first past the post voting system.
The Wye Valley witnessed the birth of British tourism in the 18th century. The earliest known appreciation of the area's spectacular beauty can be dated to the beginning of the century, when John Kyrle developed the 'Prospect' at Ross-on-Wye, and it was later mentioned in verse by Alexander Pope.