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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.
Callow; Callow Hill; Callow Marsh; Calver Hill; Canon Bridge; Canon Frome; Canon Pyon; Carey; Carterspiece; Castle Frome; Catley Southfield; Chance's Pitch; Chandler ...
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.
The known history of Herefordshire starts with a shire in the time of King Athelstan (r. 895–939), and Herefordshire is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1051. The first Anglo-Saxon settlers, the 7th-century Magonsætan, were a sub-tribal unit of the Hwicce who occupied the Severn valley.
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 ...
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The council has been under no overall control since 2019. Following the 2023 election a minority Conservative administration took control of the council. [11]The first elections to the new Herefordshire Council were held in 1997, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1998. [6]