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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.
The cathedral is dedicated to two saints, St Mary the Virgin and St Ethelbert the King.The latter was beheaded by Offa, King of Mercia, in the year 794. [3] Offa had consented to give his daughter to Ethelbert in marriage: why he changed his mind and deprived him of his head historians do not know, although tradition is at no loss to supply him with an adequate motive.
Callow; Callow Hill; Callow Marsh; Calver Hill; Canon Bridge; Canon Frome; Canon Pyon; Carey; Carterspiece; Castle Frome; Catley Southfield; Chance's Pitch; Chandler ...
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 ...
The Hereford Gospels, circa 780, illustrating the Gospel of John Drawing of Chained Books in Hereford Cathedral Library. Most of the books in the collection date to about 1100. The oldest volume in the library, the Hereford Gospels in Anglo-Saxon characters, dates to around the year 780 and was the only book to survive the 1055 fire. [15]
Ford and Stoke Prior is represented in the UK parliament as part of the North Herefordshire constituency, held by the Conservative Party since 2010 by Bill Wiggin. In 1974 Ford and Stoke Prior, as separate civil parishes, became part of the now defunct Leominster District of the county of Hereford and Worcester , instituted under the 1972 Local ...