Eastnor, Herefordshire

Eastnor /iːstnər/ is a village in Herefordshire, England, 3 km (2 mi) east of Ledbury and the same distance from the tripoint of the county with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire.

For other places with the same name, see Eastnor (disambiguation).

Eastnor

Eastnor Castle
Eastnor
Location within Herefordshire
Population339 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO7343636836
Civil parish
  • Eastnor
Unitary authority
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLedbury
Postcode districtHR8
Dialling code01531
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Eastnor Castle built by Earl Somers (d.1841) is within its medieval-founded parish which it is named after. The settlement is also the main settlement of its civil parish.

The 12th-century church of St John the Baptist was redesigned and rebuilt by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1852[2] and is a grade I listed building.[3] Eastnor Lake occupies a similar area to the village centre and is at the point where two streams from the north join to form the Glynch Brook, one of two similar axis left-bank tributaries of the River Leadon.

References
  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  2. The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p122 ISBN 0-14-071025-6
  3. "Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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