Avenbury

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Avenbury
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Ruins of St Mary's Church, Avenbury
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Avenbury
Location within Herefordshire
Population225 (as stated on citypopulation.de)
OS grid reference SO6653
Civil parish
  • Avenbury
District
  • Herefordshire
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
52°10′32″N2°29′47″W / 52.1755°N 2.49631°W / 52.1755; -2.49631

Avenbury is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is on the A465, just south of Bromyard, and by the River Frome. The population of this parish at the 2011 Census was 225. [1]

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History

Avenbury was mentioned on the Domesday Book. [2] The village that was centred on the church of St Mary has now disappeared leaving the parish consisting of a series of farms and hamlets. [3]

In the post-medieval period the village had a barn and several lime kilns as well as houses. [4]

Parish church

The church was founded ca. 840 AD but rebuilt in Norman times; the tower was built in the 13th century. [5] The church was closed in 1931. [6] Many of the Baskerville family are buried in the churchyard. Three of the bells were rehung in St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, in 1933. [7]

In May 2007 the church, which had been acquired by a pagan [8] and artist named Leszek Skuriat in the 1970s was put up for sale and a trust created to buy it for preservation. [5] [9] In June 2009 St Mary's church was bought by a local archaeologist. [10] In conjunction with English Heritage, restoration work on the church has commenced: St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building, a scheduled monument and is on the Heritage at Risk Register. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Civil Ward population 2011" . Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bromyard History". Archived from the original on 26 November 2006. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  3. ↑ "Bromyard Historical Society" . Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  4. ↑ "Historic Herefordshire Online - Archaeological Records" . Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  5. 1 2 Davidson, Jack (2 November 2007). "Lottery Cash to buy Historic Church". Ledbury Reporter. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "BBC - Closure Date" . Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  7. ↑ "Haunted London Richard Jones historic tours" . Retrieved 31 December 2007.
  8. ↑ "Church's pagan owner warned". Hereford Times. 24 January 2005. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  9. ↑ Ferguson, Paul (10 September 2007). "Hope for derelict church". Hereford Times. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  10. ↑ The Hereford Times; 2009/08/06
  11. ↑ "Ruined Church of St Mary, Avenbury - Herefordshire, County of (UA)". Historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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