Leinthall Earls

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Leinthall Earls
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Timber-framed cottage in Leinthall Earls with jettying and brick nogging
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Leinthall Earls
Location within Herefordshire
Civil parish
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Shire county
Region
Country England
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Post town Leominster
Postcode district HR6
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Herefordshire
52°18′N2°49′W / 52.300°N 2.817°W / 52.300; -2.817

Leinthall Earls or Leinthall Earles is a village in Aymestrey civil parish, Herefordshire, England.

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Parish church

The earliest parts of the Church of England parish church or St Andrew are 12th-century [1] Norman. [2] It is part of a single benefice with the parishes of Aymestrey and Kingsland. [3]

Quarry

Leinthall Earls Quarry is north of the village. Up to 2,000 tonnes of aggregate are quarried there daily. A geological fault runs roughly southwest – northeast just south of the quarry, and is downthrown to the south. [4]

References

  1. ↑ RCHME, ed. (1934). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire. Vol. 3, North West. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 9–15.
  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). Herefordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 221.
  3. ↑ Archbishops' Council (2015). "Leinthall Earles: St Andrew, Leinthall Earles". A Church Near You . Church of England . Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Leinthall Earls Quarry". Aggregates of Herefordshire. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2014.

52°18′N2°49′W / 52.300°N 2.817°W / 52.300; -2.817


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