Lugwardine

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St Peter's Church.
The A438 road entering the western end of the village, with Tidnor Lane to the right. Lugwardine - Thatched Cottage At Tidnor Lane - geograph.org.uk - 1355894.jpg
The A438 road entering the western end of the village, with Tidnor Lane to the right.

Lugwardine is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, to the east of Hereford. It lies on the northeast bank of the River Lugg, which gives the village its name. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,721. [1]

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The place-name 'Lugwardine' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Lucvordine. It appears as Lugwurthin in the Pipe Rolls of 1168. The name means 'enclosure or homestead on the (river) Lugg'. [2]

The village lies on the A438 road; Lugwardine Bridge takes this road across the Lugg. There is a public house in the village, called the "Crown and Anchor". [3]

St Mary's Roman Catholic High School is in the village. [4] There is also a primary school, shared with neighbouring Bartestree. [5]

Parish

The parish contains the village of Lugwardine as well as the following hamlets: [6]

Lugwardine, Hagley and Bartestree effectively form a continuous linear settlement along the A438 road.

Parish council

The parish council covers both Lugwardine and the neighbouring parish of Bartestree. [8]

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References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.307.
  3. "Crown and Anchor". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. St Mary's RC High School official website
  5. Lugwardine Primary Academy
  6. Ordnance Survey mapping
  7. Geograph SO5639 : Longworth Hall
  8. Bartestree with Lugwardine Parish Council Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine

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Coordinates: 52°03′58″N2°39′36″W / 52.066°N 2.66°W / 52.066; -2.66