Much Birch

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Much Birch
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Much Birch
Location within Herefordshire
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Shire county
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Hereford
Postcode district HR2
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51°58′N2°43′W / 51.967°N 2.717°W / 51.967; -2.717

Much Birch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye. [1] The village had a population of 911 as of the 2011 census. [2]

The village extends for about 1.5 miles (2 km) along the A49, a busy trunk road running from the border with South Wales to North West England.[ citation needed ] Nearby are the settlements Kings Thorn, Much Birch, and Wormelow. Also nearby is the Wye Valley. [3]

The church of St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury, designed by Thomas Foster, dates from 1837. The chancel ceiling is painted with cherubs peeping over clouds. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Maps) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN   978-0-319-22953-8
  2. ↑ "Much Birch Parish Local Area Report". Nomis. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Illustrated Guide to Britain. W. W. Norton, Incorporated. 17 April 1997. p. 163. ISBN   9780393316438 . Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 272. ISBN   978-0-300-09609-5.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

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51°58′N2°43′W / 51.967°N 2.717°W / 51.967; -2.717


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