Peterchurch

Peterchurch
Peterchurch
	Peterchurch village, with St Peter's church
	Peterchurch Location within Herefordshire
Population	1,091 (2011 Census)
Unitary authority	Herefordshire ;
Shire county	Herefordshire ;
Region	West Midlands ;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hereford
Postcode district	HR2
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Hereford and South Herefordshire ;
	List of places UK England Herefordshire 52°02′35″N2°57′18″W / 52.043°N 2.955°W

Last updated October 23, 2024

Peterchurch is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. The countryside features spectacular views of the Black Mountains but the village itself is architecturally undistinguished. It was known for the award-winning 'church reordering' scheme within the Norman church,^[1] carried out in 2012 by the Herefordshire-based architects Communion Design.

Population

In 1848, the population was recorded to be 745.^[2] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,091.^[3]

Church

The Norman church, dedicated to St. Peter, was built based on the unusual basilica model having four chambers. The church's foundations were traced back to 786, and parts of the Saxon walls can still be seen in the sanctuary. The original stone altar is in place, which was built dating back before the Reformation.

The original church spire was removed in about 1950.^[4] The modern spire is made of fibreglass and was installed in 1972.^[5] It was for a time, the tallest fibreglass spire in the country.

Robert Jones, recipient of the Victoria Cross for his role at Rorke's Drift, is buried in St Peter's Churchyard.^[6]

Railways

The village was formerly served by a station on the Golden Valley Railway from 1881 until its closure in the 1950s.

Well

The well called St. Peter's Well, was prominent to have curative properties with respect to diseases of the eye.^[2]

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References

↑ 'Peterchurch work of art arriving at centre', Hereford Times, 9 February 2012. Archived 19 April 2013 at archive.today
1 2 "Peter, St. - Petworth | British History Online".
↑ "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 30 October 2015.
↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The buildings of England: Herefordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 270. OCLC 1238083783.
↑ "New spire is hoisted - but doesn't fit". Birmingham Daily Post. 21 June 1972. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ Rorke's Drift Men: Heroes of the Zulu War

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[1] 'Peterchurch work of art arriving at centre', Hereford Times, 9 February 2012. Archived 19 April 2013 at archive.today

[BH-2] 1 2 "Peter, St. - Petworth | British History Online".

[3] "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 30 October 2015.

[4] Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The buildings of England: Herefordshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 270. OCLC 1238083783.

[5] "New spire is hoisted - but doesn't fit". Birmingham Daily Post. 21 June 1972. p. 6 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[6] Rorke's Drift Men: Heroes of the Zulu War

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