Stoke Lacy

Last updated

Stoke Lacy
Lych gate and tower of Stoke Lacy church - geograph.org.uk - 1005871.jpg
Stoke Lacy church
Herefordshire UK location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Stoke Lacy
Location within Herefordshire
Population364 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference SO 62052 49509
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town BROMYARD
Postcode district HR7
Dialling code 01885
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
52°08′33″N2°33′25″W / 52.1423626°N 2.5570054°W / 52.1423626; -2.5570054

Stoke Lacy is a small village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire.

Contents

Stoke Lacy lies on the main A465 road that connects Hereford and Bromyard and is 10.3 miles (16.6 km) from the former and 4.3 miles (6.9 km) from the latter.

History

The village lies in the verdant, agricultural and undulating landscape of NE Herefordshire. It has a population of circa 450 souls and 135 houses. The church dates back to Norman times on what is believed to be a much older Celtic/Saxon site. The current church is a Victorian rebuild. In 1863 the architect F. R. Kempson, son of a previous rector renovated and remodelled the church of St Peter and St Paul leaving only the Norman arch with a screen and leaf frieze on the cornice. The Kempson's were forebears of the Redgrave acting family. Henry Morgan was rector from 1871 followed by his son George, the father of HFS. The church and village is famous for the wealthy Morgan family from which HFS Morgan invested the three wheeler car in 1909 and led to the creation of the iconic, globally famous Morgan Motor Company's range of stylish sports cars. The church has several stained glass windows dedicated to the Morgan's and the family graves are in the grave yard. Henry Morgan was rector from 1871 followed by his son George, the father of HFS. From 1938, Symonds Cider and English Wine Company was based in Stoke Lacy. This company operated as a family firm until it was taken over by Greenall & Whitley in 1984, and then Bulmers in 1989. The plant in Stoke Lacy closed in 2000. The Wye Valley Brewery producing real ale is now located in the village on the Symonds site. Stoke Lacy possesses a thriving public house and restaurant, the Plough, and a village hall, opposite, with excellent facilities and parking for meetings and events.

Notable people

Local facilities

Stoke Lacy Village Hall is located in the centre of the village on land donated by Bill Symonds following the closure of the Symonds brewery. It has a large function room, car park and lawns.

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kilpeck</span> Human settlement in England

Kilpeck is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. It is about nine miles (14 km) southwest of Hereford, just south of the A465 road and Welsh Marches Line to Abergavenny, and about five miles (8 km) from the border with Wales. On 1 April 2019 the parishes of Kenderchurch, St Devereux, Treville and Wormbridge were merged with Kilpeck.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Much Dewchurch</span> Human settlement in England

Much Dewchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village lies about 6 miles (10 km) south of Hereford. The parish includes the hamlet of Kivernoll and part of the village of Wormelow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Breinton</span> Civil parish in Herefordshire, England

Breinton is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Breinton lies just to the west of Hereford. The name Breinton appears to be a modernised form of the word Bruntone, meaning a village near a flowing stream.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bockleton</span> Human settlement in England

Bockleton is a small village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England, five miles (8 km) south of Tenbury Wells. According to the 2021 census it had a population of 198. It is close to the Herefordshire border and is about nine miles (14 km) east of Leominster in Herefordshire.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stanton Lacy</span> Human settlement in England

Stanton Lacy is a small village and geographically large civil parish located in south Shropshire, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) north of Ludlow.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Astley, Worcestershire</span> Human settlement in England

Astley is a village, and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England, about two miles outside Stourport-on-Severn and seven miles south-west of Kidderminster.

Tarrington is a small village in Herefordshire, England located halfway between Ledbury and Hereford on the A438 road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Longtown, Herefordshire</span> Human settlement in England

Longtown is a linear village and parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Clodock and had a population in mid-2010 of 543, increasing to 620 at the 2011 Census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lyonshall</span> Village in Herefordshire, England

Lyonshall is a historic village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The civil parish includes the hamlet of Penrhos. According to the 2001 Census, the civil parish had a population of 750, increasing to 757 at the 2011 Census.

Henry Frederick Stanley Morgan (1881–1959), known as HFS, was an English sports car manufacturer and founder of the Morgan Motor Company (MMC) and its chairman from 1937 until his death in 1959.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shrawley</span> Human settlement in England

Shrawley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. The village is situated on the western bank of the River Severn. The northern and southern boundaries of the parish are two small tributaries of the River Severn, Dick Brook to the north and Shrawley Brook to the south. To the west is Hillhampton, the north west and north is the parish of Astley and to the south Holt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard's Castle</span> Village in Herefordshire and Shropshire, England

Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. The Herefordshire part of the parish had a population of 250 at the 2011 Census, the Shropshire part, 424.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ocle Pychard</span> Human settlement in England

Ocle Pychard is a hamlet and parish near Burley Gate, in Herefordshire, England, 3.25 miles (5.23 km) northwest of Stoke Edith, 6 miles (9.7 km) southwest from Bromyard, and about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Hereford. The parish of Stretton Grandison neighbours Ocle Pychard to the east, while that of Westhide is to the south. Once a larger settlement, its population was 187 in 1801, 236 in 1831, 224 in 1832, and 299 in 1861.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Birch</span> Human settlement in England

Little Birch is a hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately 5 miles (8 km) south from the city and county town of Hereford and 7 miles (11 km) north-west from the market town of Ross-on-Wye. The parish is significant for its Grade II* listed church, and Athelstan Wood, formerly anciently managed but now largely coniferised.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Humber, Herefordshire</span> Human settlement in England

Humber is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is 10 miles (16 km) north from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest large town is Leominster 3 miles (5 km) to the north-west.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Little Cowarne</span> Human settlement in England

Little Cowarne is a village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is 9 miles (14 km) north-east from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest town is the market town of Bromyard, 4 miles (6 km) to the north-east.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pudleston</span> Human settlement in England

Pudleston, is a small village and civil parish, in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is 13 miles (20 km) north from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest large town is Leominster 4 miles (6 km) to the west. At Pudleston is the c.1200 Church of St Peter, and the 1846 Tudor-Gothic Pudleston Court.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Docklow and Hampton Wafer</span> Human settlement in England

Docklow and Hampton Wafer, is a civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, and is 11 miles (18 km) north from the city and county town of Hereford. The closest large town is Leominster 4 miles (6 km) to the west. The parish contains the remains of Uphampton Camp, a probable Iron Age hillfort, and the Church of St Bartholomew, in part dating to the 12th and 13th century.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">F. R. Kempson</span> F. R. Kempson, English architect

Frederick Roberston Kempson was an English architect.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Llancillo</span> Human settlement in England

Llancillo is a civil parish in south-west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 13 miles (20 km) south-west from Hereford. The parish borders Wales at the south in which is the nearest town, Abergavenny, 7 miles (11 km) to the south-southwest. In the parish is the isolated Grade II* listed 11th-century Church of St Peter.

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 28 October 2015.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Stoke Lacy at Wikimedia Commons