Avenbury | |
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![]() Ruins of St Mary's Church, Avenbury | |
Location within
Herefordshire | |
Population | 225 (as stated on citypopulation.de) |
OS grid reference | SO6653 |
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District |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Avenbury is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is on the A465, just south of Bromyard, and by the River Frome. The population of this parish at the 2011 Census was 225. [1]
Avenbury was mentioned on the Domesday Book. [2] The village that was centred on the church of St Mary has now disappeared leaving the parish consisting of a series of farms and hamlets. [3]
In the post-medieval period the village had a barn and several lime kilns as well as houses. [4]
The church was founded ca. 840 AD but rebuilt in Norman times; the tower was built in the 13th century. [5] The church was closed in 1931. [6] Many of the Baskerville family are buried in the churchyard. Three of the bells were rehung in St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, in 1933. [7]
In May 2007 the church, which had been acquired by a pagan [8] and artist named Leszek Skuriat in the 1970s was put up for sale and a trust created to buy it for preservation. [5] [9] In June 2009 St Mary's church was bought by a local archaeologist. [10] In conjunction with English Heritage, restoration work on the church has commenced: St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building, a scheduled monument and is on the Heritage at Risk Register. [11]
Avenbury | |
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![]() Ruins of St Mary's Church, Avenbury | |
Location within
Herefordshire | |
Population | 225 (as stated on citypopulation.de) |
OS grid reference | SO6653 |
Civil parish |
|
District |
|
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
Avenbury is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is on the A465, just south of Bromyard, and by the River Frome. The population of this parish at the 2011 Census was 225. [1]
Avenbury was mentioned on the Domesday Book. [2] The village that was centred on the church of St Mary has now disappeared leaving the parish consisting of a series of farms and hamlets. [3]
In the post-medieval period the village had a barn and several lime kilns as well as houses. [4]
The church was founded ca. 840 AD but rebuilt in Norman times; the tower was built in the 13th century. [5] The church was closed in 1931. [6] Many of the Baskerville family are buried in the churchyard. Three of the bells were rehung in St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, in 1933. [7]
In May 2007 the church, which had been acquired by a pagan [8] and artist named Leszek Skuriat in the 1970s was put up for sale and a trust created to buy it for preservation. [5] [9] In June 2009 St Mary's church was bought by a local archaeologist. [10] In conjunction with English Heritage, restoration work on the church has commenced: St Mary's is a Grade II* listed building, a scheduled monument and is on the Heritage at Risk Register. [11]