Aymestrey
Aymestrey ( /ˈeɪmstriː/ AYM-stree) is a village and civil parish in north-western Herefordshire, England. The population of this civil parish, including the hamlet of Yatton, at the 2011 Census was 351.[1]
Aymestrey | |
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![]() St John the Baptist and St Alkmund's Church, Aymestrey | |
![]() ![]() Aymestrey Location within Herefordshire | |
Population | 351 (2011 Census) |
District | |
Shire county | |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Leominster |
Postcode district | HR6 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Location
It is located on the A4110 road, about 7 miles north-west of Leominster and 8 miles south-west of the historic market town of Ludlow, in south Shropshire. The village is on the River Lugg.
Amenities and history
Aymestrey is home to several homes and cottages,[2] the church dedicated to St John the Baptist and St Alkmund,[3][4] a village hall[5] and a pub or Inn: The Riverside Inn,[6] situated next to River Lugg[7] just off the main road.
The Mortimer Trail[8] waymarked recreational walk passes through the village.
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In 1987, the Aymestrey burial, an Early Bronze Age, beaker cist, was discovered during gravel working.[9] It has since been recreated at Leominster Museum.
In fiction
Aymestrey is featured in the supernatural crime novel Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch, where it is described as being "less a village than a diorama of the last six hundred years of English vernacular architecture stretched along either side of the road.”
References
- "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219784 geograph.org.uk
- An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire, Volume 3 (North West), pp 9-15, HMSO, 1934, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/rchme/heref/vol3
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/635376 geograph.org.uk
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219796 geograph.org.uk
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219810 geograph.org.uk
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219775 geograph.org.uk
- https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71159 geograph.org.uk
- "Herefordshire Through Time - Monument Detail". Herefordshire County Council. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Aymestrey. |
- http://www.Aymestrey.org - Aymestrey Community Website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170704022837/http://www.theriversideinn.org/ - The Riverside Inn at Aymestrey
- Aymestrey on Google Maps: Hybrid, Map
- Aymestrey in the Domesday Book