Foy, Herefordshire

Foy is a hamlet and parish in Herefordshire, England. By road, it is 7 kilometres (4 miles) north of Ross-on-Wye, 23 kilometres (14 miles) south east of Hereford and 27 kilometres (17 miles) south west of Ledbury. The hamlet lies in a loop of the River Wye with the nearest vehicle bridges at Ross and Hoarwithy.[1]

Foy
St Mary's church, Foy
Foy Location within Herefordshire
Population	158
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Ross-on-Wye
Postcode district	HR9
Dialling code	01989
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Hereford and South Herefordshire

The church is dedicated to Saint Mary. The south porch dates from the early 14th-century and the tower is in the Decorated style.[2]

The civil parish of Foy includes Hole-in-the-Wall, and Old Gore and had a population in mid-2010 of 158.[3] Hole-in-the-Wall on the east bank of the River Wye is accessible by a footbridge, built in 1919 by David Rowell & Co.. It featured in the British television series Survivors, in an episode titled "Gone Away" (1975).[4]

The Herefordshire Trail and Wye Valley Walk long-distance footpaths pass through Hole-in-the-Wall.[1]

When Peter Mandelson was introduced to the House of Lords, he was introduced as Baron Mandelson of Foy in the county of Herefordshire and Hartlepool in the county of Durham. He had bought a cottage in the village in the mid 1980s and sold it in 1992.

The church is the resting place of Lt. Col.Trevor Le Mare Sharpe military Director of Music in the British Army. Trevor Sharpe was one of the judges on the BBC series The Best of Brass. However, many more will remember him from the closing credits of Dad's Army as the man who conducted the theme music.