South Herefordshire was one of nine local government districts of the English

England

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 county of Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester

Hereford and Worcester was an English county created on 1 April 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972 from the area of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire and the county borough of Worcester.It bordered Shropshire, Staffordshire and the West Midlands to the...

 from 1974 to 1998.

South Herefordshire District was formed on 1 April 1974 as part of a general reorganisation of local administration in England and Wales under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974....

. It was formed from part of the administrative county

Administrative counties of England

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 of Herefordshire, and was an amalgamation of four local authorities: Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye is a small market town with a population of 10,089 in southeastern Herefordshire, England, located on the River Wye, and on the northern edge of the Forest of Dean.-History:...

 urban district

Urban district

In the England, Wales and Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....

, Dore and Bredwardine Rural District, Hereford Rural District and Ross and Whitchurch Rural District. The district entirely surrounded the district of Hereford

Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...

.

Following a review by the Local Government Commission for England

Local Government Commission for England (1992)

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, both the County of Hereford and Worcester and the seven districts within it were abolished on 1 April 1998. South Herefordshire was combined with the areas of City of Hereford, most of the District of Leominster

Leominster (district)

Leominster was a local government district in England from 1 April 1974 to 1 April 1998 with its administrative seat in the town of Leominster....

, and part of the District of Malvern Hills

Malvern Hills (district)

Malvern Hills is a local government district in Worcestershire, England. Its council is based in the town of Malvern, and its area covers most of the western half of the county that borders Herefordshire. It was originally formed in 1974 and was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1998...

 to form a new unitary County of Herefordshire District: usually referred to simply as Herefordshire.

Parishes

The district comprised the following civil parishes:.

• Abbey Dore
  Abbey Dore
  Abbey Dore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, known for Dore Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian abbey, expanded in the 13th century. The village is situated in the Golden Valley, and has a population of 342. Abbey Dore Court has large gardens open to the public in spring and...
  
  
• Aconbury
  Aconbury
  Aconbury is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on a road leading from Hereford to Ross-on-Wye.St John the Baptist Church was originally the church of a nunnery founded before 1237. The style of the current building is late 13th-century. Some restoration work was carried out...
  
  
• Allensmore
  Allensmore
  Allensmore is a village in Herefordshire, England. It is located on the A465 road about south-west of Hereford. The church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.- History :...
  
  
• Aston Ingham
  Aston Ingham
  Aston Ingham is a village in south-eastern Herefordshire, England, near Newent and about seven miles east of Ross-on-Wye. There is a church, dedicated to St John the Baptist.-External links:...
  
  
• Bacton
  Bacton, Herefordshire
  Bacton is a small village in the rural area of south-west Herefordshire, England. The parish church dates from 13th century and has a relatively long entry in Pevsner's survey of the county's buildings....
  
  
• Ballingham
  Ballingham
  Ballingham is a small village of about 140 people in Herefordshire, England, situated in a loop of the River Wye, between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye....
  
  
• Bartestree
  Bartestree
  Bartestree is a village in Herefordshire, England, east of Hereford on the A438 road. The name is thought to be derived from the Old English Beorhtwald's tree....
  
  
• Bolstone
  Bolstone
  Bolstone is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, south of Hereford. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 34....
  
  
• Brampton Abbotts
  Brampton Abbotts
  Brampton Abbotts is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located 2 km north of Ross-on-Wye and 16 km south east of Hereford...
  
  
• Bredwardine
  Bredwardine
  Bredwardine is a village in Herefordshire, England, located off the B4352 road in the west of the county.Features include a brick bridge over the River Wye, a historic late 17th century coaching inn named the Red Lion, St Andrews parish church and the site of Bredwardine Castle.The Wye Valley Walk...
  
  
• Breinton
  Breinton
  Breinton is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England, west of Hereford. The parish includes the villages of Upper Breinton, Lower Breinton and Breinton Common.-External links:...
  
  
• Bridstow
  Bridstow
  Bridstow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village lies 2 km west of Ross-on-Wye and 17 km southeast of Hereford. The parish is bounded to the east and south by the River Wye. The A40 road linking the M50 motorway to South Wales runs through the parish,...
  
  
• Brockhampton
• Burghill
  Burghill
  Burghill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, north-west of Hereford. The parish includes the villages of Burghill, Tillington, Portway and Eltons Marsh....
  
  
• Callow
  Callow, Herefordshire
  Callow is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about south of Hereford. The church is dedicated to St Mary....
  
  
• Clehonger
  Clehonger
  Clehonger is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, south west of Hereford.-Infrastructure and services:The village hall is quite modern and has a pre-school group based there on some or most weekdays mornings....
  
  
• Clifford
  Clifford, Herefordshire
  Clifford is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, four miles to the north of Hay-on-Wye. It lies on the south bank of the River Wye, which here forms the border between Wales and England....
  
  
• Craswall
  Craswall
  Craswall is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It lies in the far west of the county, in the foothills of the Black Mountains close to the border with Wales....
  
  
• Credenhill
  Credenhill
  Credenhill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England,Near Credenhill is the site of the former Royal Air Force station RAF Hereford, which is now the headquarters of 22 Special Air Service Regiment.-Notable residents:...
  
  
• Cusop
  Cusop
  Cusop is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England that lies next to the town of Hay-on-Wye in Wales. It is reached by driving out of Hay towards Bredwardine, and turning right into Cusop Dingle....
  
  
• Dewsall
• Dinedor
  Dinedor
  Dinedor is a hill, village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, south east of Hereford. The hilltop is the site of an Iron Age fort.-External links:*...
  
  
• Dinmore
• Dormington
• Dorstone
  Dorstone
  Dorstone is a village within the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. There is a thriving community with a church and public house with restaurant. The Golden Valley area offers excellent hillwalking and horseback riding countryside and is noted for its scenery...
  
  
• Dulas
  Dulas, Herefordshire
  Dulas is a civil parish in the County of Herefordshire in England 18 km south west of Hereford. There is no village as such named Dulas; the parish consists mainly of scattered farms and dwellings. The major buildings within the parish are Dulas Court, a Victorian country house now used as a...
  
  
• Eaton Bishop
• Ewyas Harold
  Ewyas Harold
  Ewyas Harold is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire, England, near to the Welsh border with present day Monmouthshire and about half way between the towns of Abergavenny and Hereford. It lies on the Dulas brook, and is contiguous with the neighbouring village of...
  
  
• Fownhope
  Fownhope
  Fownhope is a village in Herefordshire, England, an area of outstanding natural beauty on the banks of the River Wye.The village has a church, primary school, two pubs, two hotels, a fitness/leisure centre, butcher's, forge and a hairdresser's...
  
  
• Foy
  Foy, Herefordshire
  Foy is a hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, north of Ross-on-Wye. The civil parish of Foy includes Hole-in-the-Wall, and Old Gore, within its boundaries. The ward is intersected by the River Wye....
  
  
• Ganarew
  Ganarew
  Ganarew is a village in south Herefordshire, England near the River Wye and the border with Wales.- Location :It is 1 km southwest of the village of Whitchurch on the main A40 road....
  
  
• Garway
  Garway
  Garway is a civil parish in south-west Herefordshire, England. It is set on a hillside above the River Monnow about 10 km northwest of Monmouth. It is a sparsely populated area, mainly agricultural in nature...
  
  
• Goodrich
  Goodrich, Herefordshire
  Goodrich is a village, in south Herefordshire, England which is very close to Gloucestershire and the Forest of Dean situated near the River Wye at and is famous for its old red sandstone Norman and medieval castle.Not strictly in the Forest of Dean but close enough to count Goodrich is a small...
  
  
• Grafton
  Grafton, Herefordshire
  Grafton is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Grafton and Bullinghope, and is immediately to the south of Hereford city....
  
  
• Hampton Bishop
  Hampton Bishop
  Hampton Bishop is a village and civil parish south-east of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England. The village itself is on a wedge between the River Wye and the River Lugg, and is also not far from where the River Frome meets the Lugg....
  
  

• Harewood
• Haywood
  Haywood, Herefordshire
  Haywood is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England, which is south-west of Hereford. The parish has no substantial settlements. However, it is home to one of the largest poultry farms in Great Britain, which is run by Cargill Meats Europe-External links:...
  
  
• Hentland
  Hentland
  Hentland is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. It is located five miles north-west of Ross-on-Wye.Hentland itself is very small and often missed off maps of the area...
  
  
• Holme Lacy
  Holme Lacy
  -Etymology:Holme Lacy is not from Old Norse holmr "island" like other places of the name Holme, but from the fairly similar Old English hamm "land in a river-bend". The name was recorded as Hamme in the Domesday Book in 1086...
  
  
• Holmer
  Holmer and Shelwick
  Holmer and Shelwick is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is immediately to the north of Hereford, and includes Holmer, Munstone, Shelwick, Shelwick Green....
  
   and Pipe
• Hope Mansell
• How Caple
• Kenchester
  Kenchester
  Kenchester is a parish in Herefordshire, England. It is about west-northwest of Hereford.-History:Kenchester is near the Romano-British town of Magnis. It was once part of the Angles' Magonsæte kingdom....
  
  
• Kenderchurch
• Kentchurch
  Kentchurch
  Kentchurch is a small village in Herefordshire, England. It is located some south-west of Hereford and north-east of Abergavenny, beside the River Monnow and adjoining the boundary between England and Wales...
  
   and Kilpeck
  Kilpeck
  Kilpeck is a small village in Herefordshire, England. It is about southwest of Hereford, just south of the A465 road to Abergavenny, and about from the border with Wales....
  
  
• Kings Caple
• Kingstone
  Kingstone, Herefordshire
  Kingstone is a large village in rural Herefordshire, England. It is located within the historic area of Archenfield, near the Welsh border and the city of Hereford. The parish church is dedicated to St. Michael and All Angels....
  
  
• Lea
• Linton
  Linton, Herefordshire
  Linton is a small village in Herefordshire, England, around east of Ross-on-Wye.It has a church called St. Mary's, which dates from the 13th century. The spire can be seen when travelling eastwards on the M50 motorway when 2 miles east of junction 4...
  
  
• Little Birch
• Little Dewchurch
  Little Dewchurch
  -Etymology of name:The village takes its name from the parish church of Saint David's. Saint David in Welsh is Dewi Sant and Herefordshire lies next to the border with Wales....
  
  
• Llancillo
• Llandinabo
• Llangarron
  Llangarron
  Llangarron is a small village and civil parish in southwest Herefordshire, within seven miles of the towns of Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth . The village centre is home to the small church of St. Deinst, a Briton who lived in the sixth century AD and became bishop of Bangor...
  
  
• Llanrothal
• Llanveynoe
  Llanveynoe
  -External links:* , GENUKI genealogy web portal* ** Please note that most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public...
  
  
• Llanwarne
  Llanwarne
  Llanwarne is a village in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately six miles north-west of Ross-on-Wye, near Harewood End and Pencoyd. Llanwarne means The church by the swamp/marsh or alders, according to the Oxford Dictionary of English Place-Names....
  
  
• Longtown
  Longtown, Herefordshire
  Longtown is a linear village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The civil parish also includes the village of Clodock. In the 2001 census the population of the parish was 474.- Location :...
  
  
• Lower Bullingham
  Lower Bullingham
  Lower Bullingham is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The main village, Lower Bullingham, is a south-eastern suburb of Hereford. The parish also extends into the countryside and takes in the hamlet of Green Crize....
  
  
• Lugwardine
  Lugwardine
  Lugwardine is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, to the east of Hereford.-External links:...
  
  
• Lyde
• Madley
  Madley
  Madley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. It is located six miles west of the city of Hereford.-Other settlements:...
  
  
• Marden
  Marden, Herefordshire
  Marden is a village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire.Marden is some due north of the city of Hereford. It is contiguous with the hamlets of Walker's Green and Paradise Green....
  
  
• Marstow
• Michaelchurch Escley
• Mordiford
  Mordiford
  Mordiford is a village in Herefordshire, England on the B4224 Hereford to Mitcheldean road 4 miles east south east of the city of Hereford.This village grew up around an ancient ford over the River Lugg. The river is now crossed by the oldest surviving bridge in Herefordshire, dating in part to c...
  
  
• Moreton-on-Lugg
  Moreton-on-Lugg
  Moreton-on-Lugg is a village in Herefordshire, England, between Hereford and Leominster.The village lies between the A49 trunk road and the Welsh Marches railway line. Approximately 1,000 people live in the village...
  
  
• Much Birch
  Much Birch
  Much Birch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye. The parish includes the settlements of Kings Thorn, Much Birch and parts of Wormelow....
  
  
• Much Dewchurch
  Much Dewchurch
  Much Dewchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.The Old Vicarage has stood since the 17th century, and includes a plaque of the number of vicars that served the parish in the fateful year 1665....
  
  
• Newton
  Newton, Herefordshire
  Newton, Herefordshire may refer to one of the following locations in the English county of Herefordshire:####...
  
  

• Orcop
  Orcop
  Orcop is a village and parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. It lies south of Hereford.It has a well-preserved early Norman motte-and-bailey castle and a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist which has a chancel built around 1300, and a tower that was added early in the 16th century. ...
  
  
• Pencoyd
• Peterchurch
  Peterchurch
  Peterchurch is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England, which has a Norman church, dedicated to St. Peter, built on the unusual basilica model with four, rather than three chambers. The church's foundations are thought to go back to 786, and parts of the Saxon walls...
  
  
• Peterstow
  Peterstow
  Peterstow is a village and Civil parish in Herefordshire, England situated about west of Ross-on-Wye on the A49.-General description of the village:...
  
  
• Preston Wynne
  Preston Wynne
  Preston Wynne is a small village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England located north east of Hereford, and south east of Leominster. It is the site of a medieval chapel and several ancient ring ditches....
  
  
• Ross-on-Wye (Town)
• Ross Rural
• Rowlstone
• St Devereux
• St Margarets
• St Weonards
• Sellack
• Sollers Hope
• Stoke Edith
  Stoke Edith
  Stoke Edith is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on a road leading from Hereford to Ledbury. The manor belonged formerly to the Wallwynes, Milwaters and Lingen families....
  
  
• Stretton Sugwas
  Stretton Sugwas
  Stretton Sugwas is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about four miles north-west of Hereford. The parish also includes the village of Swainshill. The Stretton in the name comes from the Roman road which passes east-west through the village.-External links:...
  
  
• Sutton
• Thruxton
  Thruxton
  -Other:*Thruxton Circuit, a racetrack in Hampshire*Triumph Thruxton 900, a motorcycle*Velocette Thruxton, a motorcycle...
  
  
• Tretire with Michaelchurch
• Treville
  Treville
  Treville is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km east of Turin and about 30 km northwest of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 267 and an area of 4.7 km².Treville borders the following municipalities:...
  
  
• Turnastone
• Tyberton
• Upton Bishop
  Upton Bishop
  Upton Bishop is a small village in Herefordshire, England.Upton Bishop was featured on TV when Phil and Alison Clarke chose their home on the Channel 4 programme Location, location, location with Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsop advising them...
  
  
• Vowchurch
  Vowchurch
  Vowchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated in the Golden Valley, on the River Dore. The village is about southwest of Hereford. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163. The parish church, St Bartholomew, serves a large ecclesiastical...
  
  
• Walford
  Walford, Ross-on-Wye
  Walford is a village in south Herefordshire, England two miles south of the market town of Ross-on-Wye. It includes the settlements of Bishopswood, Coughton, Deep Dean, Hom Green and Walford....
  
  
• Walterstone
  Walterstone
  -External links:* , GENUKI genealogy web portal* ** Please note that most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public*...
  
  
• Wellington
  Wellington, Herefordshire
  Wellington is a village in Herefordshire, England at .The local church is dedicated to St. Margaret, and is a grade I listed building.-Local facilities:*three tennis courts*a sports pavilion*two football pitches*three cricket nets*a pub/restaurant...
  
  
• Welsh Bicknor
  Welsh Bicknor
  Welsh Bicknor is an area of Herefordshire, England. Despite its name, it is not currently in Wales, but was historically a detached parish of the county of Monmouthshire....
  
  
• Welsh Newton
  Welsh Newton
  Welsh Newton is a small village and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England. It is located close to the border with Wales to which the parish extends....
  
  
• Westhide
  Westhide
  -External links:* , GENUKI genealogy web portal* ** Please note that most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public...
  
  
• Weston Beggard
  Weston Beggard
  Weston Beggard is a small parish and hamlet in Herefordshire, England located between the villages of Shucknall and Bartestree and lies approximately 6 km east of Hereford. It is on the north bank of the River Frome....
  
  
• Weston-under-Penyard
  Weston-under-Penyard
  Weston under Penyard is a small village in Herefordshire, England.It lies on the A40 road two miles east of Ross-on-Wye. The Penyard is a prominent hill....
  
  
• Whitchurch
  Whitchurch, Herefordshire
  Whitchurch is a village in Herefordshire named after the church of Saint Dubricius which was originally white in colour.Whitchurch is situated on the A40, connecting nearby Ross-on-Wye to Welsh town Monmouth...
  
  
• Withington
  Withington, Herefordshire
  Withington is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, about north-east of Hereford at .-History:One of the historical features of Withington is the Roman mile post situated on the Worcester road...
  
  
• Wormbridge
  Wormbridge
  Wormbridge is a village in Herefordshire, England, about eight miles south-west of Hereford, on the A465 road at . The neighbouring villages are Kilpeck, Didley, Howton, Ewyas Harold, Pontrilas and Crizeley....
  
  
• Yatton
  Yatton, Herefordshire
  -Geography:The village is located at , about north-west of Leominster and south-west of Ludlow. It is just off the A4110 road. The countryside around is particularly quiet, scenic, varied and contains plenty of wildlife such as buzzards.-About the village:...