Thruxton, Herefordshire
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Thruxton is a small rural village and civil parish in Herefordshire
, England
. It is located within the historic area of Archenfield
, near the Welsh border and the city of Hereford
. The village lies west of the A465 road
and just south of the B4348 road between Kingstone
and Much Dewchurch
.
The parish had a population of 33 in the 2001 UK Census
and is grouped with Kingstone to form Kingstone & Thruxton Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.
The parish church
, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is mainly in the Decorated style.
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. It is located within the historic area of Archenfield
Archenfield
Archenfield is the historic English name for an area of southern and western Herefordshire in England. Since the Anglo-Saxons took over the region in the 8th century, it has stretched between the River Monnow and River Wye, but it derives from the once much larger Welsh kingdom of...
, near the Welsh border and the city 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...
. The village lies west of the A465 road
A465 road
The A465 is a major road in south Wales. It is more commonly known as the Heads of the Valleys Road because it joins together the north ends of the South Wales Valleys...
and just south of the B4348 road between 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....
and 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....
.
The parish had a population of 33 in the 2001 UK Census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
and is grouped with Kingstone to form Kingstone & Thruxton Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.
The parish church
Parish church
A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches....
, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is mainly in the Decorated style.
External links
- Village website
- Thruxton, GENUKIGENUKIGENUKI is a genealogy web portal, run as a charitable trust. Its aim is "to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland"...
genealogy web portal - List of monuments in the parish
- Please note that most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public