Woolhope
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Location
Woolhope is located about 7 miles east of HerefordHereford
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...
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History
The manor of Woolhope in HerefordshireHerefordshire
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...
, along with three others, was given to the cathedral
Cathedral
A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...
at 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...
before the Norman Conquest by the benefactresses Wulviva
Wulviva
Wulviva was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman. Her name survives in that of the Herefordshire village of Woolhope, meaning "Wulviva's Hope" ....
and (Lady) Godiva, local Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon is a term used by historians to designate the Germanic tribes who invaded and settled the south and east of Great Britain beginning in the early 5th century AD, and the period from their creation of the English nation to the Norman conquest. The Anglo-Saxon Era denotes the period of...
landowners before the Norman takeover of the region. The church has a 20th-century stained-glass window showing them.http://www.flickr.com/photos/mymuk/1097578497
Amenities
Woolhope is served by two traditional village pubs, the Butcher's Arms and The Crown Inn at Woolhope . Both have a local reputation for serving quality food.Woolhope has a football team called Woolhope Allstars FC. Having had a season out of the league, they now have now reformed and are due to start in Herefordshire Sunday League 2 in September 2011. There has been a change in the management team with Jamie Lawson stepping into the player manager role, supported by his assistant managers Tom Cutler and Hereford United Stalwart and lead scorer for the 2010/2011 season Stuart Fleetwood. They play at the Berryfield, which is the smallest pitch in the league.
The area is a quiet, rural location and was a retreat of late TV writer John Sullivan
John Sullivan (writer)
John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several popular British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends....
, whose works included Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses
Only Fools and Horses is a British sitcom, created and written by John Sullivan. Seven series were originally broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom between 1981 and 1991, with sporadic Christmas specials until 2003...
and The Green Green Grass
The Green Green Grass
The Green Green Grass is a British sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a spin-off of the long running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan...
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