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Pembridge is one of several Herefordshire parishes whose belltower stands separate from the church. All but the base of the tower is timber-framed: one of a number of partly or largely timber-framed belltowers in Herefordshire. The tower was built early in the 13th century, rebuilt with the addition
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In the Market Place, the core of the Post Office and Stores is another 14th-century house. It was remodelled in the 17th and late 19th centuries and is a Grade II* listed building. Also in Market Place is the Market Hall. This timber-framed building, which has been dated by dendrochronology to
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c.1520, is not actually a market hall, but merely a covered market. Eight oak pillars support a roof tiled with stone slates. These pillars are supported on unworked stone bases except for one, which stands on the remains of the medieval cross base. It is a Grade II* listed building.
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Elsewhere in the parish, Clear Brook is a mainly 17th-century house with a 16th-century rear wing. The Court of Noke is an 18th-century country house, and the most notable brick-built house in the parish.
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There is a 17th-century pub, the New Inn, in Market Place. Pembridge had a 16th-century pub, the Greyhound Inn in East Street, but this is now the King's House restaurant. Also in the parish is the
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also dates from the 13th-century. The major rebuilding of the church in a mature Decorated style has been dated c1320-30. The noble nave arcade is of six bays, with circular ogeed cinquefoiled
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Ye Olde Steppes in East Street is both the village shop and a café and tea room. It is in a 16th-century building that was enlarged in the 17th century and altered in the 19th century.
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SHE15434 - Unpublished Report: Tyers, Ian. 2002. The tree-ring analysis of the Market Hall, Pembridge, Herefordshire. ARCUS Dendrochronology Laboratory Report. Arcus. 574w.
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entered from the South transept and topped externally with a pinnacle. The West door and the North door date from the 14th century and both retain original ironwork.
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In 1239, Pembridge was granted a royal charter to hold a market and two fairs: the Cowslip Fair held each May and the Woodcock Fair held each November. In the
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was added in the 19th century, and the building was restored in 1871 by William Chick and in 1903–09 by Roland W. Paul. The church is a
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in the 15th or 16th century, and further remodelled in the 17th-century when its spire was added. It is a Grade I listed building.
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from 1660 until his death in 1662. Trafford's Almshouses in East Street were endowed by the Rev Dr Thomas Trafford,
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In West Street, Swan House and School View are two parts of a single building. It was built in the 14th century a
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In East Street is the former post office. It is a 15th-century house altered in the 17th and 19th centuries.
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they were important events for agricultural labourers across the county to seek work from landowners.
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of Pembridge and Lyonshall with Titley. The 2011 Census recorded the ward's population as 3,124.
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closed the line to passenger traffic in February 1955 and to freight in late September 1964.
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Great Western Branch Lines 1955-1965; C.J. Gammell; Oxford Publishing Company; 1975; pp 62
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status in June 1987, giving it protection from unauthorised alteration or demolition.
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Market Place, with the open-sided Market Hall in the foreground and the New Inn beyond
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was started in 1855 and completed in 1857. It passed through Pembridge parish, where
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cast or recast the first, second and tenor bells in 1898. St Mary's has also a
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of Bearwood, Lower Bearwood, Lower Broxwood, Marston, Moorcot and Weston. The
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The former Greyhound Inn in East Street, now the King's House restaurant
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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Herefordshire
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preacher's desk, lectern and communion rail are Jacobean. A north
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Barn bar and restaurant at Hays Head, which opens seasonally.
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buildings. It is promoted to visitors as "the heart of the
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leased the line from the 1860s and absorbed it in 1898.
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The chancel is the oldest surviving part of St Mary's
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St Mary's parish church and (left) pyramidal belltower
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Duppa's Almshouses in Bridge Street, founded in 1661
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CWGC cemetery report, details from casualty record.
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The civil parish includes the 75: 68: 50: 1493:Civil parishes in Herefordshire 1463:The Arrowvale Group of Parishes 684:of service personnel, two from 609:Church of England parish church 743:Office for National Statistics 704:Ye Olde Steppes in East Street 680:The churchyard contains seven 544:Leominster and Kington Railway 1: 677:, which was cast about 1800. 475:Black and White Village Trail 1458:The Pembridge Amenity Trust 114:OS grid reference 39:Human settlement in England 1509: 506:Pembridge had two sets of 29: 1488:Villages in Herefordshire 556:Pembridge railway station 486:Grade II* listed building 328: 296: 256: 63: 49: 1453:Pembridge Parish Council 1420:The Buildings of England 1168:British Listed Buildings 795:The Gentleman's Magazine 768:Neighbourhood Statistics 738:Neighbourhood Statistics 619:above. The church has a 558:served the village. 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Index

Bearwood, Herefordshire
Weston under Penyard

Pembridge is located in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
2011 Census
OS grid reference
SO 391 581
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Herefordshire
Ceremonial county
Herefordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Leominster
Postcode district
HR6
Dialling code
Police
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Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance
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