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December 2015 was 12.9 °C (55.2 °F), higher than even the average July night, the warmest month of the year. The frostiest month is February, with an average of 10.5 days recording a temperature below 0.1 °C (32.2 °F). There are no air frosts in meteorological summer. The whole year averages about 49.3 days with an air frost. It is windiest in March, the average wind speed is 7.2 miles per hour (11.6 km/h). It is calmest in July, when the average wind speed at 10 m is just 5.1 miles per hour (8.2 km/h). The yearly average wind speed is 6.1 miles per hour (9.8 km/h).
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At Credenhill, the temperature is usually between −0.8 °C (30.6 °F) and 23.2 °C (73.8 °F). The highest recorded temperature was 33.6 °C (92.5 °F) in July 2006, and the coldest was −15.8 °C (3.6 °F) on 26 December 2010. In contrast, the minimum temperature on 26
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associated with rectangular wooden buildings with four corner posts, measuring about 12 x 8 ft (2.4 m), which had been rebuilt several times in the same place. There were also storage pits and other remains of occupation including
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During the First World War, land in Credenhill was occupied by an army unit to store ammunition. In 1939 the land was requisitioned for defence and became
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around most of the circuit. Original in-turned entrances are at the centre of the east side and at the south-east corner, each approached by a
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Iron Age. Date, c. 400 BC; occupied continuously until about 75 AD. The fort and the surrounding ancient woodland are now part of the
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cider company. The then 20-year-old son of the Reverend Charles Bulmer (rector of Credenhill) used apples from the
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has shown that the internal quarry-ditch is 5–10 ft deep. Its gradual in-filling was found to include various
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constructed a hill fort and earthwork defence system commanding the surrounding area. The
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production, one of Herefordshire's key industries. In 1887 Percy Bulmer founded the
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of this very large hill fort follow the 600 ft contour and enclose nearly 50
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half a mile north of Credenhill. Archaeological finds are in Hereford Museum. The
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Regiment, who moved out in 1999. The following year, the base was garrisoned as
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occupied the fort in 540 AD, and "Creoda's Hill" gave its name to Credenhill.
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Credenhill village has had military connections since 80 BC, when
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The 12th-century church of St Mary is a grade I listed building.
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with a total ward population as at the 2011 Census of 3,612.
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with stamped and incised patterns typical of the West
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of the same name exists. This ward stretches south to
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