Kinnersley

Human settlement in England

Herefordshire

Region

West Midlands

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North Herefordshire

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52°08′28″N 2°57′43″W / 52.141°N 2.962°W / 52.141; -2.962

Kinnersley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The village is about 5 miles (8 km) east of the Wales-England border and 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Hereford.^[2]

Geography

At roughly 200 metres above sea level and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of the River Wye, the village is mostly elevated away from the floodplain of the Wye. It has steep hills nearby which almost enclose and shelter Kinnersley. Summers are warm and relatively dry, winters are cool and wet.^{[citation needed]} Surrounding Kinnersley are mostly crops and apple orchards which are owned by local cider companies including H. P. Bulmer. The scenery looks towards the Black Mountains and Hereford. The main Brecon to Leominster road, the A44 passes through Kinnersley.

Community

Parish population, of about 100, is employed partly in farming and agriculture, or in nearby towns and cities. The village has a high proportion of pensioners.^{[citation needed]}

The Grade I parish church of Church of St James was restored and improved over many years by George Frederick Bodley, winner of the Royal Gold Medal for architecture in 1899, who had married Minna Reaveley in 1872. Minna was a daughter of the family who at that time owned Kinnersley Castle. Bodley is buried in a Grade II monument in the churchyard.^[3]^[4]^[5] Adjacent to the east from the church is the Grade II* Kinnersley Castle.^[6]

The local public house, the Kinnersley Arms closed down in 2022.^[7]

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
^ Ordnance Survey (2007), Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Map 149) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, ISBN 978-0-319-22953-8
^ Historic England. "Church of St James (Grade I) (1157630)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ "Ross-on-Wye Civic Society - G. F. Bodley in Herefordshire". Ross-on-Wye & District Civic Society newsletter Spring 2002. Ross-on-Wye Civic Society. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ "Bodley Monument Church of St James - Kinnersley - Herefordshire - England". British Listed Buildings Online. Retrieved 14 August 2010.
^ Historic England. "Kinnersley Castle (Grade II*) (1081683)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
^ Kinnersley Arms, Retrieved 9 September 2022