Kimbolton, Herefordshire
| Kimbolton | |
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 St James the Great Church, Kimbolton | |
  Kimbolton Location within Herefordshire | |
| Population | 472 |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Leominster |
| Postcode district | HR6 |
| Dialling code | 01568 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Kimbolton is a village and parish in Herefordshire, England, around 3 miles (5 km) north east of Leominster and 15 miles (24 km) north of Hereford. The village is on the A4112 road, near its junction with the A49 road.[1] The church is dedicated to St James, has 13th-century features and has two Norman windows in the chancel. The spire is shingled.[2]
Bath Camp, a small Iron Age hill fort, lies on a ridge above the Whyte Brook about 1.5 miles (2 km) south east of the church.[2][3]
The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 434,[4] increasing to 472 at the 2011 Census.[5]
The village has a pub, The Stockton Cross[6] and a Primary School[7] with a separate Early Years nursery on site. There is also a village hall.[8]
Kimbolton Chapel (now Kimbolton St James church) is one of the rumoured burial sites for Owain Glyndwr.
References[edit]
- ^ "Google Maps".
- ^ a b Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. Yale University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0300096095.
- ^ Leominster and Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 9780319237595
- ^ "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics.
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ^ McGuire, Jim (19 August 2019). "The Stockton Cross | The Stockton Cross". thestocktoncross.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "KImbolton St James CE Primary School". kimboltonstjames. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Penny, Stewart. "Kimbolton Village Hall". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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