Burghill
| Burghill | |
 St Mary the Virgin Church, Burghill |
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  Burghill |
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| Population | 1,579 (2011)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | SO474449 |
| – London | 140m |
| Civil parish | Burghill |
| Unitary authority | Herefordshire |
| Ceremonial county | Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR4 |
| Dialling code | 01432 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | North Herefordshire |
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Coordinates: 52°06′00″N 2°46′00″W / 52.1°N 2.7666°W
Burghill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, north-west of Hereford. The parish includes the villages of Burghill, Tillington, Portway and Eltons Marsh.
The village of Burghill has a Norman church, St Mary the Virgin[2], and a village hall, the Simpson Hall, that has been modernised. There is a golf club, Burghill Valley Golf Club, in the heart of the village. The whole area is surrounded by apple and pear orchards and is a centre for tourism. The local pub is the Bell Inn, situated between Burghill and Tillington. The vicar at the church is the Rev. Preb. Jimmy Morrison.
In the Doomsday Book, compiled soon after the Norman Conquest, the name of the village is spelled Burgelle; in 1169 in the Pipe Rolls, Burchil; in 1212 in the Red Book of the Exchequer, Burghulle. It has been Burghill for the last eight centuries.[3]
It has been suggested that Burghill may have been the site of the first castle to have been built in England. It would have been built before the Norman conquest, about the year 1051, by Normans in the service of Osbern Pentecost, a follower of Ralph de Mantes and supporter of Edward the Confessor.[4][5]
Governance
Burghill falls within the electoral ward of Burghill, Holmer and Lyde. At the 2011 census the population of this ward was 3,309.[6]
References
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
- ↑ Burghill Church (http://burghillchurch.co.uk/)
- ↑ History of Burghill and Tillington
- ↑ Current Archaeology: England's First Castle
- ↑ BBC: England's first castle was possibly built in Burghill
- ↑ "Burghill, Holmer and Lyde ward population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
External links
Media related to Burghill at Wikimedia Commons