Hampton Bishop

St Andrew's church

Hampton Bishop is a village and civil parish south-east of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 505.[1] The village itself is on a wedge between the River Wye and the River Lugg, not far from where the River Frome meets the Lugg.

The picturesque half-timbered 12th-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Andrew and is a Grade I listed building.[2]

The local pub, the "Bunch of Carrots", is located in the centre of the village, on the B4224 road, next to a meander in the River Wye. The name is said to be derived from a curiously shaped rock formation on the river, visible when the water level is low.[3]

A pair of European bee-eaters made a nesting attempt here in 2005 (see Bee-eaters in Britain).

References

  1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. "Church of St Andrew, Hampton Bishop". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  3. "Britain's strangest pub names". The Daily Telegraph. 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

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Coordinates: 52°02′20″N 2°38′38″W / 52.039°N 2.644°W / 52.039; -2.644


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