Thruxton, Herefordshire

Thruxton
St Bartholomew's church, Thruxton
Thruxton  Thruxton shown within Herefordshire
Population	33 (Parish)[1]
OS grid reference	SO437346
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	HEREFORD
Postcode district	HR2
Dialling code	01981
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Hereford & South Herefordshire
List of places UK England Herefordshire

Coordinates: 52°00′25″N 2°49′12″W / 52.007°N 2.820°W

Thruxton is a small rural village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is located within the historic area of Archenfield, near the Welsh border and the city of Hereford. The village lies west of the A465 road and just south of the B4348 road between Kingstone and Much Dewchurch.^[2]

The parish had a population of 33 in the 2001 UK Census^[1] and is grouped with Kingstone to form Kingstone & Thruxton Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.^[3]

The parish church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is mainly in the Decorated style.^[4]

References

1. "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001" (pdf). Herefordshire Council. 2004. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
2. Hereford & Ross-on-Wye (Explorer Map 189) (A2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2009, ISBN 978-0-319-24097-7
3. "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
4. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 300. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.

External links

• Village website
• Thruxton, GENUKI genealogy web portal
• List of monuments in the parish (most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public)