Hope under Dinmore

Hope under Dinmore

Hope under Dinmore - the old village
Hope under Dinmore
 Hope under Dinmore shown within Herefordshire
Population 412 
Unitary authorityHerefordshire
Ceremonial countyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Leominster
Postcode district HR6
Dialling code 01568
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentNorth Herefordshire
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Coordinates: 52°10′N 2°43′W / 52.17°N 2.72°W / 52.17; -2.72

Hope under Dinmore is a village and parish in Herefordshire, England. The village is located on the A49 road, 4 miles (6 km) south of Leominster and 9 miles (14 km) north of Hereford, and on the Welsh Marches railway line. The railway passes under Dinmore Hill through the split-level 1,051-yard (961 m) long Dinmore Tunnel.[1] The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 343,[2] increasing to 412 at the 2011 Census.[3]

Most of the population of the village is centred in the housing estate called Cherrybrook Close, but the village extends up two roads. One road leads to Westhope Common.

The 15th-century Hampton Court castle lies east of the village. It was the ancestral home of the Earl Coningsby. [4]

Dinmore Manor, in a valley south west of the hill, was founded as a preceptory of the Knights of St John of Jerusalem.[5] It is the private residence of mobile phone tycoon Martin Dawes and no longer open to the general public.[6]

Winsley House, in the west of the parish, is a Grade II listed 14th-century farmhouse with later additions.[7]

The River Lugg crossed by the Welsh Marches Line near Dinmore railway station.

References

  1. ↑ Leominster and Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 9780319237595
  2. ↑ "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics.
  3. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Hampton Court" (PDF).
  5. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300096095.
  6. ↑ Kay, Richard (2008-10-03). "£1m battle of Charles' pal". Daily Mail. London. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Winsley House (1082031)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 23 July 2015.

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