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Willersley and Winforton
In or near Eardisley.
Willersley and Winforton in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Willersley and Winforton is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: River Wye SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Willersley and Winforton is a civil parish in west Herefordshire, England, and is approximately 14 miles (20 km) west-northwest from the city and county town of Hereford. The parish contains the village of Winforton and the farming hamlet of Willersley. The nearest towns are the market towns of Hay-on-Wye 5 miles (8 km) to the south-west, and Kington 6 miles (10 km) to the north. The physicist Sir Thomas Ralph Merton KBE, DSc, FRS, lived at Winforton during the Second World War.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
According to A Dictionary of British Place Names, Willersley derives from probably "a woodland clearing of a man called Wiglāff", from the Old English person name with 'lēah', and in the Domesday Book written as "Willaveslege". Winforton derives from probably a "farmstead or estate of a man called Winefrith" or "Winfrip", from the Old English person name with 'tūn', and in the Domesday Book written as "Widferdestune", and in 1265 as "Wynfreton". Thomas Blount, the antiquarian, described Willersley as very small, consisting of one house, but "standing very much on its antiquity, being reputed to pretend to a seniority before all, next the Minster of Hereford". The parish was given by the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.1166, -3.0275
- District
- Herefordshire, County of
- Parish
- Willersley and Winforton
- Postcode
- HR3 6SP
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Herefordshire
Sources
- wikidata: Q19845843 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Willersley and Winforton (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Winforton War Memorial
Memorials & monuments · 0.2 km
Winforton
Natural landmarks · 0.3 km
Willersley
Natural landmarks · 1.5 km
Eardisley Park
Historic houses · 1.7 km
Motte and bailey, N of Old Castleton
Literary houses · 1.9 km
Old Castleton
Castles · 2.0 km
Eardisley railway station
Heritage railway stations · 2.1 km
Merbach Hill
Mountains & hills · 2.3 km
Merbach Hill
Mountains & hills · 2.4 km
Eardisley Castle
Castles · 2.5 km
Whitney-on-Wye
Historic bridges · 2.7 km
Eardisley
Towns & cities · 2.8 km
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📷 4Frequently asked questions
- Where is Willersley and Winforton?
- Willersley and Winforton is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode HR3 6SP), in the parish of Willersley and Winforton.
- What is Willersley and Winforton?
- Willersley and Winforton in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Willersley and Winforton?
- Drivers can use postcode HR3 6SP.
- Is Willersley and Winforton a protected site?
- Yes — Willersley and Winforton is part of the River Wye SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Willersley and Winforton?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode HR3 6SP. It sits within the North Herefordshire parliamentary constituency.