Where is Willersley and Winforton?

Willersley and Winforton is in Mid Wales, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.1166°, -3.0275°.

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Willersley and Winforton

Willersley and Winforton in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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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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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.

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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…

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