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The tower of Aymestry's church was built in the 14th century
Aymestrey (pronunciation: /ˈeɪmstɹiː/ AYM-stree) is a village and civil parish in north-western Herefordshire, England. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 351.[1]
Location[]
It is located on the A4110 road, about 7 miles north-west of Leominster and 8 miles south-west of the historic market town of Ludlow, in south Shropshire. The village is on the River Lugg.
Amenities and history[]
Aymestrey is home to several homes and cottages,[2] a church,[3] a village hall[4] and a pub or Inn: The Riverside Inn,[5] situated next to River Lugg[6] just off the main road.
The Mortimer Trail[7] waymarked recreational walk passes through the village.
The skull and other bones from the Aymestrey burial, at Leominster Museum
In 1987, the Aymestrey burial, an Early Bronze Age, beaker cist, was discovered during gravel working.[8] It has science been recreated at Leominster Museum.
References[]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11120268&c=aymestrey+cp&d=16&e=62&g=6386048&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1445978174938&enc=1. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219784 geograph.org.uk
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/635376 geograph.org.uk
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219796 geograph.org.uk
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219810 geograph.org.uk
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/219775 geograph.org.uk
- ^ http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71159 geograph.org.uk
- ^ "Herefordshire Through Time - Monument Detail". Herefordshire County Council. http://htt.herefordshire.gov.uk/smrSearch/Monuments/Monument_Item.aspx?ID=7060. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
External links[]
- http://www.Aymestrey.org - Aymestrey Community Website
- http://www.theriversideinn.org - The Riverside Inn at Aymestrey
- Aymestrey on Google Maps: Hybrid, Map
- Aymestrey in the Domesday Book
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