Leinthall Earls or Leinthall Earles is a village in Aymestrey civil parish, Herefordshire, England.
| Leinthall Earls | |
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 Timber-framed cottage in Leinthall Earls with jettying and brick nogging | |
  Leinthall Earls Location within Herefordshire | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Leominster |
| Postcode district | HR6 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Parish church
editThe earliest parts of the Church of England parish church or St Andrew are 12th-century[1] Norman.[2] It is part of a single benefice with the parishes of Aymestrey and Kingsland.[3]
Quarry
editLeinthall Earls Quarry is north of the village. Up to 2,000 tonnes of aggregate are quarried there daily. A geological fault runs roughly southwest – northeast just south of the quarry, and is downthrown to the south.[4]
References
edit- ^ RCHME, ed. (1934). An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire. Vol. 3, North West. London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. pp. 9–15.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). Herefordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 221.
- ^ Archbishops' Council (2015). "Leinthall Earles: St Andrew, Leinthall Earles". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
- ^ "Leinthall Earls Quarry". Aggregates of Herefordshire. Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
52°18′N 2°49′W / 52.300°N 2.817°W
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