Westhide is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 5+1⁄4 miles (8.4 km) north-east of Hereford.[2] The parish had a population of 79 in the 2001 UK Census[1] and is grouped with Preston Wynne and Withington to form Withington Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.[3] The village lies on hilly farmland and to the south is Shucknall Hill.[4]
| Westhide | |
|---|---|
 Westhide Church | |
  Westhide Location within Herefordshire | |
| Population | 79 (Parish)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SO586440 |
| • London | 114 miles (183 km) ESE |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR1 |
| Dialling code | 01432 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and has a large but short 12th-century tower.[5] In the churchyard are the remains of a medieval preaching cross now topped by an 18th-century sundial.[6] It went through a major restoration during the nineteenth century by architect Thomas Blashill, FRIBA, which included an addition of a south-facing porch.[4]
The course of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal runs just north of the village.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001" (PDF). Herefordshire Council. 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b Leominster & Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 978-0-319-23759-5
- ^ "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ a b "St Bartholomew, Westhide, Herefordshire". The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland. king's College London. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.
- ^ "Churchyard Cross, Westhide". Herefordshire Through Time. Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
External links
edit- Westhide, GENUKI genealogy web portal
- List of monuments in the parish
- Most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public