Thornbury, Herefordshire Explained

Official Name:Thornbury
Country:England
Region:West Midlands
Unitary England:Herefordshire
Shire County:Herefordshire
Coordinates:52.234°N -2.556°W
Constituency Westminster:North Herefordshire
Static Image Name:Cottage at Thornbury - geograph.org.uk - 492644.jpg
Postcode District:HR7
Postcode Area:HR
Post Town:Bromyard
Population:197
Population Ref:(2011 census)

Thornbury is a village in Herefordshire, England, north of the town of Bromyard. The population of the village as taken at the 2011 census was 197.[1] The village has one church. To the north of Thornbury is Thornbury Court. Two tributaries of the River Frome surround the village.

Hill forts

There are two hill forts near the village. Nine hundred metres east of the village is Wall Hills Camp, an oval enclosure about 484 m long by 322 m wide, covering 9 hectares. The bank is up to 12.5 m high with an outer ditch.

Two kilometres north of the village and just over the border in Worcestershire is Garmsley Hill fort, enclosing an area about 330 m long and 150 m wide. The walls are about 10 m wide, up to 5 m high from the interior and about 11 m higher than the land outside. Roman bricks marked with the Roman numeral V have been found there.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 28 October 2015.