Almeley

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Almeley is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. Almeley is in the west of the county, about 18 miles north-west of Hereford and 13 miles south-west of Leominster. Its agriculture is largely based around sheep pasture and cider orchards. It has a largely fourteenth-century church, and is notable as the birthplace of Sir John Oldcastle, the original of Shakespeare's Falstaff. It received the award of "Best Kept Herefordshire Village" in 1990, and is often visited by tourists exploring the "Black and White Village Trail".