Avenbury

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Coordinates: 52°10′32″N 2°29′47″W / 52.1755, -2.49631 Avenbury is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is on the A465, just south of Bromyard, and by the River Frome.

Avenbury was mentioned on the Doomsday Book.[1] The village that was centred around the church of St Mary has now disappeared leaving the parish comprised of a series of farms and hamlets.[2]

In the post-medieval period the village had a barn and several lime kilns as well as houses.[3]

The church was built c. 840 AD [4] and closed in 1931 [5] and is said to be haunted.[6] Many of the Baskerville family are buried in the churchyard. Three of the bells were rehung in St Andrew by the Wardrobe in 1933.[7]

In May 2007 the church, which had been acquired by a pagan [8] in the 1970s was put up for sale and a trust created to buy it for preservation.[9][4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Bromyard History. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  2. ^ Bromyard Historical Society. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  3. ^ Historic Herefordshire Online - Archaeological Records. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  4. ^ a b Ledbury Reporter - Lottery Cash to buy Historic Church (2007-11-02). Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  5. ^ BBC - Closure Date. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  6. ^ Hereford & Worcester - Paranormal Database Records. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  7. ^ Haunted London Richard Jones historic tours.. Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  8. ^ Hereford Times - Church's pagan owner warned (2007-09-10). Retrieved on 2007-12-31.
  9. ^ Hereford Times - Hope for derelict church (2007-09-10). Retrieved on 2007-12-31.