Whitchurch, Herefordshire
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| Whitchurch | |
| Welsh: Llandywynnog | |
  Whitchurch shown within Herefordshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| Unitary authority | Herefordshire |
| Ceremonial county | Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | ROSS-ON-WYE |
| Postcode district | HR9 |
| Dialling code | 01600 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| European Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Hereford |
| List of places: UK • England • Herefordshire | |
Whitchurch (Welsh: Llandywynnog) is a village in Herefordshire named after the church of Saint Dubricius which was originally white in colour.
Within the village is the Old Court Hotel which was originally the ancestral home of the Gwillam family, and was lived in for a while by John Graves Simcoe first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791-1796 and founder of Toronto, who married Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim. The town of Whitchurch-Stouffville in Ontario derives its name from this village; it was created by the merger of Stouffville with Whitchurch Township, named by Simcoe after the village of his wife's birth.
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