Kimbolton, Herefordshire
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Coordinates: 52°14′56″N 2°41′56″W / 52.249°N 2.699°W
| Kimbolton | |
 St James the Great Church, Kimbolton |
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  Kimbolton Kimbolton shown within Herefordshire | |
| Population | 434 |
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| Unitary authority | Herefordshire |
| Ceremonial county | Herefordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Leominster |
| Postcode district | HR6 |
| Dialling code | 01568 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | North Herefordshire |
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Kimbolton is a village and parish in Herefordshire, England, around 3 miles (5 km) north east of Leominster and 15 miles (24 km) north of Hereford. The village is next to the A49 road. [1] The church is dedicated to St James, has 13th-century features and has two Norman windows in the chancel. The spire is shingled.[2]
Bath Camp, a small Iron Age hill fort, lies on a ridge above the Whyte Brook about 1.5 miles (2 km) south east of the church.[2][3]
The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 434.[4]
References
- ↑ https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=kimbolton,+herefordshire&ie=UTF-8&ei=j-UsUMPdE8TmtQb1hIHIAg&ved=0CFMQ_AUoAg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. Yale University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0300096095.
- ↑ Leominster and Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 9780319237595
- ↑ "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics.
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