Ashperton

Ashperton

Thatched cottage in Ashperton
Ashperton
 Ashperton shown within Herefordshire
Population 226 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO6441
Shire countyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Ledbury
Postcode district HR8
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire

Coordinates: 52°04′N 2°31′W / 52.07°N 02.52°W / 52.07; -02.52

Ashperton is a small village about twelve miles east of Hereford, in Herefordshire, England.

Location

The village is on the A417 road, the route of a Roman road from Gloucester, in rolling Herefordshire countryside. Villages nearby include Monkhide, Tarrington and Canon Frome.

Attractions

Ashperton is mentioned in the Domesday Book under Radlow hundred in Herefordshire. The book, which was written in 1086, said:

The same William[2] holds Ashperton Wulfwig held it of Earl Harold and could go where he would. There are five and a half hides paying geld. In demesne are four ploughs and six villans and two bordars with three ploughs and thirteen slaves and twenty acres of meadow. There is woodland one league square. It was and is worth 110 shillings.[3]

The village has a site of a Norman castle and moat and a church, St Bartholomew's. The disused Hereford and Gloucester Canal runs nearby. The village has a mix of black and white cottages and 1970s housing.

The village is home to a large poultry site (owned by Cranberry Foods) which mainly is used as a brood and move site for turkeys. It is also occasionally used for rearing intensive broiler (meat) chickens.

The local cricket club is Canon Frome Cricket Club.

References

  1. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. ↑ William FitzBaderon held several manors in Herefordshire including Ruardean, Whitwick, Munsley and Walsopthorne.
  3. ↑ Domesday Book, a complete translation, Ann Williams and G.H. Martin (Eds), p751, ISBN 0-14-051535-6, 2002

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