Westhide

Westhide

Westhide Church
Westhide
Westhide shown within Herefordshire
Population 79 (Parish)[1]
OS grid reference SO586440
• London 175 km
Civil parish
  • Westhide
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town HEREFORD
Postcode district HR1
Dialling code 01432
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK Parliament

Westhide is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, 9 km north east of Hereford.[2] The parish had a population of 79 in the 2001 UK Census[1] and is grouped with Preston Wynne and Withington to form Withington Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.[3]

The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and has a large but short 12th-century tower.[4] In the churchyard are the remains of a medieval preaching cross now topped by an 18th-century sundial.[5]

The course of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal runs just north of the village.[2]

More information is to be found on the Group Parish's website http://www.withingtongroupparishes.co.uk.

References

  1. 1 2 "Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001" (pdf). Herefordshire Council. 2004. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  2. 1 2 Leominster & Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 978-0-319-23759-5
  3. ↑ "List of Parish Councils and Contacts" (xls). Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.
  5. ↑ "Churchyard Cross, Westhide". Herefordshire Through Time. Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
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