Avenbury
Coordinates: 52°10′32″N 2°29′47″W / 52.1755°N 2.49631°W
Avenbury is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is on the A465, just south of Bromyard, and by the River Frome.
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[edit] History
Avenbury was mentioned on the Domesday Book.[1] The village that was centred around the church of St Mary has now disappeared leaving the parish consisting 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]
[edit] Parish Church
The church was founded ca. 840 AD but rebuilt in Norman times; the tower was built in the 13th century.[4] The church was closed in 1931.[5] Many of the Baskerville family are buried in the churchyard. Three of the bells were rehung in St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, in 1933.[6]
In May 2007 the church, which had been acquired by a pagan[7] in the 1970s was put up for sale and a trust created to buy it for preservation.[4][8]
In June 2009 St Mary's church was bought by a local archaeologist.[9] In conjunction with English Heritage, restoration work on the church has commenced: St Mary's is a grade II* scheduled monument and is on the "Heritage at Risk Register".[10]
[edit] References
- ^ "Bromyard History". http://www.archenfield.com/Bromyard.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-31.[dead link]
- ^ "Bromyard Historical Society". http://www.bromyardhistorysociety.org.uk/avenbury.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Historic Herefordshire Online - Archaeological Records". http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/hsmr/db.php?SF=1&parish_1=AVENBURY. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ a b "Ledbury Reporter - Lottery Cash to buy Historic Church". 2007-11-02. http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/ledburynewsbromyard/display.var.1805667.0.lottery_cash_could_buy_ruined_church.php. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "BBC - Closure Date". http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/image_galleries/haunted_church_gallery.shtml?2. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Haunted London Richard Jones historic tours.". http://www.walksoflondon.co.uk/35/haunted-london-richard-jo.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Church's pagan owner warned". Hereford Times. 2007-09-10. http://archive.herefordtimes.com/2007/9/10/88497.html. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "Hope for derelict church". Hereford Times. 2007-09-10. http://archive.herefordtimes.com/2007/9/10/88497.html. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ The Hereford Times; 2009/08/06
- ^ http://risk.english-heritage.org.uk/default.aspx?id=1155&rt=1&pn=1&st=a&ctype=all&crit=Avenbury
- "BBC Interview at Church". http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/herefordandworcester/realmedia/video/avenbury_church?size=16x9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- "BBC Photos and Commentary". http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/image_galleries/haunted_church_gallery.shtml?1. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
[edit] External links
Media related to Avenbury at Wikimedia Commons
