Penrhos, Herefordshire
| Penrhos | |
|---|---|
 A44 at Penrhos Farm | |
  Penrhos Location within Herefordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SO315565 |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KINGTON |
| Postcode district | HR5 |
| Dialling code | 01544 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Penrhos is an area or hamlet at the top of the hill east of Kington, Herefordshire near the Welsh border. In the area there are a small number of buildings including Penrhos Farm[1] and Penrhos Court.[2]
Toponymy
[edit]The name is derived from the Welsh words pen and rhos and means "head (top) of the moor".[3]
History
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Penrhos Court originated around the late 13th century with a large cruck dwelling. Generations of owners have added more buildings and at one stage it became a small hamlet of half a dozen dwellings. Farm barns were added which formed a squared of ancient farm building surrounding a courtyard with a puddle duck pond and a well in the middle. Records of 1752 refer to the area as Penrose, in 1841 as Penrhose, in 1850 again as Penrose being a farm of 213 acres (0.86 km2), then 1880 as the first reference to the Welsh name of Penrhos which it is still now known by.
Notable people
[edit]Many famous people have stayed at Penrhos Court including Queen, Led Zeppelin, Mike Oldfield and Terry Jones of Monty Python.[4]
Queen stayed there for a couple of weeks in August 1975 to rehearse their album A Night at the Opera (which features the hit "You're My Best Friend" and the legendary "Bohemian Rhapsody") before embarking to Rockfield Studios in Monmouth.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.penrhosfarm.co.uk Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Penrhos".
- ^ "Monmouthshire place names". halefamily.net.
- ^ Jones, Alison (10 April 2015). "A former celebrity hideaway in Herefordshire is poised for a new lease of life". birminghampost.
- ^ Bell, Max (13 December 2019). "Queen: A Night At The Opera - Behind The Albums | uDiscoverMusic".
External links
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