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Thornbury is a village in Herefordshire, England, 5.5 km (3.4 mi) north of the town of Bromyard. The population of the village as taken at the 2011 census was 197.[1] The village has one church. To the north of Thornbury is Thornbury Court. Two tributaries of the River Frome surround the village.

Thornbury
Thornbury
Location within Herefordshire
Population197 (2011 census)
Unitary authority
Shire county
  • Herefordshire
Region
  • West Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBromyard
Postcode districtHR7
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
  • North Herefordshire
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
52.234°N 2.556°W / 52.234; -2.556

Hill forts


There are two hill forts near the village. Nine hundred metres east of the village is Wall Hills Camp, an oval enclosure about 484 m long by 322 m wide, covering 9 hectares. The bank is up to 12.5 m high with an outer ditch.[2]

Two kilometres north of the village and just over the border in Worcestershire is Garmsley Hill fort, enclosing an area about 330 m long and 150 m wide. The walls are about 10 m wide, up to 5 m high from the interior and about 11 m higher than the land outside. Roman bricks marked with the Roman numeral V have been found there.[3]


References


  1. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1001748)". National Heritage List for England.
  3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1002942)". National Heritage List for England.





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