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.
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Population | 197 (2011 census) |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Bromyard |
Postcode district | HR7 |
Police | West Mercia |
Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
Ambulance | West Midlands |
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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]
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