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Ewyas Harold

Village in Herefordshire, England

Field	Value
country	England
region	West Midlands
shire_district	Herefordshire
shire_county	Herefordshire
static_image_name	Ewyas Harold church.jpg
static_image_caption	St. Michael and All Angels Church
coordinates
population	883
population_ref	(2011 Census)
constituency_westminster	Hereford and South Herefordshire
postcode_district	HR2
postcode_area	HR
post_town	Hereford

Ewyas Harold () is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire, England, near the Wales-England border about halfway between Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Hereford. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 census was 883. It lies on the Dulas brook, and is contiguous with the neighbouring village of Pontrilas.

The village is on the site of Ewyas Harold Castle, of which only the motte remains. Its name derives from the Welsh kingdom of Ewyas and from Harold, son of Ralph the Timid (Earl of Hereford), and great-grandson of King Æthelred the Unready.

Ewyas Harold parish has a large area of common land rich in wildlife and ancient meadow saffron, a leftover from cultivation by the monks at Dore Abbey. Some villagers have commoner's rights.

The village has a school, a fire station and a redundant Catholic church. The Church of England ministry of St. Michael and All Angels is now linked with that of several neighbouring parishes. It is the nearest village to the Pontrilas Army Training Area.

References

Sources

Bannister, Arthur Thomas, The history of Ewias Harold, its castle, priory, and church (Hereford 1902)

References

(1990). "BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names". The University Press.
"Civil Parish population 2011".
(1916). "The place-names of Herefordshire". Cambridge University Press.
[[Ann Williams (historian). Ann Williams]], ‘Ralph, Earl of Hereford (d. 1057)’, ''[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]'', Oxford University Press, 2004, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23045, accessed 26 October 2011]
(15 February 2015). "Church to be turned into a health centre". Hereford Times.

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