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| Name | Aymestrey |
| Alt names | Aymestrey | source: from redirect | | Elmodestreu | source: Domesday Book (1985) p 129 | | Aymestry | source: spelling variation | | Leinthall-Earls | source: township in parish | | Leinthall Earls | source: alternate spelling | | Nether-Lye | source: township in parish | | Nether Lye | source: alternate spelling | | Over-Lye | source: township in parish | | Over Lye | source: alternate spelling | | Shirley | source: township in parish | | Covenhope | source: township in parish | | Conhope | source: township in parish |
| Type | Parish (ancient), Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 52.283°N 2.85°W |
| Located in | Herefordshire, England |
| Also located in | Hereford and Worcester, England (1974 - 1998) | | Herefordshire, England (1998 - ) |
| See also | Stretford Hundred, Herefordshire, England | hundred covering part of the parish | | Wigmore Hundred, Herefordshire, England | hundred covering part of the parish | | Wigmore Rural, Herefordshire, England | rural district 1894-1930 | | Leominster and Wigmore Rural, Herefordshire, England | rural district 1930-1974 |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Aymestrey (pronounced "AYM-stree") is a village and civil parish in northwestern Herefordshire, England. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 UK census was 351.
It is located on the A4110 road, about 7 miles northwest of Leominster and 8 miles southwest of the historic market town of Ludlow, in south Shropshire. The village is on the River Lugg.
Aymestrey was part both of the Stretford Hundred and the Wigmore Hundred. It was in the Wigmore Rural District 1894-1930 and in the Leominster and Wigmore Rural District 1930-1974.
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Aymestrey from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "AYMESTREY, a township and a parish in Leominster [registration] district, Hereford[shire]. The township lies on the river Lug, 3½ miles NNW of Kingsland [railway] station, and 7 NW of Leominster. The village in it is pleasant; the neighbouring banks of the Lug are singularly rich and beautiful; and a circumjacent limestone formation is famous for fossils picked up either in quarries or on the public road. Real property: £1,893. The parish includes also the townships of Leinthall-Earls, Nether-Lye, Over-Lye, Yatton, Shirley, and Covenhope or Conhope; and its Post Town is Kingsland, Herefordshire. Acres: 6,349. Real property, with Elton and Leinthall-Starkes: £8,324. Population: 855. Houses: 178. The property is much sub divided. Traces of Roman and British camps are near the village. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value: £249. Patron: the Lord Chancellor. The church is good. The [perpetual] curacy of Leinthall-Earls is a separate charge. Two endowed schools, an almshouse, and other charities, have aggregately an income of £50."
Yatton can be found as Yatton (near Much Marcle).
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Categories: Herefordshire, England | Aymestrey, Herefordshire, England | Stretford Hundred, Herefordshire, England | Wigmore Hundred, Herefordshire, England | Wigmore Rural, Herefordshire, England | Leominster and Wigmore Rural, Herefordshire, England |
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