Thornbury, Herefordshire

Village in Herefordshire, England

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Human settlement in England

Thornbury

Thornbury

Location within Herefordshire

Population| 197 (2011 census)
Unitary authority|

* Herefordshire

Shire county|

* Herefordshire

Region|

* West Midlands

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| Bromyard
Postcode district| HR7
Police| West Mercia
Fire| Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance| West Midlands
UK Parliament|

* North Herefordshire

List of places

England
Herefordshire

52°14′02″N 2°33′22″W﻿ / ﻿52.234°N 2.556°W﻿ / 52.234; -2.556

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.

## Hill forts

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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]

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thornbury, Herefordshire.

1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
2. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1001748)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
3. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1002942)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

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Iron Age hillforts in England

Bedfordshire|

* Mowsbury Hill
* Maiden Bower

Berkshire|

* Bussock Camp
* Caesar's Camp
* Grimsbury Castle
* Membury Camp
* Perborough Castle
* Walbury Camp

Bristol|

* Clifton Camp
* Kings Weston Hill

Buckinghamshire|

* Boddington Camp
* Cholesbury Camp
* Desborough Castle

Cambridgeshire|

* Stonea Camp
* Wandlebury Ring

Cheshire|

* Bradley
* Eddisbury
* Helsby Hill
* Kelsborrow Castle
* Maiden Castle
* Oakmere
* Woodhouse Hill

Cornwall|

* Black Head
* Cadson Bury
* Caer Bran
* Castallack Round
* Castle an Dinas
* Castle Dore
* Castle Goff
* Chûn Castle
* Dodman Point
* Giant's Castle
* Kelly Rounds
* Kelsey Head
* Lescudjack
* Lesingey Round
* Maen Castle
* Padderbury Top
* Prideaux Castle
* Rame Head
* The Rumps
* Trencrom Hill
* Trereen Dinas
* Treryn Dinas
* Trevelgue Head
* Warbstow Bury

Cumbria|

* Carrock Fell
* Castle Crag

Derbyshire|

* Fin Cop
* Mam Tor

Dorset|

* Abbotsbury Castle
* Badbury Rings
* Banbury Hill
* Buzbury Rings
* Chalbury Hillfort
* Coney's Castle
* Dudsbury Camp
* Dungeon Hill
* Eggardon Hill
* Flower's Barrow
* Hambledon Hill
* Hod Hill
* Lambert's Castle
* Lewesdon Hill
* Maiden Castle
* Pilsdon Pen
* Poundbury Hill
* Woodbury Hill
* Woolsbarrow

East Sussex|

* Hollingbury Castle
* Mount Caburn

Essex|

* Ambresbury Banks
* Danish Camp
* Loughton Camp

Gloucestershire|

* Cleeve Hill
* Kimsbury Camp
* Uley Bury

Greater Manchester|

* Mellor hill fort

Hampshire|

* Ashleys Copse
* Buckland Rings
* Bury Hill
* Caesar's Camp
* Castle Hill
* Chilworth Ring
* Danebury
* Dunwood Camp
* Frankenbury Camp
* The Frith
* Gorley Hill
* Hamble Common Camp
* King John's Hill
* Knoll Camp
* Ladle Hill
* Lockerley Camp
* Norsebury Ring
* Old Winchester Hill
* Oram's Arbour
* Quarley Hill
* St. Catherine's Hill
* Tidbury Ring
* Toothill Fort
* Whitsbury Castle
* Woolbury

Herefordshire|

* Aconbury Camp
* Brandon Camp
* British Camp
* Capler Camp
* Croft Ambrey
* Dinedor Camp
* Garmsley Camp
* Ivington Camp
* Poston Camp
* Sutton Walls
* Wapley Hill

Hertfordshire|

* Arbury Banks
* Wilbury Hill Camp

Kent|

* Bigbury Camp
* Oldbury Camp

Lancashire|

* Castercliff
* Portfield
* Warton Crag

Leicestershire|

* Burrough Hill

Norfolk|

* Bloodgate Hill
* Holkham Camp
* Warham Camp

North Yorkshire|

* Eston Nab
* Maiden Castle
* Stanwick Camp

Northamptonshire|

* Borough Hill
* Hunsbury Hill
* Rainsborough Camp

Northumberland|

* Castle Knowe
* Humbleton Hill
* Yeavering Bell

Oxfordshire|

* Blewburton Hill
* Cherbury Camp
* Hardwell Castle
* Uffington Castle

Shropshire|

* Bayston Hill
* Bury Ditches
* Bury Walls
* Caer Caradoc, Church Stretton
* Caer Caradog, Chapel Lawn
* Caus Castle
* Coxall Knoll
* Nordy Bank
* Old Oswestry
* The Wrekin

Somerset|

* Cadbury Castle, South Cadbury
* King's Castle, Wiveliscombe

South Yorkshire|

* Carl Wark
* Wincobank

Staffordshire|

* Berry Ring
* Berth Hill
* Bury Bank
* Castle Ring
* Kinver Edge Hillfort

Surrey|

* Caesar's Camp
* Hascombe Hill
* Holmbury Hill

West Sussex|

* Chanctonbury Ring
* Cissbury Ring
* Goosehill Camp
* Harting Beacon
* Highdown Hill
* Thundersbarrow Hill
* The Trundle
* Torberry Hill

West Yorkshire|

* Castle Hill

Wiltshire|

* Ashleys Copse
* Barbury Castle
* Battlesbury Camp
* Bratton Castle
* Bury Camp
* Castle Ditches
* Casterley Camp
* Castle Rings
* Chisbury
* Chiselbury
* Chisenbury Camp
* Clearbury Ring
* Cley Hill
* Fosbury Camp
* Grovely Castle
* Knook Castle
* Liddington Castle
* Membury Camp
* Old Sarum
* Ringsbury Camp
* Roundway Down
* Scratchbury Camp
* Sidbury Hill
* Vespasian's Camp
* Winkelbury Camp
* Yarnbury Castle

Worcestershire|

* Berrow Hill Camp
* Berry Mound
* Bredon Hill
* British Camp
* Conderton Camp
* Drakelow
* Gadbury Bank
* Hanbury Hill
* Headless Cross
* Midsummer Hill
* Woodbury Hill
* Wychbury Ring

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