Kimbolton, Herefordshire

Kimbolton
St James the Great Church, Kimbolton
Kimbolton Location within Herefordshire
Population	472
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Ceremonial county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Leominster
Postcode district	HR6
Dialling code	01568
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	North Herefordshire

Kimbolton is a village and parish in Herefordshire, England, around 3 miles (5 km) north east of Leominster and 15 miles (24 km) north of Hereford. The village is on the A4112 road, near its junction with the A49 road.[1] The church is dedicated to St James, has 13th-century features and has two Norman windows in the chancel. The spire is shingled.[2]

Bath Camp, a small Iron Age hill fort, lies on a ridge above the Whyte Brook about 1.5 miles (2 km) south east of the church.[2][3]

The parish had a population in mid-2010 of 434,[4] increasing to 472 at the 2011 Census.[5]

The village has a pub, The Stockton Cross[6] and a Primary School[7] with a separate Early Years nursery on site. There is also a village hall.[8]

Kimbolton Chapel (now Kimbolton St James church) is one of the rumoured burial sites for Owain Glyndwr.

References

1. "Google Maps".
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. Yale University Press. p. 204. ISBN 978-0300096095.
3. Leominster and Bromyard (Explorer Maps) (A1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 9780319237595
4. "Mid-2010 Civil Parish SYOA population estimates for England and Wales" (xls). Office for National Statistics.
5. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
6. McGuire, Jim (19 August 2019). "The Stockton Cross | The Stockton Cross". thestocktoncross.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
7. "KImbolton St James CE Primary School". kimboltonstjames. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
8. Penny, Stewart. "Kimbolton Village Hall". Herefordshire Council. Retrieved 3 January 2021.