Kenchester

Kenchester is a parish in , England. It is about 5.5 miles west-northwest of . Kenchester is near the Romano-British town of , and was once part of the Angles' Magonsæte kingdom. The Church of St Michael is a Grade I listed building.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Village with 64 residents
  • Description: hamlet and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Kenchester (civil parish), Herefordshire” and “Kenchester, Herefordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Magnis and Church of St Michael.

Archaeological site
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Magnae, sometimes Magnae Dobunnorum to distinguish it from the Magnae of the Carvetii on in northern Britain, was a Romano-British town and an important market centre for the British Dobunni tribe, located near modern-day Kenchester in , .

Church
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Park
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is a National Trust property near Swainshill, , lying alongside the 5 mi west of on the A438 road. The garden covers 10 acres, and was the creation of its prior owner, Roger Parr, and his head gardener, William Boulter.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Credenhill and Bishopstone.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England. The population of this civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 2,271.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in , England, 10 km west of , near the and the Roman town of . According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 199, increasing to 208 at the 2011 census.

Hamlet
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is a village and civil parish in , England, 10 km west of , on the . The village consists of 12 households and has a 12th century parish church, St.

Kenchester

Latitude
52.0813° or 52° 4′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.82189° or 2° 49′ 19″ west
Population
64
Elevation
266 feet (81 metres)
Open location code
9C4V35JH+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 604123426
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
6942444
Wiki­data ID
Q1976900
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Turkish—“Kenchester” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Kenchester”
  • Bulgarian: “Кенчестер”
  • Cebuano: “Kenchester”
  • Dutch: “Kenchester”
  • French: “Kenchester”
  • Irish: “Kenchester”
  • Latin: “Caradocia”
  • Latin: “Kenecestria”
  • Polish: “Kenchester”
  • Swedish: “Kenchester”
  • Turkish: “Kenchester”
  • “Kenchester”

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