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Cusop

Cusop is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England that lies at the foot of Cusop Hill next to the town of in Wales. It is a short walk from Hay, the distance between bus stops, and can be reached by walking or driving out of Hay towards , and turning right into Cusop Dingle.
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Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 384 residents
  • Description: village in Herefordshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Cusop, Herefordshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hay Castle and St Mary’s Church.

Castle
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of in , . Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late 11th or the early 12th centuries.

Church
Photo: Philip Pankhurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary's is an Anglican in , , Wales. Separated by a deep dingle, which probably was formerly a moat, it is situated westward of the town centre, on an steep eminence near to the .

Castle
Photo: LiamGM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
was built by the Normans after the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, probably after the Norman invasion of Wales in 1081, but before 1215.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hay-on-Wye and Clyro.

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is a small town with a population of about 1,900 in , on the River Wye, very close to the border and within the borders of .

Village
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is a village and community in , , Wales, with 781 inhabitants as of the 2011 UK Census. The nearest town is , some 1.5 miles to the south-east.

Village
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is a village and community in , Wales on the edge of the , north of the Black Mountains, Wales. The community population was 478.

Cusop

Latitude
52.0666° or 52° 3′ 60″ north
Longitude
-3.111° or 3° 6′ 40″ west
Population
384
Elevation
1,001 feet (305 metres)
Open location code
9C4R3V8Q+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29271060
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7298059
Wiki­data ID
Q1824303
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Cusop” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوسوب”
  • Cebuano: “Cusop”
  • Dutch: “Cusop”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوسوب”
  • French: “Cusop”
  • Hebrew: “קיוזופ”
  • Irish: “Cusop”
  • Ladin: “Cusop”
  • Polish: “Cusop”
  • Swedish: “Cusop”
  • Turkish: “Cusop”
  • Welsh: “Cusop”

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Highlights include St Mary’s (Cusop Parish Church) and Ponti-y-baker Woodland.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cusop”. Photo: Tim Heaton, CC BY-SA 2.0.