Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor

The Church of St John the Baptist is a Church of England parish church at Eastnor in the English county of Herefordshire. Of 12th century origins, the church was completely rebuilt between 1851 and 1852 by George Gilbert Scott for John Somers-Cocks, 2nd Earl Somers.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Eastnor, Herefordshire, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of St John the Baptist”, “Saint John the Baptist”, and “St John the Baptist’s, Eastnor, Herefordshire”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eastnor Castle and Eastnor Deer Park.

Eastnor Castle

Castle

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastnor Castle, Eastnor, Herefordshire, is a 19th-century mock castle. Eastnor was built for John Cocks, 1st Earl Somers, who employed Robert Smirke, later the main architect of the British Museum. Eastnor Castle is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor.

Eastnor Deer Park

Nature reserve

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Eastnor Deer Park is a nature reserve.

Bronsil Castle

Ruins

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bronsil Castle was a fortified manor house about 1 mile to the east of Eastnor in Herefordshire, England near Ledbury). It is a Grade II* listed building, first listed in 1967. Bronsil Castle is situated 1 mile east of Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eastnor and Ledbury.

Eastnor

Village

Photo: Pauline Eccles, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastnor is a village in Herefordshire, England, 2 mi east of Ledbury and the same distance from the tripoint of the county with Worcestershire and Gloucestershire. Eastnor Castle built by Earl Somers is within its medieval-founded parish which it is named after.

Ledbury

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Ledbury is a market town and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills. Its population was 9,109 at the 2021 UK census.

Hollybush Hill

Village

Photo: Bob Embleton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hollybush Hill is situated in the range of Malvern Hills that runs approximately 13 kilometres north–south along the Herefordshire–Worcestershire border. It lies to the east of Midsummer Hill. It has an elevation of 242 metres. Hollybush Hill is situated 2 miles east of Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor.

Church of St John the Baptist, Eastnor

Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Eastnor, Herefordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.0328° or 52° 1′ 58″ north

Longitude

-2.39305° or 2° 23′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C4V2JM4+4Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 438335837

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=anglican

Wikidata ID

Q17530250

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