Orcop
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Orcop is a village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England. It lies 9.4 miles west of Ross-on-Wye, and 10.2 miles south of the county town, Hereford.
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Place details
- Locality
- Orcop Hill
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Orcop
- UK place.civil_parish
- Hereford
- UK place.population
- 417
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.unitary_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hereford and South Herefordshire
- UK place.post_town
- HEREFORD
- UK place.postcode_area
- HR
- UK place.postcode_district
- HR2
- UK place.dial_code
- 01981
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SO 474 262
- UK place.static_image_name
- Orcop church.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Orcop church
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Herefordshire
- Population
- 417
- Image
- Orcop church.jpg
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Attractions and amenities
- The Fountain Inn
- Orcop Village Hall
- Farming and agriculture
- Walking
- Shops
- References
Orcop is a village and civil parish in south Herefordshire, England. It lies 9.4 miles west of Ross-on-Wye, and 10.2 miles south of the county town, Hereford.
It has a well-preserved early Norman motte-and-bailey castle and a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist which has a chancel built around 1300, and a tower that was added early in the 16th century. The larger village of Orcop Hill is nearby, which is considered part of the broader "Orcop" area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orcop” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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