Vowchurch
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Vowchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated in the Golden Valley, on the River Dore. The village is about southwest of Hereford. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163, increasing to 176 according to the 2011 census.
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- UK place.official_name
- Vowchurch
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Vowchurch - geograph.org.uk - 763414.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Vowchurch
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Hereford & 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
- SO3636
- UK place.unitary_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Herefordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.population
- 176
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Herefordshire
- Population
- 176
- Image
- St Bartholomews Church, Vowchurch - geograph.org.uk - 1555281.jpg
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Vowchurch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, situated in the Golden Valley, on the River Dore. The village is about southwest of Hereford. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 163, increasing to 176 according to the 2011 census.
The place-name 'Vowchurch' is first attested in the Taxatio Ecclesiastica of 1291, where it appears as Fowchirche. The name means 'multi-coloured church', from the Old English fāg meaning 'multi-coloured'. The same derivation is found in Frome Vauchurch in Dorset.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vowchurch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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