Allensmore Explained

Official Name:Allensmore
Static Image Name:St Andrews Church, Allensmore, Hereford - geograph.org.uk - 1535129.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Andrew's Church
Coordinates:52.021°N -2.787°W
Country:England
Post Town:HEREFORD
Postcode Area:HR
Postcode District:HR2
Dial Code:01981
Os Grid Reference:SO4635
Population:566
Population Ref:(2011)[1]
Region:West Midlands

Allensmore is a village in Herefordshire, England. It is located on the A465 road about 4miles south-west of Hereford. The church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.[2]

History

The name 'Allensmore' derives from 'Alan's Moor'.[3] It has been suggested that Allensmore is the place referred to as More in the Domesday Book.[4] Cricketer Charles Littlehales was the parish Vicar from 1930 to at least 1941.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Parish population 2011. 27 October 2015.
  2. http://www.achurchnearyou.com/allensmore-st-andrew/ Allensmore: St Andrew - a Church near you
  3. Web site: Key to English Place Names - Allensmore . . 2021-12-01.
  4. http://www.archenfield.com/Allensmore.htm Archenfield Archaeology - Allensmore
  5. Web site: Allensmore Kellys Herefordshire and Shropshire Directory 1941 . www.parishmouse.co.uk . 31 October 2011 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120509074205/http://www.parishmouse.co.uk/herefordshire/parishes_a/allensmore/files/Allensmore_Kellys_Herefordshire_.html . 9 May 2012 .

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