Collington is a village and
civil parish
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north east of
Hereford
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, in the county of
Herefordshire
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, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 61. The parish touches
Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe
Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe is a civil parish in north-east Herefordshire, England, and is approximately north-east from the city and county town of Hereford. The nearest town is Bromyard, to the south-west. Within the parish is a George Gilbe ...
,
Edwyn Ralph
Edwyn Ralph or Edvin Ralph is a village and civil parish north east of Hereford, in the county of Herefordshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 192. The parish touches Bromyard and Winslow, Collington, Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe ...
,
Stoke Bliss
Stoke Bliss is a small village and civil parish (with a shared parish council with neighbouring Kyre and Bockleton) in the Malvern Hills district of the county of Worcestershire
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,
Tedstone Wafer
Tedstone Wafer is a village and civil parish north east of Hereford, in the county of Herefordshire, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 112. The parish touches Collington, Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe, Lower Sapey, Norton, Tedstone De ...
,
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and
Wolferlow
Wolferlow is a village and civil parish in northern Herefordshire, England, about north of Bromyard.
In the fourteenth century the manor of Wolfelow belonged to the Earl of March; about 1310 it was granted to Walter de Thornbury, a retainer o ...
. Collington shares a parish council with Edwyn Ralph and Thornbury called "Thornbury Group Parish Council".
Landmarks
There are 7
listed buildings in Collington. Collington has a church called St Mary.
History
The name "Collington" means 'Farm/settlement connected with Cola/Col'. Collington was recorded in the
Domesday Book
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as ''Col(l)intune''. On 24 March 1884 Combe's Wood Houses (which had 1 house in 1891) was transferred from the parish of Edvin Loach to the parish.
References
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Villages in Herefordshire
Civil parishes in Herefordshire
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