Dinmore is a geographically small civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish had an estimated population in mid-2010 of 7, the smallest in the county.

History

The manor house was before

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the Preceptory of the

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incorporates 1189 are part of its manor house grounds. The preceptory's construction coincided with the advent of the common law and King Richard the Lionheart's reign who among counties and countries he saw, relatively often visited Herefordshire. The Knights were Hospitallers in the vanguard of the Crusades, whose order also helped fund the wars. The house has replaced the Norman England-built preceptory. In the grounds of this manor which replaced the preceptory's own farm is its ruined chapel which was in the late nineteenth century (heavily) restored and cut in length, seating 50. The chapel was built in the 14th century during the

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. It retains a recessed spire in the west tower.

Geography

The parish is of , with a large minority of woodland. It rises to 210 m at a short distance west of the present manor (preceptory). The lowest part, the east, sharply drops to the course of the upper River Lugg above

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which it flows through. It runs at about 60 m above sea level.

Farms

The main buildings in the parish are

Dinmore Manor Dinmore Manor House is a large rural house in a well-wooded, hilly part of Herefordshire in the least populous parish of the county, Dinmore. It was substantially rebuilt in late 16th century, altered around 1830 and extended around the year 19 ...

which operates a racehorse business and Upper Dinmore and Kipperknowle Farms, home of a herd of pedigree Limousin cattle.

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Civil parishes in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub

History

Geography

Farms

See also

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