Moccas is a village and
civil parish
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in the
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county of
Herefordshire
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. It is located west of
Hereford
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. The population of the civil parish taken at the
2011 census was 105.
The parish is mainly farmland with a number of woods, including Woodbury Hill Wood and the Moccas Park Deer Park (though mostly in
Dorstone
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parish). The
parish church
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of St Michael is well known as the site of the very early
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Moccas Monastery
Moccas Monastery was an early mediaeval monastery near Moccas in Herefordshire, England
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, founded by Saint
Dubricius in the 6th century,
as recorded in the ''
Book of Llandaff''. The church has a notable monument to the de Fresnes family, lords of the manor in the 14th century.
Moccas Court
Moccas Court is an 18th-century country house which sits in sloping grounds overlooking the River Wye north of the village of Moccas, Herefordshire, England. It is now a luxury guest house and function venue.
The house was built in 1775–81 by t ...
, north of the village, replaced the old
manor house
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which once stood next to the church. It is a fine
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country house
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, now a
hotel
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, built between 1776 and 1783 for the
Cornewall family by the architect
Anthony Keck
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Life
Keck was born at Randwick, Gloucestershire in 1726 He designed in the "austere ...
.
The name Moccas probably derives from the Welsh Moch-rhos, meaning pig land, according to the Moccas village history website.
References
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External links
Photos of Moccas and surrounding area on geographHistory of Moccas in HerefordshireMoccas Court
Villages in Herefordshire
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