Much Birch is a village and
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
, England, between
Hereford and
Ross-on-Wye
Ross-on-Wye ( Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye ...
.
The parish includes the settlements of
Kings Thorn, Much Birch and parts of
Wormelow.
The village extends for about along the
A49, a busy trunk road running from the border with South Wales to North West England.
The church of St Mary and
St Thomas of Canterbury by
Thomas Foster dates from 1837. The
chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building. It may terminate in an apse.
Ov ...
ceiling is painted with
cherubs peeping over clouds.
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Villages in Herefordshire
Civil parishes in Herefordshire
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