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Ocle Pychard is a hamlet and parish near
At the time of the '' Domesday Book'' Ocle Pychard was in the Hundred of Tornelaus, and contained 35 households. The population included 9 villagers, 11 smallholders (middle level of "Ocle [Pychard]"
''Open Domesday'', University of Hull, ''Domesdaymap.co.uk.'' Retrieved 17 March 2020 Ocle Pichard, a section of Ocle, derived its additional name from a family which arrived soon after the Norman Conquest. Roger Pichard was mentioned in the
The Church of St James the Great dates to the 14th century and became a Grade II* listed building on 9 June 1967. Built of "coursed local sandstone rubble with freestone dressings", the tower is believed to date to the early 19th century with a spire late added by William Chick between 1869 and 1872. The east window is
Burley Gate
Burley Gate is a hamlet in Herefordshire, England. It is north-east from the junction between the A465 road and the A417 road. The hamlet is divided between two civil parishes: Much Cowarne in the east, and Ocle Pychard in the west, with the p ...
, in Herefordshire, England, northwest of Stoke Edith
Stoke Edith is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on the A438 road between Hereford and Ledbury. The population in 1801 of Stoke Edith parish was 332.
The 14th-century church of St Mary is a grade I listed building. It h ...
, southwest from Bromyard, and about northeast of Hereford
Hereford () is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, south-west of Worcester and north-west of Gloucester. With a population ...
. The parish of Stretton Grandison
Stretton Grandison is a hamlet (place), hamlet and small civil parish in Herefordshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census was 175.
It is on the A417 road (a Roman Road, hence the settlem ...
neighbours Ocle Pychard to the east, while that of Westhide
Westhide is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, north-east of Hereford. The parish had a population of 79 in the 2001 UK Census and is grouped with Preston Wynne and Withington to form Withington Group Parish Council for adm ...
is to the south. Once a larger settlement, its population was 187 in 1801, 236 in 1831, 224 in 1832, and 299 in 1861.
History
At the time of the '' Domesday Book'' Ocle Pychard was in the Hundred of Tornelaus, and contained 35 households. The population included 9 villagers, 11 smallholders (middle level of serf
Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed ...
below a villager), and 13 slaves, with its assets listed as an area of land under plough defined by four lord's and ten men's plough teams. Roger de Lacy, the manor
Manor may refer to:
Land ownership
*Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England
*Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism
*Man ...
's co- lord with the Bishop of Hereford
The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury.
The episcopal see is centred in the Hereford, City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Hereford Cathedr ...
, was the tenant-in-chief to king William I.''Open Domesday'', University of Hull, ''Domesdaymap.co.uk.'' Retrieved 17 March 2020 Ocle Pichard, a section of Ocle, derived its additional name from a family which arrived soon after the Norman Conquest. Roger Pichard was mentioned in the
Book of Fees
The ''Book of Fees'' is the colloquial title of a modern edition, transcript, rearrangement and enhancement of the medieval (Latin: 'Book of Fiefs'), being a listing of feudal landholdings or fief (Middle English ), compiled in about 1302, but f ...
during the reign of Henry III. Miles Picard, knight of the shire, was High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1300–06. A Roger Picard, probably his son, served in the same capacity during the period of 1318-27, while the vicar John Pichard served Ocle Pychard's parish in 1446.
George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter (1657–1732) was born at ''Livers Ocle'' in Ocle Pychard into a family which had owned property in the area for over 400 years. Its population in 1861 was 299; at the time the manor belonged to J. L. Harrison. It later fell into the hands of the Cresswell family.
Landmarks
The Church of St James the Great dates to the 14th century and became a Grade II* listed building on 9 June 1967. Built of "coursed local sandstone rubble with freestone dressings", the tower is believed to date to the early 19th century with a spire late added by William Chick between 1869 and 1872. The east window is Perpendicular architecture
Perpendicular Gothic (also Perpendicular, Rectilinear, or Third Pointed) architecture was the third and final style of English Gothic architecture developed in the Kingdom of England during the Late Middle Ages, typified by large windows, four-ce ...
in style and the spire is of copper covering. Ocle Priory was in the vicinity. The Hereford and Gloucester Canal
The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal (sometimes known as the Hereford and Gloucester Canal) is a canal in the west of England, which ran from Hereford to Gloucester, where it linked to the River Severn. It was opened in two phases in 179 ...
traverses the southern part of the parish. A primary school was located in Ocle Pychard in 1967, but it was replaced.
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