Tedstone Wafer is a village and

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north east of

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, in the county of

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, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 112. The parish touches Collington,

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and Wolferlow. Tedstone Wafer shares a parish council with Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe, Tedstone Delamere, Upper Sapey and Wolferlow called "North Bromyard Group Parish Council".

Landmarks

There are 9 listed buildings in Tedstone Wafer. Tedstone Wafer has a church called St James that was formerly called St Mary and a village hall.

History

The name "Tedstone" means 'Teod(i)'s thorn-tree', the "Wafer" part being that Robert le Wafre held land here in 1160-70. Tedstone Wafer was recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...

as ''Tedesthorne''/''Tetistorp'' along with Tedstone Delamere.

References

External links

* Villages in Herefordshire Civil parishes in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub