Aymestrey ( ) 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 north-western

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. The population of this civil parish, including the hamlet of

Yatton Yatton is a village and civil parish within the unitary authority of North Somerset, which falls within the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is located south-west of Bristol. Its population in 2011 was 7,552. The parish includes Clav ...

, at the 2011 Census was 351.

Location

It is located on the A4110 road, about 7 miles north-west of

Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England, at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of 11,700, Leominster i ...

and 8 miles south-west of the historic

market town A market town is a settlement most common in Europe that obtained by custom or royal charter, in the Middle Ages, a market right, which allowed it to host a regular market; this distinguished it from a village or city. In Britain, small rural ...

Ludlow Ludlow () is a market town in Shropshire, England. The town is significant in the history of the Welsh Marches and in relation to Wales. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road which bypasses the town. The ...

, in south

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. The village is on the

River Lugg The River Lugg ( cy, Afon Llugwy) rises near Llangynllo in Radnorshire, Wales. It flows through the border town of Presteigne and then through Herefordshire, England, where it meets its main tributary, the River Arrow, to the south of Leomi ...

Amenities and history

Aymestrey is home to several homes and cottages, the church dedicated to St John the Baptist and St Alkmund, a

village hall A village hall is a public building in a village used for various things such as: United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building which contains at least one large room (plus kitchen and toilets), is owned by a local ...

and a

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

Inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway; before the advent of motorized transportation they also provided accommo ...

: The Riverside Inn, situated next to River Lugg just off the main road. The Mortimer Trailhttps://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/71159
''geograph.org.uk'' waymarked recreational walk passes through the village. Leominster Museum - 2014-07-11 - Andy Mabbett - 13

Leominster Museum - 2014-07-11 - Andy Mabbett - 13

In 1987, the

Aymestrey burial The Aymestrey burial was a Beaker culture, beaker cist at Aymestrey, Herefordshire, England. The remains and objects are now in a recreated cist, at Leominster Museum. Discovery While working a Gravel pit, gravel quarry at Aymestrey, in June ...

, an

Early Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ...

, beaker

cist A cist ( or ; also kist ; from grc-gre, κίστη, Middle Welsh ''Kist'' or Germanic ''Kiste'') is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle Ea ...

, was discovered during gravel working. It has since been recreated at Leominster Museum.

In fiction

Aymestrey is featured in the supernatural crime novel ''

Foxglove Summer ''Foxglove Summer'' is the fifth novel in the '' Peter Grant series'' by English author Ben Aaronovitch, published in 2014 by Gollancz. Plot The protagonist Peter Grant is left shaken by the developments at the end of the previous book, t ...

'' by

Ben Aaronovitch Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born 22 February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter. He is the author of the ''Rivers of London'' series of novels. He also wrote two ''Doctor Who'' serials in the late 1980s and spin-off novels from ''Doctor Who' ...

, where it is described as being "less a village than a diorama of the last six hundred years of English vernacular architecture stretched along either side of the road.”

References

External links

* http://www.Aymestrey.org - Aymestrey Community Website * https://web.archive.org/web/20170704022837/http://www.theriversideinn.org/ - The Riverside Inn at Aymestrey * Aymestrey on Google Maps
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* Villages in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub