Birley with Upper Hill is a

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 ...

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, consisting of the small villages of Birley and Upper Hill, and most of the hamlet of Bush Bank. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 321, increasing to 339 at the 2011 census. The parish was formed on 1 April 1987 from parts of "Birley", Canon Pyon, Hope under Dinmore and King's Pyon. The

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listed church of St Peter dates back to the 12th century, and was the subject of restoration work in 2004, funded by the

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. It is on

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's list of buildings at risk.

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{{Herefordshire-geo-stub Civil parishes in Herefordshire