Eye is a small village in the
Eye, Moreton and Ashton 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 ...
of
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, and north from
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 ...
, north from the city and
county town of
Hereford, and in the catchment area of 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 ...
.
Eye has a small historic church with a square tower and effigies; beside it is
Eye Manor, noted for its decorated plaster ceilings, and a village hall—the Cawley Hall—named after the local
Cawley family.
At to the east, between the villages of Moreton and
Ashton, is
Berrington Hall, a
Henry Holland house with
Capability Brown landscape, which was built for Thomas Harley.
The
Welsh Marches Line runs through the closed
Berrington and Eye railway station, which previously served the village. The station opened on 6 December 1853 and closed on 9 June 1958.
Admiral
James Vashon
Admiral James Vashon (9 August 1742 – 20 October 1827)Memorial plaque in St. Laurence Churchyard, Ludlow. Find a Grave memorial I160048028/ref> was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He saw service during the Seven Years' War, the American ...
(1742 – 1827) was born here. In 2015
metal detectorist
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s found a
viking
Vikings ; non, víkingr is the modern name given to seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden),
who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded and se ...
hoard worth £3 million in a field in the village but failed to report it as
treasure
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.
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Villages in Herefordshire
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