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Knill, Herefordshire
Knill is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. History Recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Chenille'' (from the Old English meaning 'Place by the hillock'), the small village of Knill is just inside the Herefordshire border with Wales, south west of Presteigne and set within " The Marches" as these borderlands are known. The ancient boundary between Mercia and the Welsh, Offa's Dyke, runs along the ridge above the village with the modern border running along the 'Hidden Valley' floor. The population of the village in the 1861 census was 84 but has declined to figures in the 20s. The parish church of St Michael dates from the 12th century and is a Grade II* listed building. Inside are the funerary hatchments of the Walsham family, who formerly lived at Knill Court, a large country house that was destroyed by a fire in 1943. Knill is one of two Thankful Villages in Herefordshire – those rare places that suffered no fatalities during the Great War of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Memorial Tablet, Knill - Geograph
War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of State (polity), states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups. It is generally characterized by widespread violence, destruction, and mortality, using Regular army, regular or Irregular military, irregular Military, military forces. ''Warfare'' refers to the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive Civilian casualty, civilian or other non-combatant suffering and Casualty (person), casualties. Etymology The English word ''war'' derives from the 11th-century Old English words and , from Old French ( as in modern French), in turn from the Frankish language, Frankish , ultimately deriving from the Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
