Huntington is a village in the

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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

Hereford Hereford ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies east of the border with Wales, north-west of Gloucester and south-west of Worcester. With ...

, in

Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...

, England. It is located west of the city centre and within the

Kings Acre This is a list of electoral divisions and wards in the ceremonial county of Herefordshire in the West Midlands. All changes since the re-organisation of local government following the passing of the Local Government Act 1972 are shown. The num ...

ward of Hereford City Council.

History

Huntington was formerly a

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and

chapelry A chapelry was a subdivision of an ecclesiastical parish in England and parts of Lowland Scotland up to the mid 19th century. Status A chapelry had a similar status to a Township (England), township, but was so named as it had a chapel of ease ...

in the parish of Holmer, in 1866 Huntington became a separate civil parish, on 1 October 1932 the parish was abolished to form Hereford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 137. Until 1998 it was in Hereford district.

St Mary Magdalene Church

Huntington is the location of St Mary Magdalene Church which is within the

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parish of Holmer with Huntington. The church is a grade II listed building.

Geography

Huntington is located in a unique position on the western side of Hereford, and is only accessible by a single road, Huntington Lane. The road starts southwards at a junction with the A438 road at

and then proceeds through the centre of the hamlet before curving slightly to the north and meeting the A4410 road. This makes it the only settlement in Hereford with a single-access road.

References

{{Authority control Villages in Herefordshire Former civil parishes in Herefordshire Hereford