Penrhos, Herefordshire
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Penrhos is an area east of Kington,
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near the
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border. In the area there are a small number of buildings including Penrhos Farm and Penrhos Court.


Toponymy

The name is derived from the
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words ''pen'' and ''rhos'' and means "head (top) of the moor".


History

Penrhos Court originated around the late 13th century with a large cruck dwelling. Generations of owners have added more buildings and at one stage it became a small hamlet of half a dozen dwellings. Farm barns were added which formed a squared of ancient farm building surrounding a courtyard with a puddle duck pond and a well in the middle. Records of 1752 refer to the area as Penrose, in 1841 as Penrhose, in 1850 again as Penrose being a farm of , then 1880 as the first reference to the Welsh name of Penrhos which it is still now known by.


Notable people

Many famous people have stayed at Penrhos Court including
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of
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stayed there for a couple of weeks in August 1975 to rehearse their album '' A Night at the Opera'' (which features the hit " You're My Best Friend" and the legendary "
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") before embarking to
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in Monmouth.


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