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44: 60: 67: 211: 492: 475:. Parts date from the 14th century, and there are 17th- and 18th-century monuments to the Scudamore family, but the church was largely rebuilt by the family in the 19th century. 259: 251: 106: 440:, in 1410, and it has been suggested that the couple may have harboured Glyndŵr himself at Kentchurch after his disappearance around 1412, until his death. 235: 585: 228: 295: 393:, dating back largely to the 14th century. It was enlarged in the late 17th or early 18th century, and was partly remodelled in the 574: 197: 59: 223: 618: 548: 522: 277: 287: 240: 185: 151: 99: 394: 433: 413: 282: 165: 551:
Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales, 1300-1500: East Anglia, Central England, and Wales
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after 1795. Further reconstruction took place in the 1820s. The estate contains a large
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According to one version of the legend, Kentchurch was the home of the folk figure
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It is the family home of the Scudamore family. Family members included
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In 2004, Kentchurch Court was used as the location of a
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at the start of the 15th century. He secretly married
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Kentchurch is located in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
OS grid reference
SO415255
Unitary authority
Herefordshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
HR2
Dialling code
Police
West Mercia
Fire
Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance
West Midlands
UK Parliament
Hereford and South Herefordshire
UK
England
Herefordshire
51°55′34″N 2°50′44″W / 51.9261°N 2.8456°W / 51.9261; -2.8456
civil parish

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