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657: 149: 173: 27: 180: 611:, earl of Møre and Romsdal. According to the Domesday survey, Kilpeck had "3 ploughs, 2 serfs and 4 oxmen and there are 57 men with 19 ploughs." There are mentions of a church on the site possibly from as early as the 7th century. There are vestiges of an enclosure, 200 yds (183 metres) by 300 yds (274 m) in the field, defining an 344: 695: 568:. It became part of Herefordshire, and England, in the 16th century, although the use of Welsh in the area remained strong until the 19th century. The English name for the village derives from the Welsh name, 538:. There is a public house called the Kilpeck Inn, formerly the Red Lion, situated in the centre of the village opposite the village green. Other amenities include a village hall and post office. 392: 384: 676:
still stand on top of the motte; these are not well preserved. A fireplace and chimney flues are visible, as are two sections of standing castle walls.
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with representations of human faces, hares, fish, fowl, stags etc. Eighty-five of 91 corbels survive, an extraordinarily high percentage.
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stone carvings (and their fine state of preservation), both inside and out, all original both in form and position and incorporating many
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with earthworks. The castle is thought to have been first built around 1090 as the administrative centre of
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A little over a mile to the north is the surviving motte of another castle, at Didley Court Farm.
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probably meaning the "cell of Pedic", an otherwise unknown local early Christian
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The village is renowned for its small but outstanding
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The Parish Church of St Mary and St David at Kilpeck
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On 1 April 2019, the parishes of 13: 782:Welsh place names in Herefordshire 14: 918: 858: 664:West of the church lies a ruined 576:meaning "church of St David" and 16:Village in Herefordshire, England 564:and was governed as part of the 393:Hereford and South Herefordshire 178: 171: 147: 25: 907:Civil parishes in Herefordshire 179: 36:needs additional citations for 840: 825: 802: 775: 755: 737: 709: 696:"Civil Parish population 2011" 688: 155:Church of St Mary and St David 1: 682: 631:St Mary and St David's Church 591:of 1086, Kilpeck (entered as 157:is an outstanding example of 618: 7: 213:OS grid reference 123:Human settlement in England 10: 923: 835:www.whitfield-hereford.com 622: 541: 516:were merged with Kilpeck. 902:Villages in Herefordshire 880:Castles of Herefordshire. 866:Kilpeck Castle and Church 660:Remains of Kilpeck Castle 401: 383: 379: 367: 355: 343: 339: 329: 317: 305: 295: 281: 263: 245: 227: 211: 203: 166: 146: 128: 599:to William Fitz Norman 536:Grade I listed building 532:motte-and-bailey castle 882:Archaeological survey. 852:, accessed 8 June 2021 850:historicengland.org.uk 837:, accessed 8 June 2021 661: 607:and is descended from 469: 362:Hereford and Worcester 319:Postcode district 247:Ceremonial county 229:Unitary authority 137: 724:Herefordshire Council 659: 597:William the Conqueror 523:(Romanesque) church, 609:Ragnvald Eysteinsson 570:Llanddewi Kil Peddeg 484:, just south of the 470:Llanddewi Cil Peddeg 297:Sovereign state 138:Llanddewi Cil Peddeg 45:improve this article 821:www.geograph.org.uk 525:SS Mary and David's 472:) is a village and 440: /  159:Norman architecture 886:Population figures 662: 490:Welsh Marches Line 444:51.9697°N 2.8100°W 385:UK Parliament 331:Dialling code 870:Castles of Wales. 745:"The Kilpeck Inn" 641:and semicircular 498:border with Wales 476:in the county of 459: 458: 121: 120: 113: 95: 914: 853: 844: 838: 829: 823: 806: 800: 793: 787: 779: 773: 759: 753: 752: 741: 735: 734: 732: 730: 721: 713: 707: 706: 704: 702: 692: 666:motte and bailey 455: 454: 452: 451: 450: 449:51.9697; -2.8100 445: 441: 438: 437: 436: 433: 407: 291: 223: 222: 192:Location within 182: 181: 175: 151: 126: 125: 116: 109: 105: 102: 96: 94: 53: 29: 21: 922: 921: 917: 916: 915: 913: 912: 911: 892: 891: 861: 856: 845: 841: 830: 826: 807: 803: 794: 790: 780: 776: 760: 756: 749:The Kilpeck Inn 743: 742: 738: 728: 726: 719: 715: 714: 710: 700: 698: 694: 693: 689: 685: 627: 621: 595:) was given by 544: 448: 446: 442: 439: 434: 431: 429: 427: 426: 425: 405: 397: 287: 277: 259: 241: 218: 217: 207:215 (2011) 199: 198: 197: 196: 190: 189: 188: 187: 183: 162: 142: 124: 117: 106: 100: 97: 54: 52: 42: 30: 17: 12: 11: 5: 920: 910: 909: 904: 890: 889: 883: 876:Kilpeck Castle 872: 860: 859:External links 857: 855: 854: 847:KILPECK CASTLE 839: 832:Kilpeck Castle 824: 809:Stone carvings 801: 795:James Bailey, 788: 785:www.kimkat.org 774: 754: 736: 708: 686: 684: 681: 623:Main article: 620: 617: 543: 540: 457: 456: 424: 423: 418: 413: 408: 406:List of places 402: 399: 398: 396: 395: 389: 387: 381: 380: 377: 376: 371: 365: 364: 359: 353: 352: 347: 341: 340: 337: 336: 333: 327: 326: 321: 315: 314: 309: 303: 302: 301:United Kingdom 299: 293: 292: 285: 279: 278: 276: 275: 269: 267: 261: 260: 258: 257: 251: 249: 243: 242: 240: 239: 233: 231: 225: 224: 215: 209: 208: 205: 201: 200: 191: 185: 184: 177: 176: 170: 169: 168: 167: 164: 163: 152: 144: 143: 141: 140: 130: 122: 119: 118: 33: 31: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 919: 908: 905: 903: 900: 899: 897: 887: 884: 881: 877: 873: 871: 867: 864:Renn, D. 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Kilpeck is located in Herefordshire
Herefordshire
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