Orleton

This article is about the village in Herefordshire. For the hamlet in Worcestershire, see Orleton, Worcestershire.

Orleton
Church Lane
Orleton is located in Herefordshire
Orleton
Orleton
Location within Herefordshire
Population794 (2011 census)
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLudlow
Postcode districtSY8
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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Herefordshire
52°18′02″N 2°44′42″W / 52.30057°N 2.74492°W / 52.30057; -2.74492

Orleton is a small village and civil parish in northern Herefordshire, England, at grid reference SO493672. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 794.[1] The village is midway between the market towns of Ludlow and Leominster, both 5 miles (8.0 km) away.

History

In the Domesday Book, the ancient settlement was recorded as Arleton, referring to the alders.[2]

St George's Church

St George's Church

The village church is dedicated to St George, and contains a Norman nave, 14th-century stained-glass windows, and a 13th-century west tower. The c.1200 door was moved and reset, The early 13th-century chancel has lancet windows. The tie-beam roof may be 14th century. The vestry is Victorian. Fittings include a c.1100 Norman font with nine disciples standing under arches, a 17th-century Jacobean pulpit, two thirteenth-century dug-out chests, a clock dating from about 1700, and a Norman carving of a dragon, later used as a clock weight.[3]

Norman font

Notable people

The 13th-century Bishop of Hereford, Adam Orleton, took his name from this village, may have been born here, and was a constant supporter of Roger Mortimer, the lord of the manor.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Civil parish population 2011". Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Welcome to Orleton". Orleton Parish Council. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Royal Commission on Historical Monuments in England Herefordshire" Vol 3 (1934) page 157
  4. ^ The register of Adam de Orleton, introduction by Rev. A. T. Bannister, 1907

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