Peterchurch

Peterchurch
Peterchurch village, with St Peter's church
Peterchurch Location within Herefordshire
Population	1,091 (2011 Census)
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Shire county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hereford
Postcode district	HR2
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Hereford and South Herefordshire

Peterchurch is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. The countryside around is spectacular, with views of the Black Mountains but the village itself is architecturally undistinguished, except for the award-winning 'church reordering' scheme within the Norman church,^[1] carried out in 2012 by the Herefordshire-based architects Communion Design.

Population

In 1848 the population was 745.^[2] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,091.^[3]

Church

The Norman church, dedicated to St. Peter, built on the unusual basilica model with four, rather than three chambers. The church's foundations are thought to go back to 786, and parts of the Saxon walls can be seen in the sanctuary. The original stone altar is in place, dating back to well before the Reformation. The modern spire is made of fibreglass and was, for a time, the tallest fibreglass spire in the country.

Robert Jones, recipient of the Victoria Cross for his role at Rorke's Drift, is buried in St Peter's Churchyard.^[4]

Railways

The village was formerly served by a station on the Golden Valley Railway from 1881 until its closure in the 1950s.

Well

The well, St. Peter's Well, was supposed to have curative properties with respect to diseases of the eye.^[2]

References

External links

Media related to Peterchurch at Wikimedia Commons