Westhide
{{Short description|A village in Herefordshire, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country = England
|official_name= Westhide
|coordinates = {{coord|52.093|-2.604|display=inline,title}}
|civil_parish= Westhide
| population = 79
|unitary_england= Herefordshire
|region= West Midlands
|lieutenancy_england= Herefordshire
|constituency_westminster= North Herefordshire
|post_town= HEREFORD
|postcode_area= HR
|postcode_district= HR1
|dial_code= 01432
|os_grid_reference= SO586440
|london_distance= {{convert|114|miles}} ESE
|static_image= Westhide Church - geograph.org.uk - 145484.jpg
|static_image_width= 250px
|static_image_caption= Westhide Church
}}
Westhide is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, {{convert|5 + 1/4|miles}} north-east of Hereford. The parish had a population of 79 in the 2001 UK Census and is grouped with Preston Wynne and Withington to form Withington Group Parish Council for administrative purposes. The village lies on hilly farmland and to the south is Shucknall Hill.
The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and has a large but short 12th-century tower. In the churchyard are the remains of a medieval preaching cross now topped by an 18th-century sundial. It went through a major restoration during the nineteenth century by architect [https://architecture.arthistoryresearch.net/architects/blashill-thomas Thomas Blashill, FRIBA], which included an addition of a south-facing porch.
The course of the Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal runs just north of the village.
See also
- [http://www.withingtongroupparishes.co.uk More information is to be found on the Group Parish's website]
References
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{{Citation | title = Leominster & Bromyard (Explorer Maps) | publisher = Ordnance Survey | year = 2006 | edition = A1 | isbn = 978-0-319-23759-5 }}
{{Cite book | last = Pevsner | first = Nikolaus | author-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | title = The Buildings of England - Herefordshire | publisher = Yale University Press | year = 1963 | location = New Haven and London | pages = 314 | isbn = 978-0-300-09609-5 }}
{{Cite web | title = Population of Herefordshire Parishes, 2001 | publisher = Herefordshire Council | year = 2004 | url = http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/research/2001_parish_populations.pdf | accessdate = 2010-12-04 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{Cite web | url=https://www.crsbi.ac.uk/site/569/| accessdate=19 August 2018| title = St Bartholomew, Westhide, Herefordshire | website = The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland | publisher = king's College London}}
{{Cite web | title = List of Parish Councils and Contacts | publisher = Herefordshire Council | url = http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/docs/Parish_Councils_MASTER.xls | format = xls | accessdate = 2010-12-04 }}
{{Cite web | title = Churchyard Cross, Westhide | work = Herefordshire Through Time | publisher = Herefordshire Council | url = http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/htt/smrSearch/Monuments/Monument_Item.aspx?ID=6520 | accessdate = 2010-12-12}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HEF/Westhide/ Westhide], GENUKI genealogy web portal
- [http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/htt/smrSearch/Monuments/1396.aspx?s=Browse&site_type=&parish=WESTHIDE&period= List of monuments in the parish]
- Most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public
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