Kilpeck: Difference between revisions
m Reverting. Right, it's not in Wales. But its in border country. Cf Bratislava. |
English is the only official language in England, unless we are doing to add every permutation of the name in every language of the world, what it is in Welsh is completely irrelevant. |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
|country = England |
|country = England |
||
|official_name=Kilpeck |
|official_name=Kilpeck |
||
|welsh_name=Llanddewi Cil Peddeg |
|||
|population=200 |
|population=200 |
||
|unitary_england=[[Herefordshire]] |
|unitary_england=[[Herefordshire]] |
||
| Line 19: | Line 18: | ||
}} |
}} |
||
'''Kilpeck''' |
'''Kilpeck''' is a small [[Herefordshire]] [[village]] renowned for its small but outstanding [[Norman architecture|Norman]] (Romanesque) [[church]] but also having the earthworks of a [[Norman architecture|Norman]] [[motte and bailey]] [[castle]], no longer standing. |
||
Kilpeck is about 14 km southwest of [[Hereford]], just south of the [[A465 road|A465]], the road to [[Abergavenny]]. |
Kilpeck is about 14 km southwest of [[Hereford]], just south of the [[A465 road|A465]], the road to [[Abergavenny]]. |
||
Revision as of 11:22, 25 February 2008
Kilpeck is a small Herefordshire village renowned for its small but outstanding Norman (Romanesque) church but also having the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, no longer standing.
Kilpeck is about 14 km southwest of Hereford, just south of the A465, the road to Abergavenny.
History
In the Domesday Survey, Kilpeck (entered as Chipeete) was given by William the Conqueror to William Fitz Norman de la Mare, son of Norman de la Mare. The clan de la Mare is one of the oldest in Normandy and is descended from Ragnvald Eysteinsson, earl of Møre and Romsdal. The castle is thought to have been built around 1090 as the administrative centre of Archenfield.
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 a Saxon village.
Feb2006.jpg)
Feb2006.jpg)
Kilpeck church
- Main article:Kilpeck Church
The parish church of St Mary and St David was built around 1140. It consists of a nave, chancel and semicircular apse. It is remarkable for its wealth (and fine preservation) of Norman stone carvings [1], both inside [2] and out [3], all original both in form and position and incorporating many corbels with representations of human faces, hares, fish, fowl, stags etc. 85 of 91 corbels survive - an amazing rarity over so many centuries.
Kilpeck Castle
West of the church lies a ruined motte-and-bailey and earthworks, which are less remarkable than the unique church. A few walls of the 12th century or 13th century keep still stand on top of the motte; these are not well preserved. A fireplace and chimney flues are visible and two sections of standing castle walls.
Sources
- Population figures (PDF)
- Kilpeck Castle and Church
- [4] Kilpeck Castle details
- [5] Kilpeck Castle archaeological survey