Ewyas Harold

Ewyas Harold
Ewyas Harold
	St. Michael and All Angels Church
	Ewyas Harold Location within Herefordshire
Population	883 (2011 Census)
District	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;
	List of places UK England Herefordshire 51°57′11″N 2°53′28″W / 51.953°N 2.891°W

Ewyas Harold (/ˈjuəs ˈhærəld/)^[1] is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley in Herefordshire, England, near the Wales-England border about halfway between Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, and Hereford. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 census was 883.^[2] It lies on the Dulas brook, and is contiguous with the neighbouring village of Pontrilas.

The village is on the site of Ewyas Harold Castle, of which only the motte remains. Its name derives from the Welsh kingdom of Ewyas^[3] and from Harold, son of Ralph the Timid (Earl of Hereford), and grandson of King Æthelred the Unready.^[4]

Ewyas Harold parish has a large area of common land rich in wildlife and ancient meadow saffron, a leftover from cultivation by the monks at Dore Abbey. Some villagers have commoner's rights.

The village has a school, a fire station and a redundant Catholic church.^[5] The Church of England ministry of St. Michael and All Angels is now linked with that of several neighbouring parishes. It is the nearest village to the Pontrilas Army Training Area.

References[edit]

^ Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: The University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.
^ Bannister, Rev AT (1916). The place-names of Herefordshire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 72–73.
^ Ann Williams, ‘Ralph , earl of Hereford (d. 1057)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 26 October 2011
^ Cain, Rebecca (15 February 2015). "Church to be turned into a health centre". Hereford Times. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

Sources[edit]

Bannister, Arthur Thomas, The history of Ewias Harold, its castle, priory, and church (Hereford 1902)

External links[edit]

Ewyas Harold Castle Archived 17 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine, castle and priory excavations
Ewyas Harold parish plan from 2005
St Michael & All Angels, Ewyas Harold - with Dulas, diocesan website
Ewyas Harold Group Parish Council

51°57′11″N 2°53′28″W / 51.953°N 2.891°W / 51.953; -2.891

[1] Pointon, Graham, ed. (1990). BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (2nd ed.). Oxford: The University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-19-282745-6.

[2] "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 29 October 2015.

[3] Bannister, Rev AT (1916). The place-names of Herefordshire. Cambridge University Press. pp. 72–73.

[4] Ann Williams, ‘Ralph , earl of Hereford (d. 1057)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 26 October 2011

[5] Cain, Rebecca (15 February 2015). "Church to be turned into a health centre". Hereford Times. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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