Introduction
Pembridge lies in the north-west corner of the county of Herefordshire
(Figure 1). The village is a tourist destination as part of
the 'Black and White Village Trail' and contains around 90 listed
timber framed houses. The form of the village is primarily as
ribbon development running east and west from the ancient centre
focussed on the church, the site of the former castle, and the
Market Place. These two historic streets, appropriately called
East Street and West Street, contain most of the surviving early
buildings in the village (Figure 2) and are now part of the
incredibly busy A44 trunk road into Wales. The layout of early
medieval burgage plots along these streets is clear from map
evidence, these also run northwards up Bridge Street where one
other early surviving property stands next to the bridge over
the Arrow, another early property commands a prime site overlooking
Market Place and the 16th century Market Hall. The earliest
standing timber structure in the village is the 13th century
detached bell tower. This report is one component of a project
entitled 'The History and Heritage of Pembridge' which has received
funding from the Countryside Agency through its 'Local Heritage
Initiative' programme, under grant number WM100408. |
Alan
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