Much Marcle

Much Marcle
St. Bartholomew's parish church
Much Marcle is located in Herefordshire
Much Marcle
Much Marcle
Location within Herefordshire
Population660 (2011 Census)
OS grid referenceSO6532
Civil parish
  • Much Marcle
Unitary authority
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLedbury
Postcode districtHR8
Dialling code01531
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
WebsiteMuch Marcle
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
51°59′30″N 2°29′58″W / 51.99169°N 2.49948°W / 51.99169; -2.49948

Much Marcle is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, located 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Ross-on-Wye.[1] The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 660.[2] The name Marcle comes from the Anglo-Saxon word for a boundary field, mearc-leah.[3] Much, in this case, means large or great, from the Middle English usage of the word.

  1. ^ AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 289. ISBN 9780340254875.
  2. ^ "Area: Much Marcle (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
  3. ^ W. St C. Baddeley (1916). "Hereford Place-Names" (PDF). Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society. Retrieved 18 September 2015.