Lugwardine

Lugwardine
St Peter's Church
Lugwardine is located in Herefordshire
Lugwardine
Lugwardine
Location within Herefordshire
Population1,721 (2011 Census)
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHereford
Postcode districtHR1
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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UK
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Herefordshire
52°03′58″N 2°39′36″W / 52.066°N 2.66°W / 52.066; -2.66

Lugwardine is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, to the east of Hereford. It lies on the north-east bank of the River Lugg, which gives the village its name. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 1,721.[1]

The place-name 'Lugwardine' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Lucvordine. It appears as Lugwurthin in the Pipe Rolls of 1168. The name means 'enclosure or homestead on the (river) Lugg'.[2]

The village lies on the A438 road; Lugwardine Bridge takes this road across the Lugg. There is a public house in the village called The Crown and Anchor.[3]

St Mary's Roman Catholic High School is in the village.[4] There is also a primary school, shared with neighbouring Bartestree.[5]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p.307.
  3. ^ "Crown and Anchor". Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  4. ^ St Mary's RC High School official website
  5. ^ Lugwardine Primary Academy