Goodrich, Herefordshire

Coordinates: 51°52′16″N 2°37′08″W / 51.871°N 2.619°W / 51.871; -2.619
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South side of Goodrich Castle

Goodrich is a village

mediaeval castle built with Old Red Sandstone
.

The village of Goodrich grew up next to

2011 census was 550.[2]

Village

Goodrich is close to the A40 trunk road which forms part of the main route between South Wales and the West Midlands but is in a sheltered rural location.[3] Goodrich has not retained its village shop or post office but has kept hold of a village hall and two public houses. The village has a tennis club with three all-weather courts and an active village cricket club.

The

Coppett hill nature reserve
stretches along a hill above the Wye south of Goodrich.

Church

Main article: Church of St Giles, Goodrich

King Henry V, after the death of Mary de Bohun his first wife. The young boy was brought up at nearby Courtfield at Welsh Bicknor
.

Goodrich Castle

Main article: Goodrich Castle

Colonel Birch. The castle is now in the care of English Heritage
.

Goodrich Court

Main article: Goodrich Court

Goodrich was also the location of

armoury forms the core of the original Wallace Collection
.

Rocklands House

Main article: Rocklands House, Goodrich

Rocklands House is listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in the 1700s and substantial additions were made in 1800 It was the home of many notable people over the next two centuries.

Role in history of aesthetics

Main articles:
William Gilpin (clergyman)

Goodrich's prominent position overlooking the

William Gilpin in 1770. The trip from Ross-on-Wye to Monmouth was instrumental in the development of The Picturesque
and Picturesque Tourism.

Railways

The village was served by the Ross and Monmouth Railway at Kerne Bridge station between 1873 and 1959 running through the scenic Wye Valley.

Goodrich Castle perched on the hill above the gently curving trackbed of the Ross and Monmouth Railway.

References

  1. ^ Goodrich:: OS grid SO5718 :: Geograph British Isles – photograph every grid square!
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  3. ^ https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/524667 geograph.org.uk
  4. ^ Visit to Goodrich Court Stables by US Professor of Art Darryl Baird 'Re-visiting the Picturesque' Archived 2007-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ISBN 1-873827-88-1

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