Welsh Bicknor

Coordinates: 51°51′18″N 2°35′19″W / 51.855064°N 2.588711°W / 51.855064; -2.588711
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Welsh Bicknor
  • Welsh: Llangystennin Garth Brenni
Welsh Bicknor Church
Welsh Bicknor is located in Herefordshire
Welsh Bicknor
Welsh Bicknor
Location within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO595175
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRoss-On-Wye
Postcode districtHR9
Dialling code01594
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FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
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Herefordshire
51°51′18″N 2°35′19″W / 51.855064°N 2.588711°W / 51.855064; -2.588711

Welsh Bicknor (

exclave) of the county of Monmouthshire. It lies within a loop of the River Wye and covers 8,502 acres (13.3 sq mi).[2]

As its name suggests, Welsh Bicknor has close ties with Wales, having been a detached parish of Monmouthshire, although adjacent to English Bicknor and Lydbrook, which are part of Gloucestershire.

History

King Richard II. An effigy of Lady Margaret Montacute can be seen in Welsh Bicknor church and her plain tomb is beside the altar in Goodrich
church.

The manor house and surrounding land of Welsh Bicknor belonged to the Vaughan family. However, in 1651 Richard Vaughan, who was a Catholic, had his land sequestered and given to Phillip Nicholas of Llansoy, in Monmouthshire, leading to the unusual situation of the exclave. It has been deemed part of Herefordshire since the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844.

Religious dissension within the Vaughan families continued for several generations. In 1715, a John Vaughan (presumably one of Richard's descendants) refused the oath of allegiance to George I. He had estates in the several counties of Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, Herefordshire, and Gloucestershire valued at £1,000 per annum. In 1719 he was fined for not attending church.

A later generation, in the person of Richard Vaughan, joined Prince Charles Edward Stuart's army in 1745. Vaughan took part in the Battle of Culloden and followed the Prince into exile. He and his brother William Vaughan were outlawed and their property seized, while they themselves fled to Spain and became officers in the army of that country. Both married Spanish women and some of their descendants settled in the home of their adoption and became grandees of Spain.

Richard Vaughan died in

Cardinal Vaughan) and four of her daughters became nuns.[3]

Church and Rectory (now a Youth Hostel)

The church of St Margaret, Welsh Bicknor, was extensively rebuilt in 1858, and was sold into private ownership in 2016.[4]

Welsh Bicknor parish records are now held by Hereford Records Office.

There is a

rectory until it was leased to YHA in 1936. The youth hostel was called 'Welsh Bicknor' for many years but was renamed YHA Wye Valley by the YHA in March 2013. The original hostel replaced the old Kerne Bridge hostel in 1936.[6]

Former Ross and Monmouth Railway

The

Coppet Hill using the tunnel, with railway bridges across the Wye to Kerne Bridge in the Ross-on-Wye direction, and Lydbrook Junction in the Monmouth direction.[7]

The former Ross and Monmouth Railway trackbed in Welsh Bicknor

References

  1. ^ "CC0980e Gwefan Cymru-Catalonia: Euas ac Ergyn - Cymru yn Sir Henffordd / Ewyas and Archenfield - Wales in Herefordshire". www.kimkat.org. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  3. ASIN B00B2CZ4J2
    .
  4. ^ "St Margarets Church, Welsh Bicknor". Forest of Dean Local History Society. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  5. ^ "YHA Wye Valley". YHA. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  6. ^ YHA Archives, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom – Cadbury Research Library – Special Collections
  7. ISBN 9780853616924
    .

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