Edvin Loach, also Edwin Loach, is a village in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of
Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe, in east
Herefordshire
Herefordshire () is a county in the West Midlands of England, governed by Herefordshire Council. It is bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh counties of Monmouthsh ...
, England, and about north of the town of
Bromyard
Bromyard is a town in Herefordshire, England, in the valley of the River Frome. It lies near the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 between Leominster and Worcester. Bromyard has a number of traditional half-timbered buildings, inc ...
, and east from
Edwyn Ralph civil parish.
The old church at Edvin Loach was built in the mid-11th century or later and was dedicated to
St Giles
Saint Giles (, la, Aegidius, french: Gilles), also known as Giles the Hermit, was a hermit or monk active in the lower Rhône most likely in the 6th century. Revered as a saint, his cult became widely diffused but his hagiography is mostly lege ...
. It is built within the earthworks of a Norman
motte-and-bailey castle
A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy t ...
.
Later it was re-dedicated to
St Mary. The old church gradually became dilapidated, though its roof was still intact as late as the 1890s. It is in the guardianship of
English Heritage
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The charity states that i ...
.
The new St Mary's Church, designed by Victorian architect Sir
George Gilbert Scott in 1860, stands next to the ruins of the old church.
[''The Buildings of England: Herefordshire'', Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p. 126 ] It is an example of 19th-century church architecture designed in
Early English style.
File:Edvin Loach Old Church - geograph.org.uk - 472516.jpg, Edvin Loach old church
File:Edwin Loach Church.jpg, Edvin Loach 19th-century church
References
External links
Edvin Loach Old Church English Heritage
Villages in Herefordshire
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