Mansel Lacy (alternatively spelled Mansell Lacy) is a small village and

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, England. It is located north west of

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, close to the

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. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 139. The church of St Michael and All Angels dates from between the 11th and 13th centuries. Mansel Lacy was the overall winner of Herefordshire in the 2008

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competition.

History

Mansel Lacy is mentioned in an Anglo-Saxon charter ( Sawyer: 1469) from c. 1045, half a

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of which is bought as an estate. It appears as ''Mælueshylle'', probably meaning 'hill on which the mallow grows' from Old English ''malu'' + ''hyll''. The village has two entries in the

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(1086) as ''Malveselle'' in the

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of ''Stepleset''. It is quite small with only 11 households yet is assessed for a relatively large amount of tax of 5 geld units.

References

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