Orleton is a small village and
civil parish
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in northern
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 Monmouthshire ...
, England, at . The population of the civil parish at the
2011 census was 794. The village is midway between the market towns of Ludlow and Leominster, both 5 miles away.
The village church is dedicated to St George, and contains a Norman nave, 14th-century stained-glass windows, and a 13th-century west tower. The c.1200 door was moved and reset, The early 13th-century chancel has lancet windows. The tie-beam roof may be 14th century. The vestry is Victorian. Fittings include a c.1100 Norman
font
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with nine disciples standing under arches, a 17th-century
Jacobean pulpit
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, two thirteenth-century dug-out
chests, a clock dating from about 1700, and a Norman carving of a
dragon, later used as a clock weight.
The 13th-century
Bishop of Hereford,
Adam Orleton
Adam Orleton (died 1345) was an English churchman and royal administrator.
Life
Orleton was born into a Herefordshire family, possibly in Orleton, possibly in Hereford. The lord of the manor was Roger Mortimer, to whose interests Orleton was l ...
, took his name from this village, may have been born here, and was a constant supporter of Roger
Mortimer
Mortimer () is an English surname, and occasionally a given name.
Norman origins
The surname Mortimer has a Norman origin, deriving from the village of Mortemer, Seine-Maritime, Normandy. A Norman castle existed at Mortemer from an early poi ...
, the lord of the manor.
[The register of Adam de Orleton, introduction by Rev. A. T. Bannister, 1907]
References
External links
Orleton VillageThe community website for Orleton
Villages in Herefordshire
Civil parishes in Herefordshire
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