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Stanford Bishop is a village and
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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
north east of
Hereford Hereford ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of the ceremonial county of Herefordshire, England. It is on the banks of the River Wye and lies east of the border with Wales, north-west of Gloucester and south-west of Worcester. With ...
, in the county of
Herefordshire Herefordshire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England, bordered by Shropshire to the north, Worcestershire to the east, Gloucestershire to the south-east, and the Welsh ...
, England. In 2011 the parish had a population of 113. The parish touches
Acton Beauchamp Acton Beauchamp () is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It is approximately north-east from the city and county town of Hereford, and south-east from the market town of Bromyard. Acton eauc ...
, Avenbury">eauc ...
, Avenbury, Linton and Suckley">Bishop's Frome, Linton, Bringsty">Linton and Suckley. Stanford Bishop shares a parish council with Acton Beauchamp and Evesbatch called "Acton Beauchamp Group Parish Council".


Landmarks

There are 7 listed buildings in Stanford Bishop. Stanford Bishop has a church dedicated to St James and a village hall. The Church of St James is listed Grade II*.


History

The name "Stanford" means 'Stone ford', the bishop part being because it was held by the
Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. Until 1534, the Diocese of Hereford was in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church and two of its bishop ...
. Stanford Bishop was recorded in the
Domesday Book Domesday Book ( ; the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book") is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by ...
as ''Stanford''. On 24 March 1884 part of Bishop's Frome was transferred to the parish and Lords Meadow was transferred from
Bromyard Bromyard is a town in the parish of Bromyard and Winslow, in Herefordshire, England, in the valley of the River Frome, Herefordshire, River Frome. It is near the county border with Worcestershire on the A44 road, A44 between Leominster and Worc ...
.


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* Villages in Herefordshire Civil parishes in Herefordshire {{Herefordshire-geo-stub