Tupsley is a historic village,

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and suburb of the city of

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, England. It is located southeast of the city centre and close to the

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. Tupsley is surrounded by the suburbs of

Bartonsham Bartonsham is an inner city suburb of the city of Hereford in Herefordshire, England. It is located southeast of the city centre on the River Wye. It is bounded by Hereford City Centre, Eign Hill, The Hamptons and Tupsley. It is part of the Cen ...

Eign Hill Eign Hill is an eastern suburb and ward of Hereford in Herefordshire, England. The population at the 2011 census of the ward was 3,390. Eign Hill is one of the sixteen wards of Hereford City Council. Eign Hill is bordered by the suburbs of Bart ...

, and

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. The population of the ward at the 2021 Census was recorded at 3,075. It is one of the sixteen wards of

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. It is represented by Cllr Jim Kenyon.

History

Tupsley was described in 1870-72 as a small village within Herefordshire and close to the city of Hereford.

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's 1870-1872 '' Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales '' says: In 1866 Tupsley became a separate

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, on 1 October 1932 the parish was abolished to form Hereford. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1455. Until 1998 it was in Hereford district. The village remained separate from the wider Hereford area until after the

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when it was then merged into the city's wider

s and represented in both the counties of

Hereford and Worcester Hereford and Worcester was an English non-metropolitan county created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 from the areas of the former administrative county of Herefordshire, most of Worcestershire (except Halesowen, Stourbr ...

and

under

. Today, the village is now merged with

, and

areas of Hereford.

St Paul's Church

A notable landmark of Tupsley is the church of St Paul's. It was first built in 1865 by local architect, FR Kempson who lived in

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and had built certain notable buildings in his life. The church of St Paul's being one of them. The church is designated as a Grade II listed building by

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. The church remains an active

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on Church Road, Tupsley.

Amenities

Tupsley has a small shopping centre on Old Eign Hill and there are also some shops on Ledbury Road to the north.

Transport

The village has frequent bus services to Hereford and Ledbury among other destinations.

Demographics

At the 2011 census, the population of Eign Hill's ward profile was 3,075. Of the findings, the ethnicity and religious composition of the ward was: The religious composition of Tupsley's ward at the 2021 Census was recorded as:

References

{{Authority control Areas of Hereford Former civil parishes in Herefordshire River Wye Villages in Herefordshire