Westhide is a village and

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, England, 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 ...

. The parish had a population of 79 in the

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and is grouped with Preston Wynne and

Withington Withington is a suburb of Manchester, England. Historically part of Lancashire, it lies from Manchester city centre, south of Fallowfield, north-east of Didsbury and east of Chorlton-cum-Hardy. Withington had a population at the 2011 ce ...

to form Withington Group Parish Council for administrative purposes. The village lies on hilly farmland and to the south is Shucknall Hill. The

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

is dedicated to

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and has a large but short 12th-century tower. In the churchyard are the remains of a

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preaching cross A preaching cross is a Christian cross sometimes surmounting a pulpit, which is erected outdoors to designate a preaching place. In Great Britain and Ireland, many free-standing upright crosses – or high crosses – were erected. Some of thes ...

now topped by an 18th-century

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. It went through a major restoration during the nineteenth century by architec
Thomas Blashill, FRIBA
which included an addition of a south-facing porch. The course of the

Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal The Herefordshire and Gloucestershire Canal (sometimes known as the Hereford and Gloucester Canal) is a canal in the west of England, which ran from Hereford to Gloucester, where it linked to the River Severn. It was opened in two phases in 179 ...

runs just north of the village.

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List of monuments in the parish
** Most of the sites are on private property and are not open to the public {{authority control Villages in Herefordshire

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