Village in England
| Aconbury | |
|---|---|
| Village | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Aconbury (Welsh: Caer Rhain) is a village in the English county of Herefordshire, situated on a road between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye.
St John the Baptist church was originally the church of a nunnery founded before 1237. The style of the current building is late 13th century. Some restoration work was carried out in 1863 by Sir George Gilbert Scott.
According to a Fortean Times article, a phantom monk was once exorcised into a bottle, which is now buried in the wall of the church.
On nearby Aconbury Hill is an Iron Age hillfort, Aconbury Camp.
References
- Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.
- Murdie, Alan (April 2010). "Ghost in a Bottle". Fortean Times. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
External links
Media related to Aconbury at Wikimedia Commons
51°59′53″N 2°42′22″W / 51.998°N 2.706°W / 51.998; -2.706
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