Edvin Loach

Human settlement in England

List of places: UK; England; Herefordshire

52°13′19″N 2°29′38″W / 52.222°N 2.494°W / 52.222; -2.494

Edvin Loach, also Edwin Loach, is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe, in east Herefordshire, England, and about 3 miles (5 km) north of the town of Bromyard, and east from Edwyn Ralph civil parish. In 1961 the parish had a population of 18.^[1] On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with Saltmarshe to form "Edvin Loach & Saltmarshe".^[2]

The old church at Edvin Loach was built in the mid-11th century or later and was dedicated to St Giles. It is built within the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.^[3] Later it was re-dedicated to St Mary. The old church gradually became dilapidated, though its roof was still intact as late as the 1890s. It is in the guardianship of English Heritage.^[3] The new St Mary's Church, designed by Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1860, stands next to the ruins of the old church.^[4] It is an example of 19th-century church architecture designed in Early English style.

Edvin Loach old church

References

^ "Population statistics Edvin Loach Ch/CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "Bromyard Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ ^a ^b "History of Edvin Loach Old Church". English Heritage. 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p. 126 ISBN 0-14-071025-6