Much Birch

Much Birch is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye.^[1] The parish includes the settlements of Kings Thorn, Much Birch and parts of Wormelow.

Much Birch
Parish Church of St Mary and St Thomas Becket
Much Birch Location within Herefordshire
Unitary authority	Herefordshire
Shire county	Herefordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Hereford
Postcode district	HR2
Police	West Mercia
Fire	Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Hereford and South Herefordshire
List of places UK England Herefordshire 51°58′N 2°43′W

The village extends for about 1.5 miles (2 km) along the A49, a busy trunk road running from the border with South Wales to North West England.

The church of St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury by Thomas Foster dates from 1837. The chancel ceiling is painted with cherubs peeping over clouds.^[2]

The settlement of Much Birch also consists of a primary school.

References

1. Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Maps) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN 978-0-319-22953-8
2. Pevsner, Nikolaus (1963). The Buildings of England - Herefordshire. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-300-09609-5.

External links

Media related to Much Birch at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website

51°58′N 2°43′W