Combe Moor

Combe Moor
Combe Moor and Byton Moor, just north of the village
Combe Moor is located in Herefordshire
Combe Moor
Combe Moor
Location within Herefordshire
OS grid referenceSO368630
• London135 mi (217 km)
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townPresteigne
Postcode districtLD8
PoliceWest Mercia
FireHereford and Worcester
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Herefordshire
52°15′44″N 2°56′02″W / 52.262254°N 2.933771°W / 52.262254; -2.933771

Combe Moor, also known as Coombes Moor, is a linear hamlet in the civil parish of Byton in Herefordshire, England, to the south-east of the Welsh town of Presteigne,[1] near the border with Wales, and 17 miles (27 km) north-west from the county town of Hereford.[2]

Geography

View from the Herefordshire Trail leading to Wapley Hillfort

The village is on the B4362 road on the B4362 road between Shobdon and Presteigne near the confluence of the Hindwell Brook and the River Lugg.[3] During the Devensian period, "the eastward advance of the Wye Glacier blocked the preglacial Lugg at Combe Moor and the river cut a new course to the north-east before turning south-east through the east-to-west ridge via the Covenhope Gap."[4] Cross and Hodgson described the sediments of the Combe Moor basin in 1975 as "finely laminated and stoneless."[5]

Combe Moor lies to the south-east of Combe, just to the south-west of the village of Byton.[2] Brandhill Wood lies to the south and Park Hill to the north-east.[2] The moor to the north of the village is called Byton Moor and there is also a moor of the same name as the village just to the west of that. The Herefordshire Trail long distance footpath passes through the village.[3]

Landmarks

The Herefordshire Trail leads to Wapley Hillfort. There is an old schoolhouse to the north-east along the road to Byton.[3] Mistletoe House in the village is a tea room and gallery. Other cottages in the vicinity include Rue Cottage in the village itself and Wapley cottage along the lane to the south-east.[2]

References

  1. ^ Great Britain. Mines Inspectorate (1897). Quarries: list of quarries (under the Quarries Act, 1894) in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Isle of Man. printed for H.M. Stationery Off. by Darling & Son. p. 194.
  2. ^ a b c d Maps (Map). Google Maps.
  3. ^ a b c Hereford and Leominster (Landranger Maps) (B2 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2007, ISBN 978-0-319-22953-8
  4. ^ Stephens, Nicholas (1990). Natural Landscapes of Britain from the Air. CUP Archive. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-521-32390-1.
  5. ^ Dorling, Peter (2007). The Lugg Valley, Herefordshire: archaeology, landscape change and conservation. Herefordshire Archaeology. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-9546998-2-6.