Aymestrey
village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK
Aymestrey ( AYM-stree) is a village and civil parish in north-west Herefordshire, England. The population of this civil parish, including the hamlet Yatton, at the 2011 Census was 351.
Location
It is located on the A4110 road, about 7 miles north-west of Leominster and 8 miles south-west of the historic market town Ludlow, in south Shropshire. The village is on the River Lugg.
Amenities and history
Aymestrey is home to several homes and cottages, the church dedicated to St John the Baptist and St Alkmund, a village hall and a pub or Inn: The Riverside Inn, situated next to River Lugg just off the main road.
The Mortimer Trail waymarked recreational walk passes through the village.
In 1987, the Aymestrey burial, an Early Bronze Age, beaker cist, was discovered during gravel working. It has since been recreated at Leominster Museum.
The public source identifies “Aymestrey” as village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Aymestrey, village and civil.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3784249. Authority coordinates are 52.283, -2.833. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2011 and 1987.
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This entry incorporates text from “Aymestrey” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.