Madley

Madley in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.

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Madley is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Madley is a village and civil parish in the English county of Herefordshire. It is located six miles west of the city of Hereford. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,200.

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History

Madley is most famous as the birthplace of Saint Dubricius, the 6th century evangelist of South Wales. He was born at Chilstone which is named after the 'Child Stone' that marked the spot. The parish has a fine medieval Church of England parish church which replaced that founded by St Dubricius. The church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is one of the best known local examples of Norman architecture with gargoyles carved into the tower itself. It is a Grade I listed building. The British Telecom's Madley Communications Centre is on part of the disused World War II airfield RAF Madley. It was built in 1940 by Welsh contractors and opened as a training centre for aircrew and ground…

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Coordinates: 52.0440, -2.8490
District: Herefordshire, County of
Parish: Madley
Postcode: HR2 9DP
Parliamentary constituency: Hereford and South Herefordshire

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wikidata: Q3784287 (CC0)
wikipedia: Madley (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Memorials & monuments · Mid Wales

Scattered Group Of Nine Monuments (Some Overgrown Or With Illegible Inscriptions) To North And West Of The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary

Scattered Group Of Nine Monuments (Some Overgrown Or With Illegible Inscriptions) To North And West Of The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary — Grade II listed building-listed memorial in wales-mid,

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