Downton, Herefordshire

Burrington is a small village and civil parish in the far north of Herefordshire, England. It is part of the Leintwardine group of parishes and shares a parish council with Leintwardine and Downton.It is located 6 miles southwest of Ludlow, and features a parish church dedicated to St George.

Downton Castle is a grade I listed 18th-century country house in the parish of Downton on the Rock in Herefordshire, England, situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Ludlow, Shropshire.

Wigmore Abbey Grange is a complex of former monastic buildings just north of the village of Adforton, Herefordshire, England.

Leinthall Starkes is a small village and civil parish in north-western Herefordshire, England. It is about 7 miles south-west of Ludlow, and near the larger village of Wigmore. The road between the two runs through the village. Leinthall Earls is situated to the south of the village.

The Sun Inn is a Grade II listed, parlour pub in Leintwardine, Herefordshire, England.It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.The 200+ year old establishment, one of the UK's last remaining parlour pubs, had been owned and operated by resident Flossie Lane, who was born in the Sun Inn in 1914, and took over ownership more than 70 years ago, until her death in June 2009 aged 94.Without anyone to take her place, there had been fears that it would be sold for redevelopment, but with the help of CAMRA, and the Save the Sun Inn campaign, the pub was purchased from Flossie's nieces, who were keen for it to remain a pub, by a neighbour and friend of Flossie's and a local brewery owner.The new owners added a rear pavilion-style extension which has become the main bar venue. The original two front rooms remain, a red-brick public bar and the more comfortable parlour.

Lower Todding is a hamlet in the English county of Herefordshire. Lower Todding is located at the junction of the old carriage road and the A4113 road about half a mile north and east of Leintwardine. It is part of The Toddings. The Jolly Frog fish restaurant (formerly a pub) is located at Lower Todding.

Leintwardine ( LENT-wər-dyne) is a small to mid-size village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England, close to the border with Shropshire.

The River Clun runs mostly through Shropshire, England and joins the River Teme at Leintwardine, Herefordshire. The Clun Valley is part of the Shropshire Hills AONB (Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty).

Ferney Hall is a mid-Victorian-era mansion house situated at Onibury, Shropshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The hall is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England and its gardens are also Grade II listed on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens.The estate has had several owners, including, in the 16th century, the Norton family, and in the 17th century the Ffolliott family, followed by Walker in the 19th century. Designs for new gardens at the old hall appeared in the 'Red Book' of Humphry Repton in 1789. The present mansion was built on the site of the old hall in 1856 by William Willoughby George Hurt Sitwell, great nephew of Sir Sitwell Sitwell. Following a fire which severely damaged the structure, architect Samuel Pountney Smith supervised the rebuilding in 1875. The property was occupied during the Second World War years by the R.A.S.C. and later as Italian P.O.W. camp and then German P.O.W. camp. Owner, Mrs Cushney occupied some rooms throughout the war and until her death in about 1955 or'56. The restoration of Ferney Hall was due for completion early 2009, when its new owners were Mr and Mrs Wem. The restoration was being done by Mr William Wem and his son Dean Wem. The house was sold later the same year for £1.55 million to Hugh Fitzwilliam-Lay. The hall is not yet completed and is an ongoing project.

Bringewood Ironworks was a charcoal ironworks in north Herefordshire. It was powered by the river Teme, with a blast furnace, a finery forge and latterly a rolling mill for blackplate (to be tinned into tinplate). It was probably built for Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester in the 1590s, but reverted to the Crown on his attainder, and was then let to Sir Henry Wallop. However, he evidently sublet it to working ironmasters. By 1623, it was run by Francis Walker, and continued to be operated by his descendants until the bankruptcy of Job Walker in 1695. They were also concerned in a number of other ironworks in southern and central Shropshire. About 1695, the ironworks, consisting of a blast furnace and a forge, was acquired by Richard Knight (1659–1745). He and then his sons gradually expanded their activities, acquiring ironworks in the valley of the River Stour. Richard Knight retired in about 1733, after which the works were managed by his son Ralph Knight for a family partnership with his brother Edward (1699–1780). After his death, the works passed to Edward, who ran them in partnership with his sons John (1740–1795) and James, managed by the latter. Their interest in the works ceased on Edward's death in 1778. Richard Knight had two other sons another Richard Knight (1693–1765) and Thomas Knight (1697–1764), the latter being the father of Richard Payne Knight MP (1750–1824) and Thomas Andrew Knight FRS (1759–1838). John Knight was father of Thomas Knight (1775–1853), who was active in publishing on mathematics, notably in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London (seven papers, something of a record for an otherwise quiet period). None of these descendants were directly concerned in the iron industry. However, because of the settlement of inheritance within the Knight family, Richard Payne Knight had a pecuniary interest that influenced the development of the family's ironworks; decisions were made in the interests of securing income that might not always have secured the iron industry. The works were put into repair in 1782 and run by William Downing of Pembridge with a various partners, passing to ultimately Samuel George. The 1782 lease expired in 1815. This coincided with a depression in the iron industry at the end of the Napoleonic War. This seems to mark its closure. The furnace had probably closed in the 1790s, when Samuel George built at furnace at Knowbury close to Titterstone Clee Hill. From about 1740, in addition to the furnace and forge, there was a rolling mill further downstream, which produced blackplate, which was sent to a tinmill at Mitton (now in Stourport) to be made into tinplate. The name of a nearby wood suggests that tinplate may have been produced at Bringewood. However, this can only have been after period of the Knights' occupation of the works, as the surviving accounts (for 1733–78) show only blackplate being produced. Wood (for charcoal) came from the nearby chases of Bringewood, Mocktree and Darvel. Though the possibility of mining locally is mentioned in some leases, it is probable that the main source of ore was Titterstone Clee Hill. Pig iron, bar iron and blackplate, made in the works were carried by land to Bewdley for sale, so far as not sold locally. Bringewood bar iron enjoyed a high reputation as being tough.

Brandon Camp is an archaeological site, about 1 mile south of Leintwardine, in Herefordshire. England. It is a hillfort of the Iron Age, which later became a Roman fort. The site is a scheduled monument.

Wigmore High School is a mixed secondary school in Wigmore, in the county of Herefordshire, England.Previously a foundation school, in 2007 Wigmore High School federated with Wigmore Primary School, and now includes nursery school provision. In 2011 the federation converted to academy status. The other main feeder primary schools to Wigmore High School are Kingsland Primary School, Leintwardine Endowed CE Primary School, Orleton CE Primary School, Shobdon Primary School and St Mary's CE Primary School in Bucknell, Shropshire.