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| Llangrove | |
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  Llangrove Location within Herefordshire | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Ross-on-Wye |
| Postcode district | HR9 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Llangrove is a small village in the civil parish of Llangarron in southwest Herefordshire within seven miles of Ross-on-Wye (Herefordshire, England) and Monmouth (Monmouthshire, Wales).
The village has a pub, The Royal Arms,[1] a school, Llangrove CE Academy,[2] a village hall,[3] and a church, Christ Church.[4] The village did have a shop and post office.
The village of Llangrove has had many names and spellings, Langrove, Longrove, Longgrove, Longuegroue, Long-grove, Long Grove.[5] In the 14th and 15th centuries the village was referred to as 'Longegrove', but the early parish registers of Llangarron mention 'Long Grove'. By the 1850s the spelling had changed to Llangrove. In 1862 a local directory referred to 'Llangrove Common'. The parish records from Llangarron (before there was a church at Llangrove) refer to the burial of 'Elizabeth Evans of the Grove'. In fact, the older residents of the village, now departed, always spoke of 'living on the Grove'.[6]
The village is not a 'traditional village' built around a village green but the centre is marked by the church, the war memorial and the school. The village is sited on high ground. From the north there are perfect views extending to the Malverns and round to May Hill. From the south one can see Symonds Yat and the Doward, round to Welsh Newton Common, then westwards to Garway and the Brecon hills.
- ^ The Royal Arms Facebook Page
- ^ Llangrove CE Academy website
- ^ Llangrove Village Website
- ^ "LLANGROVE" at visitherefordshirechurches.co.uk
- ^ Llangrove Village Website - Retrieved 23 May 2019
- ^ The Hereforshire village book. Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes. (New ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. 1999. ISBN 1853065781. OCLC 973639433.
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