Visit Little Cowarne Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Little Cowarne

  

Little Cowarne Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Little Cowarne

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Little Cowarne history

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Cowarne is from the Old English ‘cū’ with ‘œrn’ meaning a “cow house or dairy farm” In the Domesday Book it is written as ‘Cuure’, and in c.1255 as ‘Gouern’ At the time of the Norman Conquest the manor was in the Hundred of Plegelgete and county of Herefordshire. In 1909 the civil parish was described as being at the west of the road from Hereford to Bromyard.

Little Cowarne landmarks

St Guthlac’s Church dates to the 12th and 13th century, and was “heavily restored” by the Herefordshire architect F.R. Kempson in 1870. The church consists of a chancel, nave, west tower, and a gabled south-west porch.

Little Cowarne geography / climate

Little Cowarne parish is, at its widest, about 1.25 miles (2 km) from north to south and 1.4 miles east to west, with an area of 2.8 square kilometres (280 ha) Adjacent parishes are Pencombe with Grendon Warren at the north, Much Cowerne at the south-east, Stoke Lacy at the east, and Ullingswick at the west anticlockwise to the south. The only through route in the parish is the minor road between the villages of Pencombe and Stoke.

You can visit Little Cowarne places with Walkfo Little Cowarne to hear history at Little Cowarne’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Little Cowarne has 10 places to visit in our interactive Little Cowarne map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Little Cowarne, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Little Cowarne places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Little Cowarne & the surrounding areas.

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10 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Walkfo Little Cowarne tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Little Cowarne

  

Best Little Cowarne places to visit

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Little Cowarne has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Little Cowarne’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Little Cowarne’s information audio spots:

Ullingswick Ullingswick is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south west of Bromyard, 9 miles (14 km) north east of Hereford and 10 miles south east of Leominster. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Ullingwic. The name may derive from “Ulla ingas wic”, where Ulla was the name of an Anglo-Saxon chief. St Luke’s church has a Norman nave, 13th century chancel and Victorian porch and bell tower.

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