Leintwardine (hundred)
| Leintwardine | |
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 Watling Street |
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| Leintwardine shown within Herefordshire | |
| Population | 830 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SO404741 |
| • London | 130 mi (210 km) SE |
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| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Craven Arms |
| Postcode district | SY7 0xx |
| Dialling code | 01547 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Leintwardine (pronunciation: /ˈlɛntwərdaɪn/ LENT-wər-dine) is a large village and civil parish in north Herefordshire, England, close to the border with Shropshire.
The construction of a rampart in around 170 AD (ranging up to two metres tall), and still visible in places around Leintwardine, is thought by local historians to be the result of one of two events. The argument currently in retreat is that following a local uprising the Romans evicted all locals and constructed a rampart and palisade. The preferred line is that the ramparts were built following widespread local unrest to protect the mansio and the baths, which serviced Roman cavalry forts to the north, south and north-west. There exists a Roman praetorium/principia one mile southwest of Leintwardine atop Brandon Hill, believed to have contained a storage depot, regimental HQ, latrines and cookhouse. Aerial photographs as early at the middle 1950s showed circular crop marks within the confines of the hill fort. Much of the site's earthworks still exist and Brandon Hill remains an impressive sight.
Roman forts also existed nearby to Leintwardine at Jay Lane and Buckton.
The parish is the most northerly in Herefordshire. Neighbouring civil parishes are Adforton, Bedstone (Shropshire), Bromfield (Shropshire), Buckton and Coxall, Burrington, Clungunford (Shropshire), Downton, Hopton Castle (Shropshire), Onibury (Shropshire), and Walford, Letton and Newton.
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