Canon Pyon is a village and civil parish on the A4110 road in Herefordshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 542.[citation needed] The civil parish includes the settlement of Westhope with its tin tabernacle dedicated to St. Francis.
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The name derives from the nearby Pyon Hill. 'Pyon', is unusual and not used anywhere else in Britain with the exception of the nearby village of King's Pyon.[1]
Amenities include a village shop, The Nag's Head public house, a village hall, Canon Pyon CE Primary School, and the 13th-century church of St Lawrence which is a Grade I listed building.[2] Canon Pyon, with King's Pyon, has a magazine: The Pyonear.
The Hermitage is a country house near the village, built c1840-1850 and used as the summer retreat of the Bishop of Hereford.
References
edit- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives, CP40/541, 1396. KyngesPonne listed as the 7th entry
- ^ "Church of St Lawrence, Canon Pyon". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
External links
edit- Media related to Canon Pyon at Wikimedia Commons
- Canon Pyon CE Primary School
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