Little Hereford

English

Etymology

Recorded as Lutelonhereford, Domesday Book 1086, from Old English lȳtel (“little”), dative lȳtlan. The name may have arisen from being an area north of the River Teme almost cut off from the rest of Herefordshire.

Proper noun

Little Hereford

  1. A village and civil parish (served by Brimfield and Little Hereford Group Parish Council) in north Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5468).

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