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'''Whitney-on-Wye''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Herefordshire]], England, and approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|}} east from the border with [[Wales]]. The village is on the [[A438 road]], on the [[River Wye]], and {{convert|25 |
'''Whitney-on-Wye''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Herefordshire]], England, and approximately {{convert|1|mi|km|}} east from the border with [[Wales]]. The village is on the [[A438 road]], on the [[River Wye]], and {{convert|25|mi|km|abbr=on}} west from [[Hereford]]. Parish population in [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011]] was 117.{{cn|date=April 2023}} |
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The parish includes the hamlet of Millhalf ({{gbmapping|SO2789948154}}), {{convert|1600|yd|m|sigfig=2}} east from Whitney village. West from Whitney village and south from the A438 is the late 18th-century [[Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge]] ({{gbmapping|SO2589247437}}), which bridges the Wye and connects the parish to that of [[Clifford, Herefordshire|Clifford]].<ref name=OSM>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.121&mlon=-3.067&zoom=12#map=15/52.1256/-3.0636 Whitney-on-Wye], [[OpenStreetMap]]. Retrieved 17 April 2023</ref><ref name=GRF>[https://gridreferencefinder.com?gr=SO2789948154|Point_s_B|1&v=r&labels=1 Millhalf], Grid Reference Finder. Retrieved 17 April 2023</ref> |
The parish includes the hamlet of Millhalf ({{gbmapping|SO2789948154}}), {{convert|1600|yd|m|sigfig=2}} east from Whitney village. West from Whitney village and south from the A438 is the late 18th-century [[Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge]] ({{gbmapping|SO2589247437}}), which bridges the Wye and connects the parish to that of [[Clifford, Herefordshire|Clifford]].<ref name=OSM>[https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=52.121&mlon=-3.067&zoom=12#map=15/52.1256/-3.0636 Whitney-on-Wye], [[OpenStreetMap]]. Retrieved 17 April 2023</ref><ref name=GRF>[https://gridreferencefinder.com?gr=SO2789948154|Point_s_B|1&v=r&labels=1 Millhalf], Grid Reference Finder. Retrieved 17 April 2023</ref> |
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During the [[Captain Swing]] riot movement of 1830, Whitney was a site in Herefordshire for protest by the dispossessed farm labourers who threatened arson and machine breaking to try to obtain a living wage. On 17 November 1830, Henry Williams, a 'ranting' preacher and journeyman tailor wrote a threatening letter to a large farmer citing the fires that had been set in the barns of those who had ignored the poor in the county of Kent. For his pains he was sentenced to transportation to New South Wales.<ref>Hobsbawm, Eric; Rudé, George (1968), ''Captain Swing'', Toronto: Norton and Co.</ref>{{Page needed|date=October 2014}} |
During the [[Captain Swing]] riot movement of 1830, Whitney was a site in Herefordshire for protest by the dispossessed farm labourers who threatened arson and machine breaking to try to obtain a living wage. On 17 November 1830, Henry Williams, a 'ranting' preacher and journeyman tailor wrote a threatening letter to a large farmer citing the fires that had been set in the barns of those who had ignored the poor in the county of Kent. For his pains he was sentenced to transportation to New South Wales.<ref>Hobsbawm, Eric; Rudé, George (1968), ''Captain Swing'', Toronto: Norton and Co.</ref>{{Page needed|date=October 2014}} |
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Whitney-on-Wye is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east from the border with Wales. The village is on the A438 road, on the River Wye, and 25 mi (40 km) west from Hereford. Parish population in 2011 was 117.[citation needed]
The parish includes the hamlet of Millhalf (grid reference SO2789948154), 1,600 yards (1,500 m) east from Whitney village. West from Whitney village and south from the A438 is the late 18th-century Whitney-on-Wye toll bridge (grid reference SO2589247437), which bridges the Wye and connects the parish to that of Clifford.[1][2]
The remains of the Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway (built 1862 to 1864), crosses the parish, and through Whitney village and Millhalf.[1][2][3]
The Grade II* listed parish church, dating to the 12th and rebuilt in the mid-18th century, is dedicated to the saints Peter and Paul.[4][5]
Whitney-on-Wye was first mentioned in the Domesday Book with the spelling 'Witenie'. The most plausible meaning for the name is White Water, from the Anglo-Saxon hwit (white) and ey (water).[citation needed]
During the Captain Swing riot movement of 1830, Whitney was a site in Herefordshire for protest by the dispossessed farm labourers who threatened arson and machine breaking to try to obtain a living wage. On 17 November 1830, Henry Williams, a 'ranting' preacher and journeyman tailor wrote a threatening letter to a large farmer citing the fires that had been set in the barns of those who had ignored the poor in the county of Kent. For his pains he was sentenced to transportation to New South Wales.[6][page needed]
References
- ^ a b Whitney-on-Wye, OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 17 April 2023
- ^ a b Millhalf, Grid Reference Finder. Retrieved 17 April 2023
- ^ Hereford, Hay and Brecon Railway at Whitney, Google Street View (September 2011), showing the site of Whitney station (towards left), and railway bridge over Whitney Court Road (right). Retrieved 17 April 2023
- ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter and St Paul (1349557)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
- ^ "St Peter & St Paul, Whitney on Wye", Herefordshire Churches Tourism Group. Retrieved 17 April 2023
- ^ Hobsbawm, Eric; Rudé, George (1968), Captain Swing, Toronto: Norton and Co.
External links
Media related to Whitney-on-Wye at Wikimedia Commons
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