Tedstone Delamere is a village in Herefordshire, England, north east of Bromyard has the church as the dominant feature
Tedstone Delamere is a village in Herefordshire, England, north east of Bromyard. It derives from the Anglo-Saxon, Teodic after whom the villages near Bromyard were named "Teodic's stone by the stagnant pool or standing pond." There are downs and meadow land ideal for cattle grazing and more recently sheep feeding on the lush grass filtered and watered by the river systems running through it. The village was long dominated by the patronage of the bishopric, St James' Church chancel was added by Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1856-57. At Tedstone Delamere the Sapey Brook runs from Upper Sapey, joining the river Teme just beyond Whitbourne to the east. A story is told locally of a mare and a colt that had been stolen and the hoofprints when followed stopped at the bank of the Sapey brook. The owner prayed for their safe return and upon examining the bed of the brook saw hoofprints clearly visible in the rocky bottom. These hoofprints were followed and the thief caught, the horses being safely recovered. The nearby Hoar Stone is said to be the horse thief petrified for his crimes. A later version involves Saint Catherine of Ledbury as the owner of the horses. The horse-thief was named Gray who reputedly hid for several days in a barn which still stands a short distance from the Brook on the Tedstone Court estate and is referred to as 'Gray's Barn'. It is in the Broxash hundred. The soil is red marl, with red sandstone that produces wheat, hops, fruit, grazing for sheep. "Toddesthorne" is an ancient spelling of "Tedstone", and accounts for "Delamere" by a "William de la Mere, who held Tedston in the reign of Henry III. The church, dedicated to St. James, was rebuilt in 1856-57, Under the direction of George Gilbert Scott, , the church was renovated. The chancel screen of carved oak, probably of Tudor date, and the old Norman font were also carefully preserved, with other relics of the past, among which must be mentioned a small arched slab, with carving in relief
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Location: Tedstone Delamere, Bromyard, UK
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