English Heritage sites near Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
EDVIN LOACH OLD CHURCH
9 miles from Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
The ruins of an 11th century and later church built within the earthworks of a Norman motte and bailey castle, with a Victorian church nearby. The site of hundreds of years of worship.
WIGMORE CASTLE
11 miles from Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
One of the most important castles in the history of the Welsh Marches and major centre of power for over 500 years, hosting royalty on several occasions. Deliberately demolished during the Civil War.
ROTHERWAS CHAPEL
11 miles from Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
Family chapel of the Bodenham family. The originally simple medieval building has a fine Elizabethan timber roof, 18th century tower and striking Victorian interior decoration and furnishings.
ARTHUR'S STONE
15 miles from Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
An atmospheric Neolithic burial chamber, made of great stone slabs in the hills above Herefordshire's Golden Valley.
WITLEY COURT AND GARDENS
16 miles from Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
A hundred years ago, Witley Court was one of England's great country houses, hosting many extravagant parties. Today it is a spectacular ruin, the result of a disastrous fire in 1937.
LEIGH COURT BARN
16 miles from Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
An outstanding display of English medieval carpentry, this mighty timber-framed barn is the largest cruck structure in Britain.
Churches in Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
Ford: St John of Jerusalem
Stoke Prior: St Luke's
Stoke Prior Road
Stoke Prior
Leominster
01568 369307
https://www.easternparishes.org/
St Luke's Church, Stoke Prior, is part of the Leominster Team Ministry.
Services and Events to which you would be most welcome.
We seek to share God's love with our community by belonging to and supporting village organisations as they help and support us. We help to plan and celebrate special occasions such as weddings and baptisms, and help support people through bereavements. We craft services for special events making Harvest and Carol Services and children's worship more community based, so that all feel welcome. Music is important and The Villages Choir enhances our worship.
There are two services held here a month and, because of its size, it can take its turn in the larger Group services at Christmas and through the year, seating up to 140 people. Although our regular congregation is only between 10 and 20 people, the church is well supported by the local villagers at the many functions held to keep the church open and in good order.
Stoke Prior and Ford is a very friendly community and very supportive of one another. There are many social functions held in the village to raise money for various activities and they are always well attended. The Ford Flower Festival is held in June at St John's, Ford, the Hog Roast in August at St Luke's, Stoke Prior, and the single Harvest Festival for both churches is held in Stoke Prior Village Hall which beings in many people who are not regular communicants and it is great to see them participating in our prayers. The PCC donates 10% of its entire annual income to charities- local, national and world wide.
We seek to keep the graves and land around the church in good order without taking away the homes of small mammals, birds, insects, reptiles and other of God's creatures. God's acre helped us a lot in providing funds to set up an eco-friendly environment and to provide a box for visiting children so that they can see what can be found abour the church. The grass at the back of the church has been seeded with meadow flowers as have the banks beside the approach drive. The church has been fitted with Halogen heaters and low wattage bulbs to help the environment.
St Luke's, Stoke Prior, is a Victorian church, Grade 2* listed, which replaced an earlier Norman edifice demolished in the early 1860s. The church is almost certainly unique in having a superb Commonwealth (1658) roof which was saved and adapted from the earlier church. A new bell was given in memory of Victoria Marsden in 2012 and the belfry reordered to hold a ring of 6 bells.
Pubs in Ford and Stoke Prior Parish
Hickory Stick
Grove Golf Centre, Ford Bridge, HR6 0LE
(01568) 610602
grovegolfandbowl.co.uk/
Lamb Inn
Leominster Golf Club
Ford Bridge, Leominster, HR6 0LE
(01568) 610055
leominstergolfclub.co.uk