St Margarets, Herefordshire
# St Margarets, Herefordshire

St Margarets is a village and civil parish 11 miles (18 km) west of Hereford, in the county of Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Upper Maes-coed. In 2011 the parish had a population of 180. The parish touches Abbey Dore, Bacton, Dulas, Longtown, Michaelchurch Escley, Newton, Peterchurch, Turnastone and Vowchurch. St Margarets shares a parish council with Michaelchurch Escley, Newton, Turnastone and Vowchurch called "Vowchurch and District Group Parish Council".

## Landmarks

There are 19 listed buildings in St Margarets. St Margarets has a church called St Margaret's that displays a plaque in the memento mori tradition in Welsh with the words Karka dy ddiwwedd ("remember your end"), dated 1574.

## History

The placename is recent even though the church dates to the 12th century.

