Fownhope

Also known as Fownhope, Herefordshire

Fownhope is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, an area of outstanding natural beauty on the banks of the River Wye. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 999.

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Locality: Fownhope
Region: England
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 779
Timezone: Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.civil_parish: Fownhope
UK place.unitary_england: Herefordshire
UK place.shire_county: Herefordshire
UK place.os_grid_reference: SO578345
UK place.population: 999
UK place.population_ref: (2011 census)
UK place.constituency_westminster: Hereford and South Hereford
UK place.postcode_area: HR
UK place.post_town: Hereford
UK place.postcode_district: HR1
UK place.static_image_name: St. Mary's Parish Church, Fownhope - geograph.org.uk - 532804.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: St. Mary's Parish Church, Fownhope

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Wikidata facts

Population: 999
Image: St. Mary's Parish Church, Fownhope - geograph.org.uk - 532804.jpg

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Commons category: Fownhope
OS grid reference: SO577345
P8168: Eschbach
P12749: Herman Frasch

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Fownhope Heart of Oak Society
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Fownhope is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, an area of outstanding natural beauty on the banks of the River Wye. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 999.

==History== The earliest known reference to the village comes from the Domesday Book in 1086, where it is called simply Hope, from Old English hop (dative hope), "small, enclosed valley". Its name was lengthened to distinguish it from neighbouring Woolhope, which was also called Hope at the time of the Domesday Book. Early spellings of the village's name include Faghehop (1242), Fanne Hope (1243), Fawehope (1269), Fowehope (1275), Fonhope (1278), and Fowenhop (1315). The name is believed to come from late Old English *Faganhop ("Faga's valley"), from a personal name *Faga (genitive *Fagan), from Old English fag, "coloured, variegated", although no such personal name is attested.