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Burrington is a small village and civil parish in the far north of Herefordshire, England. It is part of the Leintwardine group of parishes and shares a parish council with Leintwardine and Downton.〔http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/factsandfigures/docs/area_profiles/locality_search-parish_group_ward.xls〕 It is located 6 miles southwest of Ludlow and features a parish church dedicated to St George. ==History== Burrington is a settlement which dates back to the Domesday Book, when the manor was held by Edric the Wild, around whom many legends subsequently grew. The present church dates from 1864, when an earlier structure was rebuilt. It boasts possibly the finest collection of seventeenth and eighteenth century cast iron grave slabs in the country. Little is known about the date of the original church on the site. An unsigned drawing of 1842 shows it to have been a much lower structure than the present building, consisting of nave, chancel and wooden south porch. At the west end was a wooden belfry with a shingled broach spire. All windows, including the three light east window, were square headed with hood moulds, suggestive of a date in the early sixteenth century. An unusual feature was a small blocked opening high in the east gable, also with a hood mould, the purpose of which is unclear. The chancel of the old church was longer than that of the present building, with the grave slabs originally being placed inside. A large dormer window probably gave light to a west gallery. The exterior of the church was rendered and limewashed, giving it a very Welsh appearance. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burrington, Herefordshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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