Richard's Castle is a village, castle and two civil parishes on the border of the counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire in England. The Herefordshire part of the parish had a population of 250 at t
The B4361 road through the village – the pub is to the right
The earthworks of Richard's Castle
All Saints' Church and the countryside towards Woofferton and the River Teme, viewed from Batchcott
All Saints' Church, Richard's Castle
Ludford is a small village and civil parish in south Shropshire, England. The parish is situated adjacent to the market town of Ludlow and was, until 1895, partly in Herefordshire.
Richard's Castle
…that remains to the present day, as the remainder of the parish became part of the Herefordshire hundred of Wolphy. Whilst the neighbouring parish of Ludford, which had also been divided into Munslow/Shropshire and Wolphy/Herefordshire parts, was unified fully into Shropshire in 1895, no such unification of…
The view from St Giles churchyard, showing St Giles Hospital and The Old Bell
The view north across the Teme from the eastern part of Ludford village, with the skyline of Ludlow dominated by St Laurence's Church.
Looking downstream from Ludford Bridge at the Horseshoe Weir. The former ford was just below where the weir now is, roughly where the river turns slightly to the left. The part of Ludlow on the north bank just beyond the ford remained part of the parish of Ludford until 1901.
Ludford Bridge, which now takes the B4361 road across the River Teme, from downstream on the Ludlow side. The Charlton Arms, a large public house, is just behind.