Walterstone
Walterstone
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 St Mary's Church
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  Walterstone Location within Herefordshire
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| Area | 1.94 sq mi (5.0 km2) |
| Population | 97 (Parish) |
| • Density | 50/sq mi (19/km2) |
| OS grid reference | SO340250 |
| • London | 124 miles (200 km) ESE |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HEREFORD |
| Postcode district | HR2 |
| Dialling code | 01873 |
| Police | West Mercia |
| Fire | Hereford and Worcester |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Walterstone (Welsh: Alt-yr-Ynys) is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the Welsh border and the Brecon Beacons National Park, 14 miles (23 km) south-west of Hereford. The parish had a population of 97 in the 2001 UK Census and is grouped with Craswall, Llanveynoe and Longtown to form Longtown Group Parish Council for administrative purposes.
There is a motte-and-bailey castle in the village to the west of St Mary's church and an Iron Age hill fort on high ground two-thirds of a mile (1.1 km) to the east. The River Monnow and the Welsh Marches railway line share a valley south-east of the village.
Allt Yr Ynys, a Grade II listed 16th-century manor house 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) south of the village, has been a country house hotel. The Grade II listed parish church of St Mary is part of the Ewyas Harold group of parishes. In the chancel, there is early 17th-century stained-glass depicting the quartered arms of the Cecils, brought from the nearby Allt Yr Ynys. The churchyard cross is listed Grade II*.
The 300-year-old village pub, the Carpenter's Arms, is situated next to the church and has been in the same family for the last 100 years.
In the 18th century, a Roman mosaic was reported to have been found in the parish. The exact site is not known but is thought to be in the Coed-y-Grafel area north of the village.
In the 1870s the Imperial Gazetteer recorded the area of the village as 1,241 acres (502 ha) with a population of 173.