Peterchurch

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Peterchurch is a village and civil parish in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England. It sits in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom and has views of the Black Mountains. The population was 745 in 1848 and 1,091 at the 2011 census.

St Peter’s Church is Norman and has a rare four-chamber basilica design. Its foundations go back to 786, and parts of Saxon walls can be seen in the sanctuary. The original stone altar survives, dating from before the Reformation. The church spire was removed around 1950, and a fibreglass spire was added in 1972; for a time it was the tallest fibreglass spire in the country. In 2012 the church received an award for a reordering project by Communion Design.

Robert Jones, VC, who won the Victoria Cross at Rorke’s Drift, is buried in the churchyard.

The village used to be served by a station on the Golden Valley Railway from 1881 until the 1950s.

St Peter’s Well, a local well, was believed to have healing properties for eye diseases.