Canon Pyon

Canon Pyon is a village and civil parish on the A4110 road in Herefordshire, England. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 542. The civil parish includes the settlement of Westhope.

Village centre

The name derives from the nearby Pyon Hill. 'Pyon', is unusual and not used anywhere else in Britain with the exception of the nearby village of King's Pyon.[1]

Amenities include a village shop, The Nag's Head public house, a village hall, Canon Pyon CE Primary School, and the 13th-century church of St Lawrence which is a Grade I listed building.[2] Canon Pyon, with King's Pyon, has a magazine: The Pyonear.

The Hermitage is a country house near the village, built c1840-1850 and used as the summer retreat of the Bishop of Hereford.

References
  1. Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; National Archives, CP40/541, 1396. KyngesPonne listed as the 7th entry
  2. "Church of St Lawrence, Canon Pyon". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 29 January 2014.



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