Foy is a hamlet

Hamlet

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 and civil parish

Civil parish

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 in Herefordshire

Herefordshire

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, England

England

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, north of Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye

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. The civil parish of Foy includes Hole-in-the-Wall

Hole-in-the-Wall, Herefordshire

Hole-in-the-Wall is a riverside settlement on the east bank of the River Wye in the English county of Herefordshire.It is some five miles to the north of the town of Ross-on-Wye and part of the parish of Foy — the village of Foy, a mile to the west, is accessible by a footbridge over the Wye.Court...

, and Old Gore, within its boundaries. The ward is intersected by the River Wye

River Wye

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When Peter Mandelson

Peter Mandelson

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 was introduced to the House of Lords

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, he was introduced as Baron Mandelson of Foy in the county of Herefordshire and Hartlepool in the county of Durham. He had bought a cottage in the village in the mid 1980s and sold it in 1992. The Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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's red rose logo is said to have been inspired by a shrub in his garden there.