Yazor
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Yazor is a small village and civil parish
in the English
county of Herefordshire
. The hamlet
of Yarsop lies about a mile to its north at 52.122649°N 2.863151°W.
Yazor is some eight miles from the city of Hereford
on the A480 road
about a mile east of Offa's Dyke
. If was formerly served by Moorhampton railway station located in the parish.
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Herefordshire
Herefordshire
Herefordshire is a historic and ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire" NUTS 2 region. It also forms a unitary district known as the...
. The hamlet
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
of Yarsop lies about a mile to its north at 52.122649°N 2.863151°W.
Yazor is some eight miles from the city of Hereford
Hereford
Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and county town of Herefordshire, England. It lies on the River Wye, approximately east of the border with Wales, southwest of Worcester, and northwest of Gloucester...
on the A480 road
A480 road
The A480 is a minor A road in Herefordshire. The road runs from Hereford to LyonshallThe road starts at a junction with the A438 road. Near Stretton Sugwas the road reaches a roundabout where the A4103 road ends. The road also passes through or near Credenhill, Mansell lacy, Yazor and Norton Canon,...
about a mile east of Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke
Offa's Dyke is a massive linear earthwork, roughly followed by some of the current border between England and Wales. In places, it is up to wide and high. In the 8th century it formed some kind of delineation between the Anglian kingdom of Mercia and the Welsh kingdom of Powys...
. If was formerly served by Moorhampton railway station located in the parish.