# Ocle Pychard > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ocle_Pychard > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ocle_Pychard.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocle_Pychard > Source revision: 1310236706 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Hamlet in Herefordshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place |country = England |static_image = Ocle_Pychard_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_453382.jpg |static_image_width = 240px |static_image_caption=The Church of St James the Great |coordinates = {{coord|52.112814|-2.592102|display=inline,title}} |official_name = |population = |shire_district= |shire_county= [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire) |region= West Midlands |constituency_westminster= |post_town= |postcode_district = |postcode_area= |dial_code= |os_grid_reference= }} '''Ocle Pychard''' is a hamlet and parish near [Burley Gate](/source/Burley_Gate), in [Herefordshire](/source/Herefordshire), England, {{convert|3.25|mi}} northwest of [Stoke Edith](/source/Stoke_Edith), {{convert|6|mi}} southwest from [Bromyard](/source/Bromyard), and about {{convert|7|mi}} northeast of [Hereford](/source/Hereford). The parish of [Stretton Grandison](/source/Stretton_Grandison) neighbours Ocle Pychard to the east, while that of [Westhide](/source/Westhide) is to the south. Once a larger settlement, its population was 187 in 1801, 236 in 1831, 224 in 1832, and 299 in 1861.{{sfn|Duncumb|Cooke|Watkins|Matthews|1897|pp=135, 148}}{{sfn|Bell|1835|p=288}}{{sfn|Cobbett|1832|p=149}} ==History== [[File:Lacy arms.svg|thumb|150px| Arms of [de Lacy](/source/de_Lacy): ''Or a lion rampant purpure'']] At the time of the ''[Domesday Book](/source/Domesday_Book)'' Ocle Pychard was in the [Hundred](/source/Hundred_(county_subdivision)) of Tornelaus, and contained 35 households. The population included 9 [villagers](/source/Serfdom), 11 smallholders (middle level of [serf](/source/Serfdom) below a villager), and 13 slaves, with its assets listed as an area of [land under plough](/source/Carucate) defined by four lord's and ten men's plough teams. [Roger de Lacy](/source/Roger_de_Lacy), the [manor](/source/Manorialism)'s co-[lord](/source/Lord_of_the_manor) with the [Bishop of Hereford](/source/Robert_the_Lotharingian), was the [tenant-in-chief](/source/tenant-in-chief) to king [William I](/source/William_the_Conqueror).{{sfn|Fleming|2003|p=166}}[https://opendomesday.org/place/SO5946/ocle-pychard/ "Ocle [Pychard]"], ''Open Domesday'', [University of Hull](/source/University_of_Hull), ''Domesdaymap.co.uk.'' Retrieved 17 March 2020 Ocle Pichard, a section of [Ocle](/source/Ocle), derived its additional name from a family which arrived soon after the [Norman Conquest](/source/Norman_Conquest). Roger Pichard was mentioned in the [Book of Fees](/source/Book_of_Fees) during the reign of [Henry III](/source/Henry_III_of_England). Miles Picard, knight of the shire, was [High Sheriff of Herefordshire](/source/High_Sheriff_of_Herefordshire) in 1300–06. A Roger Picard, probably his son, served in the same capacity during the period of 1318-27, while the vicar John Pichard served Ocle Pychard's parish in 1446.{{sfn|Cleveland|1889|p=7}} [George Carpenter, 1st Baron Carpenter](/source/George_Carpenter%2C_1st_Baron_Carpenter) (1657–1732) was born at ''Livers Ocle'' in Ocle Pychard into a family which had owned property in the area for over 400 years.{{cite book|last1=Watkins|first1=C.|last2=Cowell|first2=Ben|title=Uvedale Price (1747-1829): Decoding the Picturesque|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9FK1kzJCIhEC&pg=PA36|year=2012|publisher=Boydell Press|isbn=978-1-84383-708-4|page=36}} Its population in 1861 was 299; at the time the manor belonged to J. L. Harrison.{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1894|title=Ocle Pychard|publisher=Visionofbritain.org.uk|access-date=24 January 2014}} It later fell into the hands of the Cresswell family. ==Landmarks== thumb|Sheep grazing near the church The Church of St James the Great dates to the 14th century and became a Grade II* listed building on 9 June 1967. Built of "coursed local sandstone rubble with freestone dressings", the tower is believed to date to the early 19th century with a spire late added by [William Chick](/source/William_Chick_(architect)) between 1869 and 1872.{{cite web|url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-410112-church-of-st-james-the-great-ocle-pychar|title=Church of St James the Great, Ocle Pychard|publisher=British Listed Buildings|access-date=25 January 2015}} The east window is [Perpendicular architecture](/source/English_Gothic_architecture) in style and the spire is of copper covering.{{sfn|Pevsner|1963|p=364}} [Ocle Priory](/source/Ocle_Priory) was in the vicinity. The [Hereford and Gloucester Canal](/source/Hereford_and_Gloucester_Canal) traverses the southern part of the parish. A primary school was located in Ocle Pychard in 1967, but it was replaced.{{cite book|author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons|title=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).: House of Commons Official report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a_0tAAAAYAAJ|year=1967|publisher=H.M. Stationery Office}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Bibliography== *{{cite book|last=Bell|first=James|title=A new and comprehensive gazetteer of England and Wales, illustr. by a series of maps. 4 vols. [in 2].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwoHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA288|edition=Public domain|year=1835}} *{{cite book|last=Cleveland|first=Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, Duchess of|title=The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FF8JAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA7|edition=Public domain|year=1889|publisher=J. Murray}} *{{cite book|last=Cobbett|first=William|title=A geographical dictionary of England and Wales|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uc0uAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA149|year=1832|publisher=Wm. Cobbett}} *{{cite book|last1=Duncumb|first1=John|last2=Cooke|first2=William|last3=Watkins|first3=Morgan George|last4=Matthews|first4=John Hobson|title=Collections Towards the History and Antiquities of the County of Hereford: . Hundred of Grimsworth|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yv7lAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA135|edition=Public domain|year=1897|publisher=E. G. Wright}} *{{cite book|last=Fleming|first=Robin|title=Domesday Book and the Law: Society and Legal Custom in Early Medieval England|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gBm2eQvZlN4C&pg=PA166|date=18 December 2003|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-52846-7}} *{{cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|title=Herefordshire|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B5ANBpiLHl0C&pg=PA364|year=1963|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-071025-0}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} Category:Hamlets in Herefordshire --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ocle Pychard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocle_Pychard) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocle_Pychard?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.