Pendock, Sledge green

Pendock church is seen standing proud immediately above the motorway to Ross-on-Wye. Earthworks in fields north of the church mark the site of the mediaeval village and probably the de Pendocks’ manor house. Much of this charming church is Norman although the 10th century font suggests an even earlier building; in the 14th century new windows were added and the west tower built. There are good 16th century pews and Jacobean communion rails. Sir Edward Elgar may have played the little Georgian organ.