Edvin Loach

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox UK place Edvin Loach, also Edwin Loach, is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Edvin Loach and Saltmarshe, in east Herefordshire, England, and about Template:Convert north of the town of Bromyard, and east from Edwyn Ralph civil parish. Until 1893 the parish formed an exclave of Worcestershire within Herefordshire. In 1961, the parish had a population of 18.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> On 1 April 1986, the parish was abolished and merged with Saltmarshe to form "Edvin Loach & Saltmarshe".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The old church at Edvin Loach was built in the mid-11th century or later and was dedicated to St Giles. It is built within the earthworks of a Norman motte-and-bailey castle.<ref name=EH>Template:Cite web</ref> Later it was re-dedicated to St Mary. The old church gradually became dilapidated, though its roof was still intact as late as the 1890s. It is in the guardianship of English Heritage.<ref name =EH /> The new St Mary's Church, designed by Victorian architect Sir George Gilbert Scott in 1860, stands next to the ruins of the old church.<ref>The Buildings of England: Herefordshire, Nikolaus Pevsner, 1963 p. 126 Template:ISBN</ref> It is an example of 19th-century church architecture designed in Early English style.