Editing Kilpeck (section)

==History==
Until the 9th century, when it was taken over by [[Mercia]], the area around Kilpeck was within the [[History of Wales|Welsh kingdom]] of [[Ergyng]]. After the Norman conquest, the area became known as ''[[Archenfield]]'' and was governed as part of the [[Welsh Marches]]. It became part of Herefordshire, and England, in the 16th century, although the use of Welsh in the area remained strong until the 19th century.<ref>Colin Lewis, ''Herefordshire – the Welsh Connection'', 2006, {{ISBN|0-86381-958-3}}</ref> The English name for the village derives from the Welsh name, ''Llanddewi Kil Peddeg'',<ref>[http://www.kimkat.org/amryw/1_clawdd_offa/22_cymru_dros_glawdd_offa_enwau_euas_eng_cym_0980e.htm Welsh place names in Herefordshire] ''www.kimkat.org''</ref> with ''Llanddewi'' meaning "church of St David" and ''Cil Peddeg'' probably meaning the "cell of Pedic", an otherwise unknown local early Christian [[hermit]].<ref name=parish>James Bailey, ''The Parish Church of St Mary and St David at Kilpeck'', 2000</ref>

In the [[Domesday Book]] of 1086, Kilpeck (entered as ''Chipeete'') was given by [[William the Conqueror]] to William Fitz Norman [[de la Mare]], son of Norman de la Mare. The clan de la Mare is one of the oldest in [[Normandy]] and is descended from [[Ragnvald Eysteinsson]], earl of Møre and Romsdal.  According to the Domesday survey, Kilpeck had "3 ploughs, 2 serfs and 4 oxmen and there are 57 men with 19 ploughs." There are mentions of a church on the site possibly from as early as the 7th century. There are vestiges of an enclosure, 200 yds (183 metres) by 300 yds (274 m) in the field, defining an [[Anglo-Saxon]] village.