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Village in Herefordshire, England
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Bosbury is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, approximately 3.5 mile (6 km) north of Ledbury. The small River Leadon flows through the parish, passing along the west side of the village. Bosbury shares a parish council with neighbouring Coddington.

The village has a primary school, a day nursery, a parish hall (which hosts a monthly farmers' market and a weekly post office counter), a barbers, a historic public house ("The Bell"), a bowls & tennis club, and a cricket club. A second pub exists just within the parish, on the main road towards Ledbury, at Staplow – "The Oak". This was for defensive purposes in the troubled Marches region. Inside the church sanctuary, one on each of the north and south walls, are two fine examples of Renaissance Italian tombs, dedicated to members of the Harford family who lived in Bosbury throughout the 16th century. Both the main church building and the detached tower are Grade I listed buildings. The most notable dwelling, Bosbury House, is a substantial Georgian red brick building just outside the village, substantially altered in 1873 and now Grade II listed. Bosbury, both in the village and scattered across the parish, is also noted for its many black and white half timbered buildings, most of which are Grade II listed. Known as the "Bishop's Palace", there exist some remains at Old Court, to the north of the churchyard. Two bishops of Hereford died in Bosbury – Æthelstan (in 1056) and Richard de Swinfield (in 1317). The palace was converted to agricultural use as an oast house. A separate manor of Upleadon existed in the parish, on the west side of the Leadon, and included Catley. whilst the two parishes of Bosbury and Coddington had a combined population of 888, decreasing 8.5% to 813 at the 2011 census, giving an estimated population for Bosbury of 714.

Bosbury and Coddington Parish Council meet monthly at the Parish Hall. Bosbury has eleven seats on the council, whilst Coddington has two. The parishes of Bosbury, Coddington, Colwall, and Mathon together form the ward of Hope End, which returns one elected councillor to Herefordshire Council. The most recent election was in May 2015, in which the Conservative candidate, Tony Johnson, was elected. Councillor Johnson is the Leader of the Council. Bosbury lies in the North Herefordshire parliamentary constituency, represented by Bill Wiggin (Conservative).