Hereford and Worcester

American  

[her-uh-ferd] / ˈhɛr ə fərd /

noun

1. a county in W England. 1,516 sq. mi. (3,926 sq. km).

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Hereford and Worcester British  

noun

1. a former county of the W Midlands of England, created in 1974 from the historic counties of Herefordshire and (most of) Worcestershire: abolished in 1998 when Herefordshire became an independent unitary authority

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Example Sentences

Ms Donowho, of Malvern, Worcestershire, told BBC Hereford and Worcester that police should have done more to stop Mr Calderon leaving.

From BBC • Dec. 13, 2023

Yapp told BBC Hereford and Worcester the news had come "out of the blue".

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2023

"Every three months I have a course of injections into my eyelids and that ensures there's no distractions from eye nerves or muscles when I'm working," he told BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2023

The buses were outside but parked close together and the fire spread rapidly, Amy Bailey, from Hereford and Worcester Fire Service, said.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2022

Between the fair boundaries of the counties of Hereford and Worcester rise in a long undulation the sloping pastures of the Malvern Hills.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot