COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. 6j Hampden, Rev. Edward Renn, CradlPy, Malvern. *Hanbury, The Hon. William Spencer Bateman, Shobrlon Court, R.S.O. *Hanbury, Rev. The Hon. Arthur Alien Ba.teroan, Shobdon Rectory, R.S.O. Hanbur.v, The Hon. Charles Spencer Bateman Kincaid Lennox, Lennox: Castle, Stirling. *Hanbury, .John Capel, Pontypool Park. Harberton, The Right Hon. J ames Spencer Pomeroy, Viscount, Cromwell Road, S. W. Harington, Sir Richard, Bart., Whitbourne Court, Worcester; Chairman of Quarter Sessions, Herefordshire. Harley, Robert William Daker, Brampton Bryan, R.S.O. Harrison, 1\Iajor-Gen., Broadley. *Harvey, Edward Nourse, Copthall, Southampton. *Harvey, Edward Nourse Rowley, Over Ross, Ross. Hastings, George Woodyatt, M.P., Barnard's Green, Malvern. Hawkshaw, Rev. Erlward Burdett, Weston, Ross. Henry, William Charles, M. D., Haffield, Ledbury. Herbert, Francis William, Hartleton, Ross. Hereford, The Right Hon. Robert Devereux, Viscount, Tregoyd, Hay. *Hereford, The Right Rev. James, Lord Bishop of *Hereford, The Hon. and Very Rev. George Herbert, Dean of Hereford, V en. and Hon. Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Stanhope, Archdeacon of, Byford Rectory, Hereford. Hewitt, Charles Archibald, Hope End, Ledhury. Heygate, Major Edward Nicholas, R.E., Bucklands, Leominster. Heygate, Robert Henry, Oaklands, Docklow, Leominster. Heywood, Col., Hatley St. George, Malvern. Higgins, Henry, Thinghill, Hereford. Hill, Thomas Rowley, St. Catherine's Hill, Worcester. Hopton, John, Canon Frome, Ledbury. Hopton, Major-General Edward, C.B., Cagebrook, Hereford. Hornyold, Thomas Charles Gandolfi, Hanley Castle, U pton-on-Sovern. Hutchinson, Arthur, Hagley Park, Hereford. Ingham, Robert Wood, Sugwas, Hereford, and 40, Gloucester Square, W. James, Lieut.-Col. John, Lyonshall, Kington. Jenner, Hugh, Vennwood, Hereford. JOlllls, John, M. D., Langstone Court, Ross. Jones, Richard, Poulstone Court, Ross. Kettle, Sir Rupert Alfred, Merridale, Wolverhampton. Kempson, Frederick Robertson, Birchyfields, Bromyard. Kevill-Davies, Rev. William Trevelyan, Croft Castle, Leominster. Kevill-Davies, William Trevelyan Somerset, Croft Castle, Leominster. *King, Captain Francis James, Kirbey Hall, Melton Mowbray. King-King, William Edward, Oakfield, Leamington. Lane, Theophilus William, Ryelands, Leominster Lee-Warner, Robert Henry, Tyberton Court, Hereford. Lewis, Sir Herbert Edmund Frankland, Bart., Harpton Court, Kington. Lewis, Thomas Freke, Abbey Dore Court, Hereford. Lighton, Sir Christopher Robert, Bart., Bt·ockhampton Court, Ross. Lloyd, Major Thomas Conway, Uinas, Brecon. Lowther, Rev. Beresford, Carlton Club. Lubienski, Count Louis, Rotherwas, Hereford. Lucas, Edward Scudamore, Kentchurch, Hereford. Lush-Wilson, Herbert W., Canon Pyon, and 65, Queen's Gate Gardens, W. Lutley, John Habington Barnehy, Broekhampton, Worcester. Lutwyche, Hudson Latham, Kynastone, Ross. Mackintosh, George Gordon, Richmond House, Twickenham. Martin, Waldyve Alexander Hamilton, Upper Hall, Ledbury. J.\lPrrick, Major-Gen. Augustus William Henry, 90, Cromwell Road S. W. Metcalfe, Thomas Theophilus Secundus, Cirencester. McLaughlin, Major-General Edward, R.A., 1, Stanley Gardens, Kensington Park, London, W. McMurdo, Robert, 49, Warwick Road, S. W. Moffatt, Harold C., Goodrich Court, Ross. Money-Kyrle, Lieut-Col. John Ernle, Homme House, Dymock. Money-Kyrle, Major Audley, Homme Housf>, Dymock. Muir, John Gardiner, Newport House, Almeley. *Musgrave, Rev. William Peete, The Residence, Hereford. Mynors, Rev. Waiter Baskerville, Llanwarne, Tram Inn, R.S.O. Mynors, Captain Willoughby Baskerville, Bosbury, Ledbury.
COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. Norbury, Thomas Coningsby Norbury, Sherridge, Malvern. Ormathwaite, The Right Hon. Arthur, Lord, Eywood, Kington. Palin, Rev. Edward, Linton Vicarage, Ross. *Palmer, Major Thomas, Eardisley, R.S.O. Parr, Joseph Charlton, Staunton Park, Herefordshire, and Grappenhall, Hayes, W arrington. Partridge, Edward Otto, Farchniss, Dolgelly. Partridge, William, The Grange, Uxbridge Road, London, W Partridge, Wm. Bailey, Llanfoist House, Abergavenny. Partridge, William Oroker, St. Ives, Glyn Wye, Ross. Pemberton, Robert Leigh, Elton Hall, Ludlow. Phipps, Richard, Buckenhill, Bromyard. Poole, Rev. William, Hentland, Ross. Potter, Richard, Standish Hous(l, Stonehouse, Gloucester. Powell, Rev. Thomas Prosser, Dorstone, Hereford. Power, Manley Kingsmill Manley, Hill Court, Ross. *Powis, The Right Hon. Edward James, Earl of, Powis Castle, Welshpool. Prescot, Charles W arre, King-'s Pyon, Hereford. *Price, J oseph Thomas, The Tump, Monmouth. Pulley, Joseph, Lower Eaton, Hereford. Rankin, James, M.P., Bryngwyn, Tram Inn, R.S.O. Reaveley, Thomas, Rinnersley Castle, Hereford. Rees, Captain Richard Powell, The Cedars, Ewyas Harold. *Ricardo, Frank, Lromesberrow Place, Ledbury. Riley, John, Putley Court, Ledbury. Robinson, Stephen, Lynhales, King-ton. Robinson, Edward Lewis Gavan, Poston, Peterchurch. Rodney, The Right Hon. George Bridges Harley Dennett, Lord, Berrington, Leominster. *Rogers, Charles Coltman, Stanage Park, Brampton Bryan, R.S.O. Rasher, Jeremiah Lilburn, Pandy, Abergavenny. Ruthven, The Right Hon. Waiter James, Lord, Winton Castle, N. B. St. John, The Right Hon. Beauchamp Mow bray, Lord, Rowden House, Bromya.rd. Salvin, Marmaduke Charles, Burn Hall, Durham. Salwey, Alfred, Overton, Ludlow. Sanders, Benjamin Lawrence, Street Court, Kingsland, R.S.O. Scarlet, :Edward Charles, Elmsley House, Leominster. Sitwell, Willoughby Hmt, Ferney Hall, Craven Arms, R.S.O., Salop. Smythies, George, Marlow, Leintwardine, R.S.O. Somerset, The Right Hon. Lord Henry, 25, Berkeley Square. Stevenson, Charles Benjaml.n, Hennor House, Leominster. Strong, George, Ashfield, Ross. *Sutherland, Captain Francis, Surbiton. Syer, Rev. Thomas, D.C.L., Weston-under-Penyarcl, Ross. Symons, Thomas Raymond, 1\fynde Park, Tram Inn, R.S.O. Taylor, William Francis, Brambridge, Bishopstoke. *Thomas, Edward David, jnn., Glanywessin, Garth, Bceconshire. Thomas, Colonel Wm. Jones, Llanthomas, Hay, R.S.O. Trafford, Henry Randolph, Michaelchurch Court, Hereford. Trafford, Edward Guy, Michaelchurch Court, Hereford. V enables, Rev. Richard Lister, Llysdinam, N ewbridge, Radnor. V erschoyle, Captain Robert Henry, Springfield, Ross. Walsham, Sir John, Bart., British Embassy, Pekin. *Watt, J ames Watt Gib son, Doldowlod, Rhayader. Webb, _Edward John, Ledbury. Webb, Lieut.-Col. Richard Frederick, 6, West Cromwell Road, S.W. W egg.Prosser, Francis Richard, Belmont, Hereford, and 26, Eaton Square, London. *W egg-Prosser, John Francis, Belmont, Hereford *Winnington, Sir Francis Salwey, Bart., Stanford Court, Worcester. Wood, Herbert Ho worth, Whitehouse, Peterchurch. Wood, John, Bircher Hall, Leominster. Worswick, William Worsley, Sarnesfield, Weobley, R.S.O. Yapp, George Bailey.
MEETING OF TH A LIST OF THE PLACES AT WHICH PETTY SESSIONS ARE ATTENDING T 1--------------------------------------------------------- Division. Where Petty Sessions are held. Days of Holdi ------------· ------------------------- ------------------ Bredwardine ... Petty Sessional Court Room, Hay Second Monday in eve Bromyard ..... . Police Court, Bromyard ........... Every alternate Mond Do re ........... . Police Court, Abbey Dore... ... ... Every alternate Mond Harewood End Police Court, Hare wood End.... Every alternate Mond Hereford ....... . Shirehall, Hereford.................. Every Saturday ........ " (City) Guildhall, Hereford ... , ........... .. Every Monday and Th Kington ........ Court House, King ton ............ .. Every alternate Thurs Ledbury ......... Police Court, Led bury ............. . Every alternate Wedn Leominster ..... Police Court, Leominster ......... . Every alternate Frida " Borough) Town Hall, Leominster ........... . Every Thur~day ........ Ross .............. . Town Hall, Ross .................. .. Every alternate Frida Weobley.. ...... Police Court, Weobley ............. Every alternate Mond Wigmore........ Police Court, Wigmore. ...... . .. .. . First Tuesday in every .
HE JUSTICES. E HELD, AND OF THE CLERKS TO THE MAGISTRATES THEREAT. ------------------------------------------------------ ing. Clerks to Justices. Addresses. ----------- ery month ..... George Henry Page, Esq ............. . Hay, R.S.O. day .............. . A. W. Knott, Esq ....................... . Bromyard. day ............. .. Thomas Llanwarne, Esq ............ .. Hereford. day .............. . Henry Minett, Esq .................... .. Ross. .................. . John Gywnne J ames, Esq ........... .. Hereford. hursrlay ........ James Davies, Esq .................... .. Hereford. sday ............ . Anthony Temple, Esq ................ .. Kington. nesday ........ .. William MasefiPld, Esq .............. .. Ledbury. ay ............... .. Henry Moo re, Esq ...................... . Leominster. ................... . Henry Moore, Esq ..................... .. Leominster, ay ............... .. Henry Minett, Esq .................... .. Ross. day........... ... H. F. Leather, Esq...................... Weobley. y month....... Henry Thomas W eyman, Esq....... Ludlow. -------------
COUNTY FUNCTIONARIES, ETC. CouNTY FuNCTIONARIES. Lord Lz"eutenant and Custos Rotulorum. The Right Hon. Lord Bateman, Shobdon Court, Shobdon, R.S.O., and Carlton Club, London, S.W.; appointed in 18.52. H£gh Sherijf. Col. Robert Bourne, Cowarne Court, Ledbury. Under Sherijf. John Reginald Symonds, Esq., Hereford. Chaz''rman of Quarte1· Sesszons. Sir Richard Harington, Bart., Whitbourne Court, Worcester. Deputy Chaz'rman. Sir Herbert G. D. Croft, Bart., Lugwardine Court, Hereford. Clerk of the Peace and Clerk to the County Counc-il. James Frederick Symonds, Esq., Hereford. Clerk to the Lieutenancy. ]ames Frederick Symonds, Esq., Hereford. County Treasurer.-Henry Child Beddoe, Esq., Hereford. County Surveyor. William Cheiake, Esq., Hereford. Clzi'ef Constable of the Counry.--Captain James Drummond Telfer, R.A., Hereford. County Gaol. Chief Warder in ch~rge of Prison, Mr. Joseph Flockton. Coroners. Thomas Llanwarne, Esq., Hereford (for Herejo1·d Dz'strz'ct); Henry Moore, Esq., Leominster (for Leom£nsfer Dz'stn'ct); Edmund Hall Cheese, Esq., Hay (Deputy Coroner fo1' Leomz"nster District)/ John Reginald Symonds, Esq., Hereford (Deputy Corone1· for Hereford Distrz''ct ). Medical O!Jice1· of Health. H. Vavasour Sandford, Esq, M.D., Hereford. Medical Superintendent oj the County and City Lunatic Asylum at Burghz'll. T. Algernon Chapman, Esq., M.D. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT. (WITH THEIR TOWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES.) Northern (or Leominster) Divzsz{m. of Herifordshz're. James Rankin, Esq., Bryngwyn, Tram Inn, R.S.O., Herefordshire; and 35, Ennismore Gardens, Prince's Gate, London, S.W. Souther11 (or Ross} Dzvz'sion. Michael Biddulph, Esq., Led bury; 19, Ennismore Gardens, Prince's Gate, London, S.W. ; and Brooks's and Reform Clubs, S.W. Cz'ty of Herejo1'd. Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bart., Glanusk Park, Breconshire; 11, St. James' Square, London, S.W.; and Carlton Club, London, S.W.
HEREFORDSHIRE CELEBRITIES. 71 CELEBRATED NATIVES OF HEREFORDSHIRE. For .fuller information, see Hutchinson's " Herefordshire Biographies" whence the following list, with particulars, is taken.* Abel, Yohn, architect, famous constructor of timber houses ; died at Sarnesfield, 1674, aged 97 (date on tombstone, 1694.) A dam of Easton, distinguished Benedictine, made Cardinal I 378 j died 1L397· Adam of Orletou, distinguished prelate and statesman, Bishop of Hereford 1317, of Worcester 1327, and \Vinchester 1333; died I345. Baskerville, ~\ir :fames, distinguished soldier, knighted by Henry VII. Baskervz"lle, St1· Thomas, "chiefe commander of Her Majestie's (Elizabeth's) forces in Picardie," died I 597. Bayly, Yohn, eminent divine, chaplain to Charles I. ; born I595, died I633· Beale, Yohn, naturalist, author of 11 Sylva, or Discourse upon Forest Trees," etc.; born I6o3, died about 1683. Bo;·le, Roger, founder of the celebrated family of Boyle, of Kent and Ireland ; died at Faversham I 576. Breton, Yohn, eminent lawyer and churchman1 Bishop of Hereford I269 ; died I27S· Carpenter, George. distinguished soldier; born at Ode Pychard r6S7· Served in Spain under Lord Galway and General Stanhope, defeated the Jacobites at Preston 1715, made Lord Carpenter I7I9; died 173I. Clijford, Rosamond, commonly called "Fair Rosamond," mistress of Henry II.; born about II34, died (probably) II76. Comngsby, Szr Thomas, soldier and statesman, founder of the '' Coningsby Hospital," at Hereford; born about I 555, died I625. Conzewall, Charles, gallant naval officer, born at Berrington 1669, Admiral of the Fleet I 7 r 5 ; died 17 I 9· Cornewall, yames, gallant sailor; born at Bredwardine I 699: killed at Toulon I744· Croft, Sir Yames, soldier and statesman, Lord Deputy in Ireland I 55 I j died I 59 I. Croft, Szr Herbert, accomplished Catholic gentleman and writer; born r 554, died at Douay I 622. Davies, :foh1Z, celebrated "penman" and poetical writer ; born at Hereford about IS6s, died in London I6I8. Delabere, Sz"r Richard, soldier and statesman, knighted by Henry VII. for his services to the Tudor cause ; died I 5 I 3· Devereux, Robert, Earl of Essex, soldier and statesman, favourite of Queen Elizabeth; born at Netherwood 1567, executed r6o1. Edwz1z, Mary, accomplished lady, wife of Sir Edward Dering; born in Hereford I 650, died I 699. *Price 21/-, Messrs. Jakeman & Carver, 1890.
HEREFORDSHIRE CELEBRITIES. Ely, Humphrey, learned Catholic writer, born 1539, professor ofcivii law at Pont-a-Mousson 1588; died 1603 or 1604. Gardz"ner, Rzchard, preacher and orator, canon of Christchurch 1629; born 1591,died 1670. Garrzek, Davza, the "English Roscius" ; born at Hereford 1716, died 1779. Gethzng, Rzcha1'd, famous "penman," friend and pupil of John Davies. Grandz'son, john, famous prelate, Bishop of Exeter 1327, and builder of the best part of the Cathedral ; born at Ashperton, died I 369. Gwz"llzin, :fohn, herald, author of " A Display of Heraldry" ; died 1621. Gwy11ne, Eleanor, actress, and favourite of Charles II. ; born 16501 died 1687. H akluyt, Richard, naval historian, author of the celebrated "Voyages and Discoveries of the English Nation'' ; born 1553, died 1616. Harley, Sir Robert, Parliamentarian statesman; born I 579r died 1656. Hm·ley, Szr Edwm-d (son of the preceding), soldier and statesman; born 1624, died I 700. Harley, Edward (son of the preceding), able administratorr "Auditor of the Imprest" under Queen Anne; born 1664, died I 7 35. Havard, Wilham, author of "The Banks of the Lugg and other Poems"; born in Hereford 1735, died in London I8Io. Hoby, Sz"r Thomas, diplomatist, Ambassador to France 1565 ; born 1530, died 15t6. Hoskins .John (senior), scholar and wit, Sergeant-at-Law 1623; born 1566, died 1638. Hoskins, .John (junior, brother of the preceding), learned theologian, and civilian ; died 1631. Hues, Robert, mathematician, born at Little Hereford about 1553, author of'' Tractatus de Globis " I 593 ; died I 632. Yohn of Bromyard, learned Dominican, opponent of Wickliffe; died 1390. Kemble, George Stephen, actor; born at Kington 1758, died 1822. Knight, Richa·rd Payne, classical antiquarian; born at Wormesley 175o, died 1824. Knt"ght, Thomas Andrew (brother of the preceding), naturalist; born 1758, died 1838. Lawrence, Stringer, distinguished Indian officer; born 1697. died 177 5· Lzngen, Sir Hem)', distinguished Royalist leader; born 1612, died 1662. 11£apes, Walte1', Anglo-N orman scholar and poet ; born r 140. Mortz"mer, Roger, eighth Lord of Wigmore, and first Earl of March, statesman and soldier, favourite of Isabella, Queen of Edward II.; born at Thornbury 1287, hanged 1330.
HEREFORDSHIRE CELEBRITIES. 73 Newcomb, Thomas, classical scholar and poet ; born 1675, died 1766. 0/dcastle, S£r Yohn, Lord Cobham, the famous Lollard leader ; born (probably at Almeley) 1360, died 1417. Prz"chard, .James Cowles, ethnologist; born at Ross 1785, died 1848. Reece, Rzchm·d, medical writer, author of " Domestic Medical Guide," 1803, and" Medical Guide for Families," r8o8. Roger of Hereford, medi<eval mathematician and astronomer, composed "Collectaneum Annorum Planetarum," at Hereford, I 170. Rogers, Henry, theologian, opponent of Dr. Fisher, the Jesuit ; born 1584, died I641. Ross, :John, classical scholar and critic, born at Ross 1719, Bishop of Exeter I 778; died 1792. Scudamore, Sir Yohn, first Lord Scudamore, distinguished Royalist, restorer of Abbey Dore Church, and improver of Herefordshire orchards ; born I 6oo, died I 67 I. Scudamore, SZ:r Barnabas (brother of the preceding), Royalist leader, Governor of Hereford I645; born about I6o8, died 1658. Smzth, Miles, learned prelate, one of the leading translators of the English Bible, Bishop of Gloucester I612 ; died 1632. Somerset, Hemy, first .Marquis of Worcester, distinguished Royalist, defended Raglan Castle I646 ; died the same year. Sta1'lhope, Yames, soldier and statesman, born I673, commanded the British forces in Spain 1708-9, created Earl Stanhope IJI8 ; died 5th February, 1720-1. Swift, Theophilus, poet and dramatist ; born (it is said) at Goodrich, died J 8r ~- - Traherne, Thomas, theological writer and controversialist ; died I6J4· Vaughan, Roger Bede, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, 1873: born at Court:field 1834, died r883. Wafter, :fohn, philanthropist, born at Hereford, founder of numerous charities in London and Hereford ; died I 6 56. Wathen, :fames, artist and traveller, popularly known as "Jemmy the Sketcher" ; born in Hereford I7SI, died 1828. Whz'tt£ngton, Sz'r Rzchard, the famous Lord Mayor of London ; born (probably) at Hope Solars, died 1423. Wzllzam of Lemster, learned Franciscan, flourished 1290. W£nter, Thomas, famous pugilist, better known as "Tom Spring," born at Fownhope 1795, succeeded Cribb as "Champion of England," 1821 ; died 1851.
THE · TOWNS, PARISHES, AND VILLAGES IN EREFORDS I RE, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED. • ABBEY DORE. ABBEY DORE, ABBEY DOYER, or DORE, is a parish, with a railway station on the Golden Valley railway, distant I I miles S.W. of Hereford, 14 W. of Ross, and about 2! N.W. of Ponttilas station, on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford railway. The parish derives its name from its situation on the river Doyer, which is a celebrated trout stream. It is in W ebtree hundred, Vowchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council, Hereford county court district, Dore union, highway district, and petty sessional division. The population in 1871 was 533, in 1881, 535; inhabited houses, 85; families or separate occupiers, 94; area of parish, 5,358 acres; annual rateable value,£ 4,4I5. Captain Thomas Freke Lewis is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Colonel Bellers, Captain Feilden, and the Exors. of M. Clive, Esq., are also landowners here. The soil is a sandy loam ; subsoil, clay and sandstone ; chief crops, wheat, barley, beans, oats, &c. Dore Abbey was founded for Cistercian (or white) monks, by Robert de Ewyas, youngest son of Harold, Lord ofEwyas, in King Stephen's time. In 1 I 49 Waiter de Scudamore gave the monks a parcel of land called Fulkes Mead ; Alan de Plokenet, lord of Kilpeck, the Alans of Alansmore, the Cliffords, and others gave benefactions that can still be partially identified. In 1216 King John gave "all the land between the river Dore and the rivulet called Trivelbrook," a tract of soo acres extending to Whitfield. His successor, Henry III., in his seventeenth year, confirmed all the grants, charters, and donations that had been made to the abbey from its foundation. The monks, having thus become very affiuent, began the erection of a magnificent church, which was completed in a very elegant manner, in the Pointed style of architecture. In 1534, all the monastaries worth less than £2oo pe~ annum were dissolved, and Dore Abbey among them. At the time of 1ts suppression, the revenues of this abbey were, according to Dugdale,£Iol ss. 2d.; but Speed records the yearly income at £r 18 os. 2d. The abbey and its lands were granted to John Scudamore, of Holme Lacy, one of whose descendants purchased the great tithes that had belonged to the abbey. The chapter-house, cloisters, and
ABBEY DORE. 75 other buildings belonging to the abbey were pulled down, and the materials sold, soon after its suppression, together with the nave of the church ; but enough of the latter is still left to show that its shape was cruciform, and that its architecture was very elegant. During the reign of Charles I., John Viscount Scudamore obtained a license to rebuild this fabric, and to endow it with all the appropriated tithes of the parish ; it was not, however, entirely rebuilt, but underwent considerable repairs, and in the year 1634- was re-consecrated by Theophilus Field, Bishop of St. David's. This edifice, dedicated to the Virgi'n Mary, is a large and handsome building, and has north and south transepts, chancel, north and south aisles and ambulatory, porch, font, and three beautiful stained glass windows, with a wellproportioned and massive tower in the Norman style, containing six heavy bells. It has several curious monuments and tablets, and a remarkable stone coffin, which was found under the church. In the south aisle is a mutilated figure, carved in freestone, said to be the effigy of Robert de Ewyas, founder of this abbey, who is recorded to have been buried here, together with Robert, his son, and several others of his family. Another recumbent and defaced statue in the north aisle is said to represent Sir Roger de Clifford the younger, who was also buried here,aswere Sir Alan Plokenet and William Grandison, Lords of Ewias Harold, and various other illustrious persons. There are two handsome monuments in memory of Rev. William Watts and Rev. Digby Cotes, former rectors of this parish. In the year 1881,£120 was spent in repairs in the chancel, now used as the church. The living is a rectory, in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery ofW eobley; value, £68o, with residence and 9! acres of glebe; patron, Captain Thomas Freke Lewis; rector, Rev. Alfred Phillipps, Associate of King's College, London, who was instituted in 1868. There are charities of about£ 40 yearly value. The National school for boys and girls has accommodation for 99 children; average attendance, 68. It is endowed with £7 Ios. per annum. Upwards of £r6o was, a few years ago, spent upon the enlargement and improvement of the school. The union workhouse is capable of accommodating about 100 inmates. The guardians meet at the board-room every alternate Monday. Dore union district comprises 27 parishes in Herefordshire and 2 in Monmouthshire, extending over an area of 74,917 statute acres; and contained, in r8Sr, a population of 9,556~ with 1,997 inhabited houses. The justices for Dore petty sessional division meet at the police station fortnightly. Abbey Dore Court is the seat of Captain Thomas Freke Lewis, J.P. and D.L. AcTING MAGISTRATES FOR THE DoRE DrvrsmN. H. H. Wood, Esq., White House, Vowchurch, Chairman/ B. St. John AttwoodMathews, Esq., Pontrilas Court ; Major-General Gillespie, Trewyn ; R. H. Lee-Warner, Esq., Tyberton Court; Captain Thomas Freke Lewis, Abbeydore Court; E. Scudamore Lucas, Esq., Kentchurch Court; Rev. J. C. Murray-Aynsley, Great Brampton, Madley; Rev. T. P. Powell, Dorstone Rectory; W. B. Partridge, Esq., The Grange, Bacton; Capt.R. Powell Rees, The Cedars, Ewyas Harold; E. L. Gavin Robinson, Esq., Poston Lodge, Vowchurch ;
ABBEY DORE. H. R. Trafford, Esq., Michaelchurch Court; E. Guy Trafford, Esq., Michaelchurch Court. Clerk to the :Justz'ces Thomas Llanwarne, Esq., 8, St. John Street, Hereford. The follow£ng Part"shes and Places are comprised ziz the Dare Petty Sesszo11.al Dzvision :- Abbey Dore, Bacton, Crasswall, Dulas, Ewyas Harold, Foothog, Kenderchurch, Kentchurch, Kilpeck, Kingstone, Llancillo, Llanveynoe, Longtown, Madley, Michaelchurch Eskley, Newton, Peterchurch, Rowlstone, St. Devereux, St. Margarets, Thruxton, Treville, Turnastone, Tyberton, Vowchurch, Walterstone, and Worrnbridge. DoRE UNION. H. H. Wood, Esq., ].P., Cha-irman_; T. B. Broad and T. W. Wathen, Vi'ce- Chairmen; Thomas Llanwarne, Esq., solicitor, Hereford, Clerk to the Guardians and to the Rm-al Sanitary Authority_; ]. A. F. Suter, Esq., National Provincial Bank, Hereford, Treasurer_; Rev.]. 0. Bevan, Vowchurch, Chaplain,; T. Reuel Atkinson, Esq., M.R:C.S., Turnastone, JY!edical· Officer of Health and Surgeon to Madley Dz"strt'ct .i W. A. Walker, Esq., M.D., Grosmont, Medical Officer of Health and Surgeon to the Kentchurch Distr-ict, and to the Union House/ Leslie L. Thain, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., Longtown, Medical Officer of Health and Surgeo1z to Longtown DzstnCt .). Mr. Thos. Jos. Heath, Master; Mrs. Clara Heath, Matron_; Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, Nurse_; Messrs. Henry Miles, Longtown, and Thomas Lewis, Brook House, Ewyas Harold, Relz'ev-ing Officers/ Mr. John Gwillim. Ewyas Harold, and Mr. Phillip Gwillim, Cwm Dulas, Ewyas Harold, Sanitary Inspectors. The followz1zg Parishes and Places are comprised in the Dare Union :- Abbey Dore, Bacton, Crasswall, Dulas, Ewyas Harold, Grosmont (Mon.), Kenderchurch or Howton, Kentchurch, Kilpeck, Kingstone, Llancillo, Llangua (Mon.), Llanveynoe, Longtown, Madley, Michaelchurch Eskley, Newton, Orcop, Peterchurch, Rowlstone, St. Devereux, St.Margarets, Thruxton, Treville, Turnastone, Tyberton, Vowchurch, Walterstone, and Worrnbridge. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHs, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. Thomas Llanwarne, Esq., 8. St. John Street, Hereford, Suje1't.ntendent Regz"strar _; Mr. Thomas Lewis, Brook House, Ewyas Harold, Regz'stra1· of Jl.:f(Jrriages; Mr. Thomas Lewis, Brook House, Ewyas Harold, Mr. Philip Gwillim, Cwm Dulas, Ewyas Harold, and John Taylor, Madley, Reg£strars of Births and Deaths. DoRE HIGHWAY DISTRICT. Thomas Llanwarne, Esq., Hereford, Clerk_,- ]. A. F. Suter, Esq., Hereford, T1·easurer_,- Mr. John Gwillim, Ewyas Harold, and Mr. Philip Gwillim, Cwm Dulas, Ewyas Harold, Surveyors. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mr. John James, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive from Hereford at 9.30 a.m.; despatched thereto at s.15 p.m. Ewyas Harold is the nearest money order office. Pontrilas is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Chu1·ch (St. Mary's). Rev. Alfred Phillipps, A.K.C., Rector_; Mr. Charles Wall, Rector's Churchwardetz / Mr. George Evans, Par-ish Churchwarden.; William Vizard, Parz"sh Clerk. Natt'onal School (boys a11d gids). Mr. Alfred Thomas, School1naster. -
ABBEY DORE ACONBURY. 77 Polz"ce Station. Mr. William Cope (of Hereford), Super£ntendent for Abbey Dore D£vt"sion / John Phillips, Resziient Sergeant. Assistant Overseer. Thomas Lewis, Brook House, Ewyas Harold. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Mrs. Preece Wed. & Sat. Mrs. Price do. Mrs. J ackman do. Mrs. Vale Sat. Mrs. Alford Wed. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Lewis, Capt. Thomas Freke, J.P., D.L., (late Royal Welsh Fusiliers), Abbey Dore court Phillipps, Rev. Alfred, A.K.C. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Addis, Andrew, farmer, Hollingwood Addis, William, farmer, Quarrell's green Badham, George, farmer, Llanderwin Cleland, Mrs. Caroline, frmr, Newbrooke Dale, James, farmer, New barns Dyke, John, farmer, 1Vloorhampton park Edwards, Thos, gamekeeper, The Foxes Evans, George, farmer, Dore's Uwm farm Farr, James, farmer, Farm house Francis, Thomas, farmer, Blackmoor Gough, Edwin, farmer, The Grange Gough, John, farmer, Cwm farm Hand, Albert Edward, farmer, Kerry hall Heath, 1-ir. Thos. Jus., master of Dore Union Hoddell, Jas., farmer, Kingstone grange Hughes, George, blacksmith, Kerry gate Stopping Place Return at Spread Eagle 3 30 Plough Inn 3 30 Nelson Inn 3 0 do. 3 0 do. 3 0 James, John, sub-postmaster J ones, Nicholas, Little Cwm farm Jones, Thomas, farmer, Lower Jewry Parry, J ames, farmer, Hill farm Phillips, John, police sergt., Police statn Powell, Danzy, farmer, Jewry cottage Powell, J ames, farmer, Upper House farm Powell, John and Geo., frmrs, Tan house Powell, John and George, Tan house, Upper Jewry Preece, William, haulier, Yew cottage Price, Edwin, cott. farmer, The Bannut Tree, Kerry gate Price, Philip, farmer, Longwood Probert, Richard, farmer, Lower house SANBROOK, H:KNRY ALBERT, miller and corn dealer, coal and lime merchant, Abbey Dore mill Thomas, Alfred, schoolmaster Vale, ,J., & Preece, W., frmrs, Duffryn Vale, John, farmer, W oodhouse farm Vizard, 'Villiam, parish clerk Wall, Charles Wilson, farmer, Cock yard W atkins, John, Black bush farm Williams, Thomas, shoemaker and shopkeeper ACONBURY. ACONBURY is a parish and scattered village pleasantly situated on the road leading from Hereford to Ross, via Hoarwithy, and possesses scenery of romantic description, which is blended with woodland. It is distant 5 miles S.S.E. of Hereford, 9 N.W. of Ross, and about 2! S.W. ofHolme Lacy station on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester railway. It is in Wormelow hundred (upper division), Hereford union, county court district, and petty sessional division, Dinedor and Little Birch polling district, and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 144, in 1881, I 59; inhabited houses, 33 ; families or separate occupiers, 35 ; area of parish 1,633 acres ; annual rateable value, £917. The whole of the land, except five small tenements, is the property of the Governors of Guy's Hospital, who are also lords of the manor. The soil is a rich loam ; subsoil, limestone rock, and is chiefly adapted to arable purposes. This parish is remarkable for fine timber and coppice wood, 6oo acres of it being under timber. Here was formerly a nunnery of the order of St. Augustine, founded and endowed in the time of King John, by Margery, wife of 'V alter de
ACONBURY ALLENSMORE. Lacey. It occupied 5 acres of ground and was surrounded by a moat. The Cliffords, one of whom appears to have been buried here, were considerable benefactors to this house ; its revenues at the time of the dissolution were estimated at £7 5 7S. s!d. yearly. The Governors of Guy's Hospital purchased this estate, as well as Wilton castle and other extensive possessions they have in the county, from the Chandos family, who formerly lived at Aconbury. On the summit of Aeonbury hill, a bold and extensive eminence, partly covered with young wood, and commanding a delightful view of the surrounding country, are traces of a camp of an oval form, the rampart of which on the east side is very conspicuous. This was probably a summer camp of the Romans. Aconbury is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Archenfield ; living, a vicarage ; value, £58 (derived from a charge on land belonging to Guy's Hospital of £40, a £5 rent-charge on woods belonging to the Earl of Chesterfield, and augmentation by Royal bounty of £13); patron, representatives of the late vicar, the Rev. Stephen Thackwell. Present vicar, Rev. H. P. Marriott-Dodington, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in I 88 3, and who is· also rector of Little Birch. The parish church is a small Gothic structure, dedicated to St. :John, consisting of nave, chancel, and ancient porch, with a low tower containing one bell. It was restored in 1863, at a cost of about £7oo, chiefly defrayed by subscription. The children from Aconbury attend the school at Little Birch. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received from Ross, vz'd Hoarwithy, and from Hereford for Kings Thorn district. Much Birch and Tram Inn are the nearest money order and telegraph offices. Post town, Ross. Pan'sh Church (St. :John's). Rev. H. P. Marriott-Dodington, V£car/ Mr. W. S. Lewis, Churchwarde1Z; Charles Higgins, Little Birch, Par-ish Clerk. Ass'lstant Overseer. Mr. T. Mansel, Beech Cottage, Much Birch. COMMERCIAL. Addis, Elizabeth Barnard, John, cot. farmer, Lower house Edwards, Richard William, police station, Aconbury Flower, Albert, farmer and hop grower, Aconbury Court Fowles, F., Inspector of Nuisances, Mount Skippett Godsell, George, Aconbury Hill Halford, John, farmer, King's Pit farm Higgins, Charles, parish clerk, res. Little Birch Jones, Joseph, farmer, The Warren Leake, Henry, farmer, The Woodlands, and Moraston farm, Little Dewchurch Paine, D. Stafford, farmer, Merrivale Preece, J ames, cottage farmer Preece, Thos., farmr., Cross-in-hand farm Verry, John, The bank, Aeon bury, woodward for Guy's hospital V erry, William, mason, Chapel wall Watkins, James, farmer, Caldicott ALLENSMORE, WITH HuNGERSTONE, CoBHALL, AND WINNALL. ALLENSMORE is an extensive and populous parish, consisting of the places above named, and situated on the main road f.rom Hereford to Abergavenny and Ross. It is distant 4 miles S.W. of Hereford, I 3 W.N.W. of Ross, and about 2 N.W. of Tram Inn station on the Newport. Abergavenny, and Hereford railway. It is in Webtree hundred, Hereford union, county court district, and petty sessional
• . ALLENSMORE. 79 division, and Clehonger and Much Dewchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I87I was 603, in 188r, 579 ; inhabited houses, I42 ; families or separate occupiers, I49 ; area of parish, I ,959 acres; annual rateable value, £3,797 I Is. Mrs. Pateshall is lady of the manor and chief landowner. Miss Bevan, Mrs. William Batt, Mr. ]. ]ones Merriman, &c., are also landowners here. The soil is gravel ; subsoil, marl ; chief crops, wheat, barley, fruit, and roots. Allensmore is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford ; living, a discharged vicarage ; gross value, £2 so, with residence and 4! acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. James Elliot Grasett, of Bishop I!atfield's Hall, Durham, who was instituted in I 867. The parish church is an ancient stone edifice in the Gothic style, dedicated to St. Andrew, and consists of nave, chancel, porch (rebuilt in I857), and square tower containing a peal of six bells. The whole of the church was restored in 188o. The church bells are (March, I89o,) being thoroughly restored, and the tenor bell re-cast at the expense of Mrs. Pateshall, Allensmore Court. A stained glass window was placed on the north side of the church in I857 to the memory of the Misses Elizabeth Maria, and Elizabeth Symonds ; subjects, Faith, Hope, and Charity ; and one in r868, to the memory of the Rev. H. P. Symonds, a former landowner in this parish ; subjects, the Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord. The east window was, in I876, also filled with stained glass to the memory of the wife of the Rev.]. E. Grasett, vicar; subjects, Christ blessing little children, the Sermon on the Mount, and Christ healing the sick. The register begins with the year I698. The school was built in I87o, on a site given by Evan Pateshall, Esq., M.P., and the total cost of building was about £8oo. It has accommodation for Io6 children, and is now under . the management of a school board. The average attendance is 6 3· Allensmore Court is the seat of Mrs. Pateshall. Hungerstone is a township distant I mile S.W. from the village of Allensmore. Here is a W esleyan chapel. Cobhall and Winnall are hamlets. The remains of a moat still surround Mere court, which is an ancient farmhouse. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Cobhall. PosTAL REGU[.ATIONS. Mrs. Rogers, Sub-Postm-istress. Letters arrive from Hereford at Tram Inn, at 7.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 7.25 p.m. Nearest money order and telegraph office, Tram Inn. Post town, Hereford..- Pa·r£sh Church (St. Andrew's). Rev. James E11iot Grasett, Vicar_; Mr. Thomas Watkins and Mr. Henry Harris, Churchwardens_; John Taylor, Parish Clerk. Board School (boys and g£rls). Mr. George Henry Gwynne, Ohaz"rman ~· T. Llanwarne, Esq., Clerk to the Board/ Mr. Waiter E. Davis, Master_; Miss Davis, .llf£s11-ess; Mr. Edward Woodhouse, Attenda1tce Officer. . . . Primitive Methodz"st Chapel, Cobhall. Mzmsters varwus. Wesleyan Chapel, Hungerstone. M£n£sters vartous. Assz'stant Overseer. Mr. Edward Woodhouse.
8o ALLENSMORE ALMELEY. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days . Mrs. ] ackman · Mrs. Cottrell Mrs. Beavan Wed. & Sat. do. do. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Eckley, Miss, Cobhall villa Goode, Thomas, Hungerstone villa. Grasett, Rev. James Elliot (vicar), The Vicarage Pateshall, Mrs., Allensmore court COMMERCIAL. Barrel, Daniel, farmer, Winnall common Berrow, James, farmer, Gorsty common Berrow, Miss S. &L., farmers, Smallbrook Built, James, farmer, Winnall Burton, John, farmer, Gorsty common Carless, Charles, farmer, Winnall Cole, Charles, farmer, Hungerstone Davies, Wm. F., far., White ho., Winnall Davis, Waiter E., schoolmaster Dawes, Robert, farmer, Winnall Dew, William, farmer, Building farm, res., Kiverknoll, Much Dewchurch Fluck, Henry, farmer, Meer court Griffiths, Francis, Butts cottage Hancocks, Henry, farmer, Hungerstone Hancocks, James, blacksmith, Thruxton Harper, Mrs. E., farmer, Winnall Harris, .Tames, farmer, Church house Hudson, Thomas, farmer, Gethenfield Johnson, Henry, wheelwright, &c. J ones, George, farmer, Pool cottage Jones, Henry, mason, Cobhall common J ones, William, tailor and shopkeeper J ones, William & John, farmers, Hungerstone house King, Wm., grcr. & provsn. dlr., Winnall Lambert, John, shoemaker, Cobhall corn. Stopping Place Nelson Inn Plough Inn Spread Eagle Return at 3 0 3 30 4 0 Lawrance, George, cot. frmr, Moss green Lawrance, Wm. Edwin, farmer, Cobhall common Lewis, Charles, farmer, Cobhall I .. ewis, Charles, farmer, Green farm Mattey, William, butcher, Cobhall corn, Mole, Saml., The Poplars, Gorsty com. Morgan, :Mrs. Martha, CheN"y Tree Inn. M organ, William, farmer, Wall brook Nurse, 1'hos, w h l wrigh t., &c., H ungerstone Panniers, W. Edward, farmer, Cobhall Parry, Chas., Yew-treecot., Winnallcom. Powell, J ames, farmer, Courtland farm Powell, Mrs. Louisa., shopkeeper, Cobhall common Powell, Thomas, farmer, Mawfield Powell, Thomas, farmer, Winnall court Preece, Edward, farmer, Trap house Preece, George, farmer, Village farm Price, Thomas, Yew Tree house Reece, J ames, wheelwright & carpenter, Webtree Reece, John, farmer, Cobhall court Rogers, Mrs., sub-postmistress, Post office Slade, William, farmer, Winnall hall Steele, J ames, farmer, Winnall common Taylor, George, blacksmith, Laine'a cottage Taylor, John, mason, cottage farmer and parish clerk Tylor, James, Gorsty common W ATKINS, THOMAS, thrashing machine . proprietor, Ivy cottage, Allensmore. Weaver, John, farmer, Winnall Williams, Edward, farmer, Boylfield Woodhouse, Edward, assistant overseer, W oodstreet farm ALMELEY, WITH WooNToN, HoPLEY's GREEN, LoGAsToN, WooTTON, ETC. ALMELEY is a parish and village situated on the Hereford and Aberystwith road, about 5 miles S.S.E. from Kington, 4! W. from Weobley, 14 S.W. from Leominster, and 15 N.W. from Hereford. The Kington and Eardisley branch of the Great Western Railway was open~d for traffic in February, 1875. The Almeley station on tha~ lme IS about a quarter of a mile from the village. The Eardisley station <;>n the Midland railway (Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch) IS a~out 2! miles S. Almeley is in Stretford hundred, vyeo_bley umon and petty sessional division, Kington county court distrH:t,. a?d the Kinnersley and Weobley polling district and elect- ?ral divisiOn of.the c?unty council. The population in 1871 was 675, m I 88 I, 604 ; mhabited houses, 14 I ; families or separate occupiers, •
• ALMELEY . 142 ; area of par~sh (including the townships), 3,295 acres; annual rateable value,£ 4,560. Mrs. Pease is lady of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey ; subsoil, red sandstone marl, with gravel in some parts; chief crops, wheat, barley, roots, and fruit. There are vestiges of a camp near the church, also a barrow. Almeley is in the diocese and archdea.conry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a vicarage; value, £207, with residence and 8 I acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Worcester ; vicar, the Rev. R. Hyett Warner, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1877. The church of St. Mary was restored in 1868 at a cost of £I,8oo. It is an ancient Gothic structure, with nave, aisles, miniature transepts, chancel, organ, vestry, porch, and tower containing five bells. The earliest register is dated I 59 5. Here is a district board school with an average attendance of 8o children. Newport House, built by the Foley family on the site of an ancient manor house, and almost rebuilt a few years ago by]. Gibson ·watt, Esq., is now occupied by ]. Gardiner Muir, Esq., under lease from the Trustees of the Newport estate. Woonton is a hamlet about 1 mile from Almeley station on the Kington and Eardisley line, and 2 miles from Kinnersley station on the Midland railway from Hereford to Brecon. A Mission Room in connection with the parish church has recently been erected in \Voonton. . A new Friends' 1\{eeting House was erected in I 888, by Mrs. Gurney Pease, of Darlington! one of the Trustees of the Newport estate. Hopley's Green is a township covering an area of 400 acres. It is in W olphy hundred, and is distant about I mile N.N.E. of Almeley village. Logaston is a township, also in Wolphy hundred, with an area of about 200 acres. It is distant about I mile E. of Almeley. Wootton is a hamlet. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in I 870; and the old Friends' Meeting House which dates from 1672, and was built by Roger Pritchard. The graveyard behind contains about 70 graves, most of which are from I 50 to 200 years old. The building was thoroughly renovated and somewhat enlarged about five year& ago, and has been regularly used since that time. . PosTAL REGULATIONS. Edward Morris, Sub-Postmaster, Almeley. Letters arrive from Hereford, v£a Eardisley, at 9.30 a.m.; despatched at 5.30 p.m. There is also a post office at Woonton, at which letters are received from Kington. Nearest money order office and telegraph · office, Eardisley. Letters should be addressed Almeley, Eardisley, R.S.O., Herefordshire. Parish Church (St. M my's). Rev. R. H yett Warner, M.A., V£car; Messrs. James Mainwaring & Albert Stepple, Churchwa1'dens; James Morris, Parish Clerk. . . . Pr£mz"tzve Methodz'st Chapel. W ootton. Mznzsters varxous. Friends' Mee!z"ng Houses. W ootton and W oonton. Mr. Hall, M£m'ster. Board School (boys and gz'rls). Rev. R. Hyett Warner, Chairman and Hon. Ole1·k; Mr. Morgan, Master. Railway Station. Mr. \Villiam Hyett, Station llfaster . .. · Assz'stant Overseer. Mr. James Baird, The Brewery.
ALMELEY ASHPERTON. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hall, William Geo., Spearmarsh cottage, (minister), Friends' Meeting House. Morgan, Philip, master, Board school Muir, John Ga.rdiner, Newport house Snead, Mrs. M., Old Court Stepple, Albert J., Spearmarsh house Taylor, James, Church house, (minister), Primitive Methodists Warner, Rev. Richard Hyett, M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Whiting, W m, Yew -tree villa, W ootton COMMERCIAL. Baird, Hy., brewer, New Inn Burton, Richard, farmer, W oonton Davies, Edmund, carpenter, vVootton Davies, Evan, cottage farmer Davies, .Tames, farmer, Woonton farm Davies, John, farmer, Meer common l>avies, Wm. & Saml., farmers, Wootton Dykes, Ellis, farmer, Hopley's green. Dykes, J ames, sawyel', Almeley East, Thomas, The Bells Inn, and farmer Gatehouse, Jas., farmer, Woonton George, D., farmer, Stocks Godsall, Benjamin, farmer, 'N oonton Griffiths, John, farmer, Camp Gwilliam, Mrs. E., farmer, Castle Frome Gwynne, Jno., castrator& fmr., Woonton Hobby, James, shopkeeper, Woonton Hooper, Ann, farmer, Sunny bank Holder, Thos., farmer Howells, E., wheelwright, Woonton Hyett, Wm., sta.-master, railway station J enkins, W illiam, farmer, Hopley's green Jones, Mrs. E., farmer, Woonton .Tones, N., blacksmith, Almeley Lane, David, farmer, The Meer Lane, 'l'hos., mason, Hector's alley Lewis, J ane, shopkeeper, W oonton Lewis, John, farmer, Cockshuts I.-ilwall, Henry, farmer, Logaston Lloyd, .John, farmer, Lower Stocks Lloyd, Thomas, farmer, Hopley's Green Mainwaring, James, farmer, Upco~t Mainwaring, James, junr., farmer, Bridge farm Matthews. James, farmer, Upcott Mikell, "\Villiam, tailor, Hector'H alley Montgomery, J., farm bailiff, Old castle Morris, Ed ward, shopkeeper, post office Morris, J ames, parish clerk & shoe maker Nicholas, John, Wootton Price, William, blacksmith, "\Voonton Probert, "\V m. Jas., farmer, New house Prosser, Elizabeth, shopkeeper, Post office, W oonton Pugh, Jno., cottage fmr., Ferney common Skyrme, Mrs., farmer, Logaston W atkins, :Moses, farmer, Tan house Watkins, William, shopkeeper, Almeley Williams, E van, farmer, W ootton W illiams, Geo., Buck Inn, & far, W oonton Winney, Ti10mas, cot. far., beer retailer, and shopkpr. (The Lion), Ferney com. ASHPERTON. ASHPERTON is a parish with a railway station on the Hereford and Worcester branch of the Great Western railway, distant 6 miles N.W. of Ledbury, and 9 E. of Hereford; is in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, county court district, and petty sessional division, Ashperton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 492,in 1881,409; inhabited houses, 97; families or separate occupiers, 114; area of parish, 1,637 acres; annual rateable value, £2,492. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Stretton Grandison, and a detached part of Stoke Edith were amalgamated with Ashperton, and by provisional orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1885, a further change was made in the area of this and adjoining parishes. John Hopton, Esq.~ of Canon Frome Court, is the chief landowner. The soil is very fertile; and wheat, beans, hops, and fruit are grown. The living is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of South Frome; it is a chapelry annexed to the vicarage of Stretton Grandison j joint annual value, £35 r, with residence and 165! acres of glebe; patron, John Hopton, Esq.; vicar, Rev. John Buckle, M.A., of St. Mary Hall, Oxford, who was instituted in 1859· The church of St. Bartholomew is a plain
ASHPERTON. cruciform structure, with large chancel of exceedingly pleasing proportions, restored and reseated with open seats in 1840 at a cost of £640. It has a square castellated tower, containing four bells. The east window and two others in the chancel are filled with painted glass. The earliest register is dated I 537. There are several small charities, derived principally from rent of land, and amounting annually to £27 rss. The school has accommodation for 155 children; average attendance, 99· The children from Canon Frame, Munsley, and Pixley, attend this school. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Led bury about 9 a.m.; despatched thereto at 4-30 p.m. There are wall letter boxes at Blacklands and Ashperton Green, the former is cleared at 4.20 and the latter at 4-40 p.m. The Trumpet is the nearest money order office. Postal telegrams may be sent from Ashperton railway station. Post town, Ledbury. Parish Church (St. Bartholomew's). Rev. John Buckle, M.A., incumbent_,- Rev. G. E. Buckle, Curate_; Messrs. W. Dutson and ]. Pudge, Churchwa1'dens ./ Mr. John Johnson, Parz'sh Cla-k. National School (boys and gz1-ls). Mr. James Morgan, Master/ Mrs. R. Morgan, Mistress. Railway Station (West-Midland Section of the Great Western Ra-ilway). Mr. Evan Griffiths, Station Maste1'. Ass-istant Overseer. Mr. W. E. Mills, Yarkhill. CARRIER TO LEDBURY. Name Edward N ewman (Canon Frome) Day Tues. Stopping Place New Inn Return at 2 0 CARRIER Fri. TO WORCESTER. William Parsons PRIVATE RESIDENT. Buckle, Rev. John, M.A., J.P. (vicar of Stretton Grandison, with the chapelry of Ashperton), The Parsonage COMMERCIAL. Alford, Wm., sen., farmer, The Field Aliord, William, jun., farmer and mason, Old Vicarage house Banks, Harvey, thatcher Banks, J esse, thatcher and hay trusser Beavan, John, farmer and woodman to John Hopton, Esq. Brydges, James, cowkeeper and cottage farmer, W oodsend Burgwyn, Mrs. J ane, beer retailer (BoxBusk Inn} and shopkeeper Caffel, John, carpenter, The green Chamberlain, John, cowkeeper and wood dealer, Twyford cottage Davies, Waiter Thos., farmer, Lower town Deem, Edwin, wheelwright, Hackers green Derry, Joseph, stone mason,CanonFrome wharf Prince of Wales 4 0 Sat. Dutson, ,John, Black lands villa, agent to John Hopton, Esq. Dutson, William, builder and contractor, Blacklands Fincher, Thos., shopkeeper & farmer Freeman, Thomas, farmer, Tuston's fann Griffiths, Evan, station-master, raily stn. J ohnson, John, parish clerk and carpenter J ones, Edwin, mason, Leafield J ones, J ames, Poppinger King, George Vincent, road surveyor to Ledbury Highway Board, Nutfield villa Magness, J oseph William, blacksmith and engineer, Ashperton green Morgan, J ames, schoolmaster Nicholas, John, sawyer Parsons, William, barm dealer, & carrier to Worcester Pitt, William, farmer, \Valsopthorne Poole, John, mason, W oodsend Pudge, James, farmer, Moorend Pullen, Elisha, wheelwright, Peas croft Russell, J ames, farmer, Freetown, res. The Grange, N ewland, Malvern South '\Vales Coal and Lime Co. (Sydney Davies, salesman} Taylor, 'l'homas, farmer, Lower town Williams, Thomas, farmer, Pridewood
ASTON ASTON INGHAM. AS TON. ASTON, or PIPE ASTON, is a small parish distant 4 miles S.W. by W. of Ludlow, and 14 N.W. of Leominster; is in Wigmore hundred, petty sessional division, Burrington and vVigmore polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Ludlow union and county court district. The name Pipe Aston was applied to the parish during a temporary period many yeaTs ago when clay pipes were made here. The manufacture is now extinct, and this double name is no longer applicable. The population in 1871 was 35; in I88I, 49 ; inhabited houses, Io ; families or separate occupiers, 10 : area of parish, 920 acres; annual rateable value, £385. Andrew Johnes Rouse Bough ton Knight, Esq., of Down ton castle, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey ; chief produce, wheat, barley, oats, and roots. In this parish is an eminence called High Vinnalls, from which was formerly obtained a complete panoramic view, including the Brecon, Radnor, Cardigan, and Montgomery hills. The summit is however now wooded, and the view quite obscured. The church of St. Gdes is remarkable for its diminutive size. The tympanum of the Norman north doorway is a very fine piece of work, well worthy the visit of the ecclesiologist. The earliest register is dated I685. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford, archdeaconry of Ludlow, and Ludlow rural deanery; annual value, £5 I, with 43 acres of glebe; patron, A. ]. R. Boughton Knight, Esq. ; rector, Rev. Alfred Bannister, M.A., Oxon, who was instituted in 1888. The children of this parish attend the school at Burrington. PosTAL REGULATIONs. Letters arrive from Ludlow about 8.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 5.15 p.m. Ludlow is the nearest money order and telegraph office and post town. Parz"sh Church (St. Giles'). Rev. Alfred Bannister, M.A., Rector ; A. ]. R. Boughton Knight, Esq., Churchwarden. Assistant Ovtwsee1'. Mr. Edward Deakins, Aston farm CARRIERS TO LUDLOW. Name Elias Williams (Leinthall Starkes), Charles Ben nett do. Days Mon. & Sat. do. Stopping Place Rose & Crown Blue Boar Return at 4 0 4 0 RESIDENTS. Bannister, Rev. Alfred, M.A., rector, Aston Rectory Deakins, Ed., As ton farm, asst. overseer Harrington, Richard, farmer J ones, vVilliam, farmer Smith, J oseph, farmer ASTON INGHAM. ASTON INGHAM is a parish and village situated on the borders of Gloucestershire, 6 miles E. of Ross, 1 I N.W. of Gloucester, 3 W. of Newent, and about 2 from Mitcheldean Road station, on the Here- . ford, Ross, and Gloucester branch of the Great Western railway. It is in Greytree hundred, Newent union and county court district, Linton polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Ross petty sessional division. The population in I87I was 556, in I 88 I, 518 ; inhabited houses, I I 5 ; families or separate occupiers, 121; area of parish, 2 1261 acres; annual rateable value, £2,708 12s. 6d.
ASTON INGHAM. Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., is lord of the manor. The chief landowners are M. K. M. Power, Esq., Rev. H. L. Whatley, Thomas Holland, Esq., Mrs. E. Garrold, and William Dew, Esq. The soil is red sandy loam; subsoil, red brick earth and rock; chief crops, wheat, beans, and roots. May Hill, in this parish, commands delightful and uninterrupted views of Gloucester, the Severn, and surrounding country. It is also the mariner's landmark for the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel. On the summit is a clump of :fir-trees, which has a very singular appearance, when seen from a distance, from the otherwise barren appearance of the hill. Aston Ingham is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Ross; living, a rectory; value, £350, with residence and 102 acres of glebe; patron and rector, Rev. Henry Lawson Whatley, B.A., of University College, Durham, who was instituted in r872. The church of .St. Yohn is a plain stone edifice, with nave, chancel, porch, and tower containing four bells. Two monuments have been lately erected by the Garrold family. A new school-room was erected in 1874, at a cost of£253, raised by voluntary rate from some of the landowners The old school-room is converted into a classroom. The average attendance of boys and girls is 53· The Rev. Christopher Stock, rector of this parish in 1662, bequeathed charities as follows : .1,;10 per annum to the school, and .£ro per annum for teacher's residence and garden, payable out of the Great W oodends estate, in the parish of Linton ; and a meadow called " Stockings,'' in the parish of Newent, producing £7 yearly, for the repairing and adorning ofthe church. Richard Garrold, Esq., left £1oo in Consols, the interest to be laid out in bread for the poor, to be distributed on Candlemas Day by the rector and churchwardens. A legacy of £1oo, for the benefit of the school, was left by Charles John Garrold, Esq., of Linton Point. The late Stephen Booth, Esq., of London, who died January 5th, 1889, left a provisional legacy of £75 for restoration of the church, and the same amount for a memorial window. He also left the interest on £100 Consols to be equally divided and applied to the purchase of school rewards, and for a coal or clothing club. Aston Court is the residence of M. K. M. Power, Esq. Aston House is the property and residence of Mr. and Mrs. Nayler. Aston Crews is a hamlet distant I mile W. Coldridge was occupied by the Romans. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 9 a.m. The wall letter-box at Aston Crews is cleared at 4.10 p.m. Linton and Kilcote are the nearest money order offices. N ewent and Mitcheldean are the nearest telegraph offices. Post town, Ross. Parzsh Church (St. Yohn's ). Rev. Henry Lawson Whatley, B.A., Rector_; Messrs. S. Jackson and W. Allford, Churchwardens.; Mr. John Preedy, Parish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Miss Elsie Richards, Mistress. Assz'stant Overseer. Mr. Samuel Jackson, junr. Name J. Whittaker CARRIER TO GLOUCESTER. Day Sat. Stopping Place Cooper's Arms Return at 7 0
86 ASTON INGHAM AVENBURY. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Abra.ha.ll, John T., Rose villa Capper, W. S., Springfield Grange Garrold, Mrs. Elizabeth, Linton point Gilbert, Edward, Hill house Jaynes, Edwin, The Oaks Howell, Richd., jun., Hill View Nayler, T., Aston house Perkins, Thomas, The Hay Power, M. K. M., J.P., Aston court Whatley, Rev. H. L., B. A., The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Abrahall, George, farmer, Adam's Cott Allford, Wm., jun., farmer, Withymoor Aubrey, Joseph, farmer and shopkeeper Barrel, Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright, Orown Inn, Aston Crews, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, the City brewery, Hereford. Price lists on application. Ben net, John, farmer, Knight's hill Bomford, Edward, farmer, Lower Barrell and Upper Blakemere farm3 Bradley, William, farmer, Upper Barrell Davies, Thomas, shopkeeper Dobbins, William, carpenter Gardiner, Wm., frmr., Great Giles fa.nn Gregg, Thomas, farmer, Babylon Griffiths, J., farmer, Great Giles farm Harding, Hy., blacksmith, Aston Crews Hardwick, David, farmer Herbert, William, carpenter Higgins, John, farmer J ackson, Samuel, farmer, Wood field farm J ackson, Samuel, jun, assistant overseer Little, Enoch, Wkite Hart Inn, farmer and butcher, Aston Crews Martin, W allace, farmer, Oaks farm Moodie, James, farmer, Perry's farm Morgan, Daniel, glazier and paperhanger Parsons, Mrs., beer & cider rtlr., May hill Pearce, Samuel, farmer, May hill Pope, Edward, rope-maker Preedy, John, shoemaker and parish clerk Pritchard, Mrs. E., Pritchard's place Richards, The Misses, School house Robinson, L., fmr., Knapp&Rectoryfms. ~cudamore, H., mlr. & frmr., Aston mill Sterry, Thomas, thatcher Whittaker, George, farmer, Hay farm Whittaker, George, farmer, May hill Williams, Lewis, farmer, Warren farm Williams, Neb., farmer, New house AVENBURY, WITH THE HAMLET OF MuNDERFIELD Row. AVEN:BURY is a parish pleasantly situated on the banks of the river Frome, and intersected by the Bromyard and Ledbury high road. It is distant I! miles S.E. of Bromyard, II N. of Ledbury, and 14 N.E. of Hereford; is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, county court district, petty sessional division, and Stoke Lacy polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 395 ; in 1881, 371 ; inhabited houses, 83 ; families or separate occupiers, 84; area of parish, 2,881 acres; annual rateable value, £2,978 7s. 6d. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, four detached parts of Avenbury were amalgamated with Bredenbury; and another part was united with parts of Much Cowarne, and the parts so united were amalgamated with Stoke Lacy. The representatives of the late Dean of St. Asaph are lords of the Manor. William Barneby, Esq., E. B. Luxmore, Esq., The Worcester Charities, W. E. Wall, Esq., F. R. Kempson, Esq., J.P., and the representatives of R. Allison, Esq., are the principal landowners. The soil is clayey ; subsoil, red sandstone ; chief crops, wheat, beans, hops, and apples. The living is a vicarage in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frame; value, £107, with residence; patron, Mrs. Childe Freeman; vicar, Rev. ]. Wilson, M.A., Trin. Coli., Dublin, who was instituted in 1878. The church of St. Mary is an ancient Gothic structure, with nave, chancel, porch, and square tower containing three bells. This church has undergone considerable repairs and improvements within and without, under the superintendence of the late Rev. R. Polwhele.
AVENBURY. The tower has been cleaned and pointed, the roof carefully repaired~ and the heavy stone tiles removed, and replaced by the best brown Broseley tiles. The external walls of the church have been divested of the mortar and whitewash with which they had been disfigured, and pointed throughout. The roof of the nave on the north side has been stripped, repaired, and covered with new Broseley tiles hung on cleft oak laths, and the whole of the roof surmounted with ornamental cresting. Seven new lancet windows have been inserted in the north and south walls of the church, and one in the tower. Various improvements have also been made in the interior of the church, the chief of them being the removal of the gallery, aad the throwing open of the fine tower arch and window beyond. A complete and thorough restoration of the internal portion of the church has been accomplished under the present vicar, the Rev. ]. Wilson, M.A. The restoration consisted of a new three-light window filled in with cathedral glass, placed in the east end of chancel, the gable being raised with new stone coping, and a cross fixed thereon. The old lath and plaster ceiling has been removed, and the oak timber roof displayed. The old square box pews, pulpit, and reading desk have been taken away, and replaced with new oak pulpit, desk, and lectern; the chancel has been furnished with two altar or chancel chairs of oak, provided by E. B. Luxmore, Esq., a full set of communion plate (given by the same donor), four stalls of pitch pine, and a sweet-toned American organ. The old oak pews in the nave have been removed, and new open pitch pine seats of comfortable and pleasant construction substituted. The oak screen has been renovated and improved, with neatly carved gates affixed. A new Musgrave stove has also been placed in the chancel, so that now there are two stoves for heating purposes. The stone flagging has been removed, and the whole church throughout floored with God win's tesselated tiles. The remainder of the roof the north side of the chancel has had the heavy stone tiles taken off, and, through the kindness of E. B. Luxmore, Esq., has been covered with the best Broseley tiles. The walls internally have been much improved by being finished in a granite stained distemper. The improvements and restoration were carried out from designs, and under the superintendence of, Mr. Haddon, of Hereford. The re-opening of the church took place August 18th, 1881. The earliest register is dated 1661. The board school at Munderfield Row will accommodate so children ; average attendance, 22. There is only one small charity. Bz"rchy Field, the property and residence of F. R. Kempson, Esq., J.P., is a freestone mansion in the modern English style, commanding a delightful view of the surrounding country. There is a detached part of Avenbury joining the parish of Bredenbury. Munderfield Row is a hamlet on the Ledbury road, about If miles S.W. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received from Worcester vt"d Bromyard, and arrive by messenger from the latter place about 8 a.m. Bromyard is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Letters should be addressed Avenbury, Bromyard, Worcester.
88 AVENBURY AYLTON. Part'sh Church (St. Mary's).-Rev. John Wilson, J.\ILA., Vi"car _; Mr. Wm. Vernall, Pan"sh Clerk. Board School(boysand gt'rls), Munderfield Row. F. R. Kempson, Esq.,J.P., Chairman_; Mr.].B. Weeks,Cle1·k/ Mrs.M.J.Hannam, Jlfistress. Ass-istant Overseer. Thomas Green, Stonehouse, Bromyard. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gurney, Thomas, wheelwright, carpenter, Kempson, Fredk. R., J.P., Birchy field Wilson, Rev. J. (vicar), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Adams, T., frmr. & hop gr., Avenbury et. Bamford, John, cot. farmer Birchly, William, farmer, The Heath Bond, Miss Jane, farmer, Stock's farm Bowley, Thomas, Mason Clissold, William, farmer, Cusop Cook, Fdk., frmr. & hop grwr., Brook ho. Corbett, Rd., farmer, Rough Mintridge Cox, John Richard, farmer and hop grower, Burgess farm, Greeve farm, and Birch hall farm Dennis, Mrs. Eliza, cider retailer, Mun- .derfield row Dorrell, Henry, Venn farm and shopkeeper, MunderfieJd row Hannam, Mrs. M. J., schoolmistress Heming, Sam., carpenter & wheelwright Holloway, Benjn., farmer, Upper Hopton Hyde, John, farmer, Goods hops Jinkes, John, cot. farmer and shoemaker Kempson,F. R., far. &hpgwr.,Hackleyfm Page, Miss Harriett, farmer, Northfields; and at Linton, Bromyard Partridge, Mrs., miller, Frome mill Pear~;on, James Thomas, farmer, Little Frome, res. Ocle Pych:ud Thomas, Hy., farmer and hop grower, Munderfield farm V ern all, Mary, cow keeper W atkins, Rd., blksmith, Mundertield row Weeks, J oseph Burrow, farmer and hop grower, The Kilns; res., Bromyard Y ates, Mrs. Caroline, frmr., Lower V enn AYLTON. AYLTON is a small parish distant 4 miles W. of Ledbury, in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, county court district, and petty sessional division, and Much Marcle and 'Voolhope polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I 87 I was II2; in 1881 1 90; inhabited houses, 18; families or separate occupiers, 19; area of parish, 825 acres; annual rateable value, £1,369. The Lady H. Somerset is lady of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is clayey, growing wheat, beans, hops, &c. The living is a rectory in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of South Frome; value, £126, with 23 acres of glebe; patron, Robert \Villiam Dacre Harley, Esq. ; rector, Rev. Philip Whitefoord, M.A., Merton College, Oxford, who was instituted in I88o, and resides at Ledbury. The church is a little plain building with low tower containing two bells. It stands on a mound. It has lately been re-seated with pitch pine. The children of this parish attend the school at Little Marcle. Aylton Cou1't is the residence of R. Lomas, Esq. Pos"IAL REGULATIONs. Letters are received through Ledbury, which is the post town. Nearest money order office, Trumpet P.O. Nearest telegraph office, Ashperton. Par-ish Church. Rev. Philip Whitefoord, M.A., Rector./ Mr. Charles Hodges, Churchwarden; William Meek, Parish Clerk. Arsistant Overseer. Charles Parton, R·ing of Bells, Ledbury. CARRIER TO LED BURY. Name Days \Villiam Mattey (Putley), Tues. PRIVATE RESIDENTS •. Darrie, John, Yew-tree cottage Stopping Place White Lion Retum at 2 0 I Loma.s, Robert, farmer, Aylton court
AYLTON AYMESTREY. COMMERCI.AIJ. BALL, JOHN, farmer, cider and perry merchant, J acob's Leys farm, Aylton Cowell, ,John, farmer and hop grower, Prior's Court Dutson, John . Hodges, Charles, farmer, Castle farm, & Glebe land Price, Charles, res •• Lily HaJI, Ledbuty Shayle, Mrs. Mary Ann, farmer and hop grower, White house Shew, Henry Frederick, farmer, Court farm Turner, James, farmer, Rowland Green farms, Ledbury AYMESTREY, WITH CovENHOPE, LEINTHALL EARLES, LvE, AND YATTON. A YMESTREY is an extensive parish and picturesque village, distant 7 miles N.W. of Leominster, 10 S.W. of Ludlow, 13 from Knighton, 18 from Hereford, 9 from Presteigne, 2! from Wigmore, and 3 from Kingsland station on the Leominster and Kington railway. The river Lugg, celebrated for its trout and grayling fishing, runs through the village, and the neighbourhood abounds in rich and varied scenery. The parish comprises the townships above named, and is situated on the old Roman road still known as Watling Street, is in Wigmore and Stretford hundreds, Leominster union and county court district, Wigmore petty sessional division, and Kingsland polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 775, in r881, 648; inhabited houses, 140; families or separate occupiers, 140; area of parish, 6,349 acres; annual rateable value, £5,400 ss.- The Right Hon. Lord Bateman is lord of the manor of Aymestrey; and T. Bryan Ward, Esq., of the manor of Yatton. The principal landowners are Lord Bat~man, Mrs. ·Dun ne, and T. Bryan Ward, Esq. '!'he soil is loose gravelly land ; subsoil, limestone; chief crops, wheat, barley, and fruit. There are limestone quarries in the neighbourhood, possessing the peculiar strata for which Aymestrey is noted, and its fossils are a great attraction to geologists, the quarry having acquired a wide reputation since the late Rev. T. T. Lewis and Sir Roderick Murchison made its treasures known to the scientific world in and out of England. The parish is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Leominster; living, a vicarage, value, £341, with residence and 34 acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Chancellor; vicar, Rev. ]. S. Sidebotham, M.A., of New College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1877. The parish church is dedicated to St. john the Bajtz'st and St. Alkmund, whence the name Alkmundstre, Aylmondistre, Aylmistre, and now, for some centuries, Aymestrey. It is an old stone structure, in the Early English style, and has a square tower containing six bells. On the north side of the chancel is a fine specimen of herring-bone masonry. There is also an ancient monument to the memory of the founder and his wife, Sir John and Dame Elizabeth Lingen, represented by the present Lord Lingen. This church has lately undergone a very thorough and successful restoration, at a cost of about £2,ooo. Every feature of antiquity has been preserved, the greatest care having been taken not to reduce all to one date, but to allow each part of the church to show its own history. The roof is an exact copy of the old roof, one G
AYMESTREY. of great beauty, but so decayed that no one part of it could, by any possibility, be utilised, but every moulding and boss was carefully copied. The seating is of oak throughout, the old pews of (probably) 1500 to 1550, and panelled pew ends of 1813 being utilised, and, with the addition of new oak fillets, converted into sightly and convenient open seats. The five magnificent screens, and the Jacobean pulpit were most carefully restored; and the church, which is one of most symmetrical proportions, is certainly now one of the most beautiful churches in the diocese of Hereford. There is a national school for boys and girls; average attendance, 52. On an eminence to the S.W., above Aymestrey, is a small British camp, of a square form. Within the parish, and about a mile from the church, is Mortz'mer's Cross, celebrated from the first battle fought between the partisans of the rival houses of York and Laucaster, in I 46 I ; but the site of the battle is mostly in Kingsland parish. Covenhope is a township distant I mile from Aymestrey village. Leinthall Earles, a township and chapelry, 2 miles N.E., will be found described under a separate head. Lye is a township distant z miles from Aymestrey village. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Lower Lye. Yatton is a township almost adjoining the village of Aymestrey. Yatto1z Court, the property and residence of Thomas Bryan Ward, Esq., is a modern stone building, beautifully situated on the banks of the Lugg. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Sub-Postmaster, James Cole. Letters are received through Kingsland, R.S.O., and arrive about 7.40 a.m.; despatched at 5.15 p.m. The wall letter-box at Mortimer's Cross is cleared at 5.30 p.m. Kingsland is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Letters should be addressed Aymestrey, Kingsland, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St . .John the Baptist and St. Alkmund). Rev. ]. S. Sidebotham, M.A., Vicar; T. B. Ward, Esq., and Mr. E. Darby, Chu1·chwm·dens; T. Owen, Parish Cle1·k. St. A11drew's Chapel, Leinthall Earles. Rev. E. Barton, LL.B., Wigmore Vicarage, V-icar. National School (boys and girls), Aymestrey. Miss Kate Round, Mistress. Endowed School, Leinthall Earles. Miss Batten, Mistress. Wesleyan Chapel, Lower Lye. M£nisters various. Pr£mztzve Methodist Chapel, Aymestrey. Minzste1·s var£ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. I. L. Watkins, Covenhope. CARRIER TO LEOMINSTER. Name John Bywater (Wigmore) Day Friday Stopping Place White Hart Return at 4 0 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fortey, Mrs. E. M., Aymestrey house Prince, Mrs., The Cottage, Aymestrey Sidebotham, Rev. J. S., M.A. (vicar of Aymestrey, surrogate for the diocese of Hereford), The Vicarage Ward, Thos. Bryan, Y atton court COMMERCIAL. Barnett, J a mer~, farmer, The Mansion, Leinthall Earles Bowcott, Ht>nry, farmer, Dyons court, Leinthall Earles Catstrey, William, bailiff toT. B. Ward, Esq., Woodhampton
AYMESTREY BACTON. gr Childs, Samuel, farmer, Upper Lye Cole, J., sub-postmstr. & grcr., Post-office Darby, Edmund, farmer, Yatton Davies, John, farmer, Upper Lye Deakins, John, farmer, Shirley Dunne, .Mrs., Gatley pk., Leinthall Earles Farmer, Acton, wheelwright, Yatton Faulkner, Benjamin, blacksmith, Yatton Goodwin, Mrs. Elizabeth, Yatton Green, William, blacksmith Griffiths, Mrs., farmer, Leinthall Earles Hawkins, Thomas, farmer, Yatton Holland, John, Garden house (gardener toT. B. Ward, Esq.) Hughes, James J., farmer, Haven Hughston, Saml., frmr. Leinthall Earles James, John, farmer, Yatton Jones, Edward, farmer, Lower Lye Jones, Henry, farmer, Covenhope J ones, M., fmr, The Hall, Leinthall Earles J ukes, Richard, farmer, Leinthall Earles Lowe, Het·bert, tailor Lowe, J ames, farmer, Ballsgate Maxfield, Edwd., miller, Aymestrey mill Neighbour, John, farmer, Lower Lye Oliver, James, farmer, Lower Lye Owen, Lewis, farmer, 1\'Iortimer's Cross Owen, T., shoemaker and parish clerk Parsons, L., farmer, Bach brook Payne, Mrs. F., Yatton Payne, Timothy, mason, Yatton Payne, \V illiam, mason, Y at ton Pheasant, John, shoemaker, Yatton Powis, John, farmer, Old field Preece, Cha.rles, Crown Inn ROBBRTS, CHAS., .Mortimer's Cross Inn. Headquarters of the Shobdon Fishing Club. Good beds and every accommodation for travellers & anglers Round, Miss, schoolmi,;tress Thomas, John, farmer, Upper Lye 'V atkins, Isaiah Lloyd, far. & assistant overseer, Covenhope W atkins, .Jas., farmer, Aymestrey court Wheeler, Thomas, grocer BACTON. JJACTON is a parish and village situated in the Golden V alley, near the river Dore, about 12 miles S.W. of Hereford, and 5 N.W. of Pontrilas station on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway, and about 2 miles from the Abbeydore station on the Golden Valley railway. It is in Webtree hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Longtown school board district, Hereford county court district, and Vowchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council. The populatio1;1 in I 871 was I 22; in I 881, uo; inhabited houses, 26; families or separate occupiers, 30; area of parish, I, 14oacres; annual rateable value, £I ,o8o. Col. R. B. Bellers, The Grove, Worcester, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Wheat, barley, beans, roots, and apples are the main produce of the soil, which is sandy and loamy ; subsoil, clay and sandstone. Bacton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a rectory ; value, £122, with residence and half an acre of glebe ; patron, Col. R. B. Bellers; rector, Rev. W. G. Harrison, of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in I884. The registers begin with the year 1724. The church, dedicated to St. Fadh, is a plain Norman structure, having a square tower, covered with ivy, containing two bells. The interior consists of nave and chancel, containing an ancient monument (with curious epitaph) to Blanche Parry, maid-of-honour to Queen Elizabeth, whom she attended from her birth. An ancient piece of tapestry worked by this lady, and until recently used as an altar-cloth, is still preserved. Blanche Parry was the daughter of Harry Parry, of New court, in this parish, and grand-daughter of Milo ap Harry, who died and was buried at Bactol) in 1488. There were splendid stained glass windows to his memory and that of Blanche Parry, but these were removed in I 8o8 (when there was no resident rector) to Atcham church, near Shrewsbury. Nearly£ 1,ooo has been spent in restoring the churchyard wall, building a village reereation room, and improving the rectory during the last four years.
BACTON BALLINGHAM. There are charities of £2o yearly value. per annum to the poor of Bacton. The attend the school at Abbeydore. Blanche Parry left £I4 children from this parish PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Hereford. There is no post office or letter box in the parish. Ewyas Harold is the nearest money order office ; nearest telegraph office, Pontrilas. Post town, Hereford. Pan"sh Church (St. Faith's). Rev. W. G. Harrison, Rector; Mr. John Pritchard, Churchwarden. Ass-istant Overseer. Mr. Benjamin Gwillim, Ewyas Harold. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Days Mrs. J ackman Wed. & Sat. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ramp, Mrs. William Henry, The Grange Harrison, Rev. \V m. G., The Rectory Wilkinson, William, Bacton manor COMMERCIAl J. BLUCX, GEORGE, builder and contractor, farmer and innkeeper, Apple Tree Inn Evans, Benjamin, mason Evans, Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright Stopping Place Nelson Inn Return at 3 0 Hughes, Samuel, New lnn Hughes, William, mason and shopkeeper J ames, Roger, farmer, Bacton green J ones, D. J., farmer, Montoulth Jones, James, Bushllwyn J ones, John, miller, New Court mill Morris, ,John, Upper house and Grange Pritchard, J ames, The Cwm Pritchard, John, farmer, Church farm Smith, Edwin, farmer, Tremorithig Thomas, William, blacksmith Watkins, George, farmer, Pentwyn Watkins, Thomas, farmer, New court • BALLINGHAM. BALLINGHAM is a parish bounded on the east and south by the river Wye, distant 7 miles N. of Ross, 9 S.S.E. of Hereford, and about 3 from Holme Lacy, and 2! from Fawley railway stations. The parish is intersected by the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester branch of the Great Western Railway. It is in W ormelow hundred (upper division), Ross union and county court district, Harewood End petty sessional division, polling district, and electoral division of the county council. The population in I 871 was 172 ; in I88r, 149 ; inhabited houses, 36; families or separate occupiers, 36 ; area of parish, 90I acres ; annual rateable value, £I ,382 I ss. Chandos Wren Hoskyns, Esq., is lord of the manor, and with The Right Hon. The Earl of Chesterfield, owns the land. The chief crops are wheat, barley, &c. The soil is mixed ; subsoil, clay. The parishes of Ballingham and Bolstone are now united for ecclesiastical purposes (under I and 2 Vict., c. ro6). The living is a vicarage in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield ; value, £262 yearly including 6 5 acres of glebe ; patron, The Right Hon. The Earl of Chesterfield ; vicar, Rev. W. R. Jenkins, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford, instituted 1883. The earliest register is dated 1588. The Church, which was completely restored and re-opened by the Lord Bishop of Hereford in I885, is dedicated to St. Dubr£dus, and is a small Gothic edifice, with tower containing three bells, surmounted by a very neat and proportionate spire. Here is a national school for the children of Ballingham and Bolstone ; average attendance, 38.
BALLINGHAM BIRCH (LITTLE). 93 The scenery in this neighbourhood is very fine, and a most commanding prospect is obtained of the winding course of the Wye, from an eminence called Ballingham hill. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mrs. Eliza Tummey, Sub-Postm£stress. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 8.35 a.m. ; despatched thereto at s.rs p.m. Hoarwithy and Fownhope are the nearest money order offices. Ross is the telegraph office and post town. Parish Church (St. Dubrz"cius). Rev. W. R. Jenkins, M.A., Vicar}· Mr. George Evans, Churchwarden./ Samuel Terry, Par·ish Clerk. Natz"onal School (boys and girls). Miss J. Brisland, Mistress. Assistant Oversee1·. Mr. John Wellington. PRIVATE RESIDENT. :Meredith, William, frmr., Ballingham et. Jenkins, Rev. W. R. (vicar of Ballingham with the chapelry of Bolstoue), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Brisland, Miss J., schoolmistress Evans, George, farmer, Rock farm Hartland, James, Miners' Arms Inn Imms, Jas. Wm., frmr, Ballingham Hall :Morgan, Jas., shopkeeper Phillips, Richard, shopkeeper Preece, Amos, mason Terry, Samuel, parish clerk Tummey, Mrs. Eliza, sub-postmistress and shopkeeper, Post office Wellington, John, tailor and assistant overseer Whiting, Sydney, blacksmith BARTESTREE. (SEE DORMINGTON). BIRCH (LITTLE). LITTLE :BIRCH is a parish and village distant about 6i miles S. of Hereford, and 9 N.W. of Ross, in Wormelow hundred (upper division), Hereford union, and county court district, Harewood End petty sessional division, and Dinedor and Little Birch polling district, and electoral division of the county council. It is situated in a valley mid way between the two roads from Ross to Hereford. The population in 1871 was 291 ; in I88r, 282 ; inhabited houses, 68 ; families or separate occupiers, 7 4; area of parish, 967 acres; annual rateable value, £1,267. The Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield, Rev. H. P. Marriott Dodington, H. W. Southey, Esq., T. Cranston, Esq., Edward Terry, Esq., and George F. Bonnor, Esq., are the chief landowners. Soil, loamy; subsoil, rockstone; chief products, wheat, barley, fruit, &c. The living is a rectory in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archen- :field; value, £ r6o, with 14 acres of glebe; patron, the representatives of the late Rev. Stephen Thackwell, M.A.; rector, Rev. H. P. Marriott Dodington, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1883. The church, dedicated to ~t. Mary the V£rg£n, was rebuilt in I 869 on the site of the old one, but on an enlarged and more elaborate plan; cost about £3,500, solely defrayed by the late rector. It is built of Ham Hill and Bath stone, and consists of nave, north aisle, chancel with polygonal apse, and bell-turret over the west gable. The windows are filled with painted glass by Harland & Fisher, of London. The architect was William Cheiake, Esq., of Hereford, and the builders were Messrs. Coleman & Sons. Among the relics from the old church may be noticed the Norman font, date 1.260
94 BIRCH (LITTLE) BIRCH (MUCH). .(which has been carefully restored), communion-table, bier of the date 1557, &c. The earliest register is dated 1560. There is a national school for the joint use of the parishes of Little Birch and Aconbury. It has accommodation for 8r children, and has an average attendance of 52. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Hereford. Much Birch, near the·Axe and Cleaver, is the nearest money order office. Telegraph office and post town, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Afary the 17irgz1z). Rev. H. P. Marriott Dodington, B.A., Rector/ Messrs. William Bridgland and Thomas Stallard, Churchwardens; Arthur ]ones, Pm·ish Clerk. National Schools (boys and gzrls). Miss E. Miller, M-istress. Wesleyan Chapel. M£msters var£ous. Primitive Methodist Chapel. Mz"nzsters various. Ass-istant Ove1·seer. Mr. Joseph Mason, Castle Inn. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at Lewis Mason PRIVATE Wed. & Sat. Stopping Place Saracen 's Head 5 0 RESIDENTS. Dodington, Rev. H. P. Marriott, B.A., rector, and vicar of Aconbury Southey, H. W., Castle Nibole COMMERCIAL. Balrlwin, Charles, mason Beavan, William, hoop maker Cutter, Enoch, hoop maker Davies, J obn, tailor English Fruit & Rose Co., Nurseries · Gould, Mrs., Castle pits Hall, John, gardener, Folley cottage J ames, Lewis, farmer, Lower house J ones, Alfred, carpenter Jones, Arthur, parish clerk J ones, John, haulr. & frmr., Wails poole Lewis, John, farmer, Church farm Lewis, Richard, farmer, New Mills Lickfold, Harry, farmer, Bromley court Mason, Jos., Castle Inn, assist. overseer Morgan, George, shoemaker Munkley, Chas., carpenter, Chapel cot. Percival, Spencer, far., Lower Black pits Pickering, George, farmer, Sunny bank Powell, Thomas, farmer, res., The Green Sayee, Henry, cottage farmer, Prospect Stallard, Thomas, farmer aml butcher Symons, George, gardnr., Wriggle brook Trupp, R., carpenter, Wriggle brook 'l'yler, Hy., cottage farmer, Upper house Waite, vVilliam, Swiss cottage W atkins, John, wood man Webb, G., carrier, Higgins wall Williams, Thos., cooper, Laburnum cot. BIRCH (MUCH). MUCH BIRCH is a village and parish, distant about 6 miles S. of Hereford, and 8 N .W. of Ross, situated on the road to those towns, vz'd Harewood. It is in "\Vormelow hundred (upper division), Harewood End petty sessional division, Hereford union and county court district, Dinedor and Little Birch polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in r871 was 572, in 1881, 528; inhabited houses, I ro; families or separate occupiers, I 26; area of parish, 1,287 acres; annual rateable value, £2,158. The Governors of Guy's Hospital (who are lords of the manor), Mr. Williams, and Mr. ]. E. _Thomas, are the principal landowners. The soil is fertile, producing ·wheat, barley, roots, and fruit. Much Birch is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Archenfie1d ; living, a vicarage; value, £8r, with 8! acres of glebe; patron, T. Raymond Symons, Esq., The Mynde Park; vicar, the Rev. Francis Rashleigh Burnside1 who was instituted in 1888. The earliest register is
BIRCH (MUCH). 95 dated 1599. The church, dedicated to St. Ma1')', is a handsome stone edifice, with nave, chancel, and castellated tower containing two bells. There are a few small charities belonging to the parish. The national school was erected in r865, on a site given by the late T. G. Symons, Esq. There is a residence for the master, and the average attendance of boys and girls is 6r. B-irch House is the residence of George Vernon Bankes, Esq. Aconbury hill, a bold and extensive eminence, is partly in this parish; it is covered with wood, and commands an extensive view over the surrounding country, and exhibits vestiges of a Roman camp, the rampart on the east side of which is very conspicuous. PosTAL REGULATIONS. The parish is divided into two postal districts, viz., (1st) Axe and Cleaver, and (2nd) King's Thorn. Ist. James Morgan, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Tram Inn at 9.15 a.m., and are despatched thereto at 5·45 p.m. Money orders, gun licenses, &c., may be obtained at this office. 2nd. John Stinton, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford at 9 a.m., and are despatched thereto at 4 p.m. The wall box at the Ash Farm is cleared at 6 p.m. Letters should be addressed Much Birch, Tram Inn, R.S.O., Herefordshire. Pm·z"sh Church (St. Mary's). Rev. F. R. Burnside, Vi"car _; George Vernon Bankes, Esq., and Mr. John West, Churchwardens,; Charles Stapleton, Parish Clerk and Sexton. Natz(mal School (boys and g-irls). Mr. Allen Hassall, Jl;/aster,; Miss E. Clarke, Assistant Mistress. Assistant 0'tlerseer. T. ]. Pritchard, Poolspring farm CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Day Return at Henry Hall (St. W eonard's) Wed. & Sat. Stopping Place Nelson 4 0 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bankes, Geo. Vernon, Birch house Burnsi 1e, Rev. F. R., The Vicarage Trouton. Dr. Gardner, King's Thorn house \Vest, John, sen., Wallace cottage COMMERCIAL. Andrews, Sinia, farmer, Red house Ashworth, .John, shopkeeper Baldwin, C. Wm., carpenter, Holly bush Bankes, WiUiamson, farmer, Burnt house Beach, William, shopkeeper Beavan, Miss Ann, shopkeeper Blashill, Robt., farmer, Bigglestone farm Brook. Thomas, farmer, Ladywell Cooke, Henry, blacksmith Creed, H., insurance agent for Prudential Assurance Co., Waterloo cottage Digwood, .John, farmer, Underhill Ed wards. J ames, farmer, Cedar cottage Green, Wm., buililer, \Vormelow Tump Harper, James, blacksmith, Holly bush Hassall, Alien, schoolmaster, School house Kimberley, Thomas, Hill cottage Matthews, John, farmer and machinist 1\'Iorgan, James, boot and shoe maker, shopkeeper, and sub-postmaster M organ, J onathan, Upper \Vriggle brook Mum by, Thomas, builder, agent for the Governors of Guy's hospital, King's Thorn cotta~e Paine, Isaac Albert, farmer, A o;;h farm Parry, John, farmer, New Croft Prichard, Theophilus James, farmer, Poolspring farm, assistant overseer Smith, J ames, W ormelow Tump Inn Stapleton, Charles, parish clerk Stinton, John, baker, shopkeeper, and sub-postn;astPr, King's Thorn Weaver, Alfred, Axe aml Cleave1· Inn; ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application. West, John, jun., farmer, Much Birch court, and l\Linster farm White horn, Mary A. & Eliz., dressmakers Williams, J., boot & shoe mkr., shpkpr., and sub-postmaster, Wormelow Tump Young, George, farmer, Bank farm
BIRLEY. BIRLEY. BIRLEY is a small parish and village, distant 5 miles S.W. of Leominster, 4 E. of Weobley, and 10 N.W. of Hereford; in Stretford hundred, Weobley union and petty sessional division, Leominster county court district, and Canon Pyon and Dil wyn polling district and · elt.ctoral division of the county council. The Watling street forms the boundary on the west. The population in r871 was r8o; in I88I,_, I 59 ; inhabited houses, 35; families or separate occupiers, 37 ; area of parish, 1,248 acres ; annual rateable value, £! 1557· By an order which , came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, detached parts (275 acres) of Sarn~sfield were amalgamated with Birley for rateable purposes only. Thomas Croose Parry, Esq. (the lord of the manor), W. R. Parry, and J. M. Parry, Executors of John Griffiths Aford, Esq., Mr. James Taylor, and the trustees of the late Thomas Martin, Esq., are the chief land owners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, limestone ; chief crops, the usual cereals, fruit, and hops. The living is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Leominster ; it is a vicarage united with King's Pyon; joint value, £375, with 16 acres of glebe; patron, D. H. · P. Peploe, Esq. ; vicar, Rev. Henry A uriol Barker, M.A., Wadham College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1884. Birley tithes are commuted at £128 yearly, with 13 acres of glebe. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was rebuilt in 1874 at a cost of £1,3301 chiefly . raised by subscription, the old features being retained. r It is very ancient and contains a Saxon font. The early Norman square stone tower is surmounted by a wooden portion, from which a wooden spire has been removed. A half-timbered gable remains to the chapel of the de Burley family, in which is now a handsome stained window, in memory of Mr. T. Croose Parry. The east window has been filled with stained glass as a memento of the Queen's Jubilee. The· children of this parish attend Canon Pyon and Upper Hill schools. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Leominster about Io a.m. Weobley and Leominster are the nearest money order and telegraph offices. Post town, Leominster. Par£sh Church (St. Pete1''s). Rev. H. A. Barker, M.A., V£car ./ Mr. Thos. Croose Parry, Churchwarden,; ]os. Brooks, Parish Clerk. Assz"stant Oversee1'. Joseph Brooks, Knapton. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. • Name Day Mary Edwards Wed. & Sat. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Griffiths, Henry, The Tl10rne Parry, Mrs., Lady Grove Parry, Thomas Croose, Birley court Parry, W. R., Lye court COMMERCIAL. Bounds, Mrs. • Brooks, J osepb, blacksmith, assistant overseer and parish clerk, Knapton Brooks, J., jun., far., Plough fm., Knapton Chandler, Miss, shpkpr., S. Peter's lodge Stopping Place · Maidenhead Return at Edwards, Mrs., farmer and carrier Ellis, W illiam, shoemaker 4 0 Griffiths, Henry, farmer, 'l'be Tborne Gun trip, J ames, rabbit catcher Jay, John, carpenter, Birley hill Morris, J ames, cottage farmer Parry, S. J., farmer, Bucknell farm Parry, Thos. Croose, farmer, hop grower, and landowner, Birley court Parry, W. R., farmer, landowner, and hop grower, Lye court Taylor, James, farmer, &c., l>orstone
BISHOP FROME. 97 BISHOP FROME, WITH HALMOND FROME, LEADON, STANFORD REGIS, AND \VALTON. * * * The township of Eggleton will be found under a separate heading. BISHOP .FROME is a village and extensive and fertile parish consisting of the townships above named, distant 4l miles S. of Bromyard, 8 N.N.W. of Ledbury, 9 N.vV. of Malvern,.and about 12-i- N.E. of Hereford ; is in Radlow hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and is in the Bishop Frome and Cradley polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 814; in r88r (exclusive of Eggleton, a detached township in Ledbury union), 727; inhabited houses, 173; families or separate occupiers, 188; area of parish, 3,920 acres; annual rateable value, £5,868 Ios. Eggleton contained in r881, a population of I 33 ; inhabited houses, 31 ; families or separate occupiers, 31 ; area, 630 acres ; annual rateable value £905. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Bishop Frome was amalgamated with Stanford Bishop; and by an order of 25th March, 1887 1 a detached part was amalgamated with Castle Frome. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and the principal landowners are Major Browne, ]ames Moilliett, Esq., Edward Caddick, Esq., Mr. vV. F. Pudge, Mrs. Firkins, Mr. John Imms, and Mr. John Allcott. The soil is loamy clay ; subsoil, pure clay ; chief crops, hops, apples, wheat, beans, peas, and pasture. Bishop Frome is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a vicarage; value £569, with residence and 126! acres of glebe; patron, John Hopton, Esq. ; vicar, Rev. William Cope Hopton, M.A., Oxford, who was instituted in r88r. The parish register begins with the year 1564. The church, dedicated to St .. .llfary, was thoroughly restored, and a new aisle added in 1861, at a cost of £2,0201 defrayed by rate and subscription. The nave is divided from the chancel by a handsome N orrnan arch; the chancel was rebuilt in 1847 at a cost of £6oo. The eastern windows contain stained glass, giving nine pictorial illustrations of the birth and death of our Sa vi our the crucifixion being in the. centre. There are some noticeable monumental remains here. The tower, which is square and embattled, contains a clock and peal of six bells. A new porch was erected in 1872 at a cost of £roo. A church, dedicated to St. Matthew, was erected in 1864-65 at Frorne Hill, as a chapel of ease to the parish church. It was built from the designs of F. R. Kempson, Esq., of Hereford, and is an excellent specimen of the Early English style; cost, £I, Ioo, towards which the Hereford Diocesan Church Building Society contributed £IIo, the remainder being made up by subscription. The building accommodates about roo persons, and consists of nave with south porch, a double bell-cot on west gable, chancel with circular apse, and vestry on north side of chancel. There is a national school for boys and girls, with accommodation for 147 children; average attendance, 66. Many bequests have been left to the poor of this parish. There is a
BISHOP FROME. Congregational chapel at Frome Hill. Cheyney Court, a fine modern mansion, was lately destroyed by fire. Hall Court is the residence of Major John Michael Browne, J .P., D.L. Halmond Frome is a township S.E. of the village; Leadon, Stanford Regis, and Walton are also townships. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mrs. Ann Wilkins, Sub-Postm£sf1·ess. Letters are received through Worcester and arrive vz"d Bromyard at 9.Io a.m. ; despatched thereto at 5 p.m. Bromyard is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Bromyard. The letters for Frome Hill should be addressed, Frame Hill, Ledbury. Pat·ish Church (St. Mary's). Rev. 'Villiam Cope Hopton, M.A., V-icar_; Major Browne and l\ir. Edward Dutson, Churchwa1·dens_,- Sydney Herbert, Parish Clerk. Chapel of Ease (St. JV!atthew's), Frame Hill. National School (boys and g·z"rl~). Mr. Joseph Davey, JI,Iaster,; Miss Davey, Sewz'ng Mistress. Frome Hzll School (boys and girls). Miss Hill, Mistress. Congregatz(mal Chapel, Frame Hill. Rev. T. Edwards, Minister. Relz'eving Officer and Reg-istrar of Bz'rths and Deaths for Frome Dz'str.Zct of Bromyard Union. Mr. Edward Sherrard Hamilton. Assistant Overseer. Mr. vV. H. Hopkinson, Frame Hill, Ledbury. CARRIERS TO BROMY ARD. Name Days Stopping Place Return at v'\Valter William Firkins Thurs. Rose & Lion 3 o vHenry Hill do. Crown & Sceptre 2 o ..,Charles Went do. Crown & Sceptre 3 30 CARRIER To LEDBURY. Thomas Gregory Tues. Ring of Bells 3 o CARRIER TO MALVERN. Waiter William Firkins 'Ved. The Beauchamp 2 o ~enry Hill CARRIERS TO 'VORCESTER. Sat. Reindeer 3 30 2 30 3 30 4 Waiter William Firkins t,Charles Went do. do. do. Pheasant Inn Thomas Gregory do. Old Peacock 0 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brownt>, Major John MichaeJ, J. P., D.L., Hall court Edwards, Rev. Thos. (Congregationalist), Frome Hill Hopton, Rev. William Cope, M.A., (Vicar of :Bishop Frome) The Vicarage Inett, Mrs., The Fir1ands J ones, Mrs., Lower house Matthews,George, bailifftoJamesParker, Cheyney com·t farm Ockey, Charles, Bromtrees hall Page, Mrs. Jane, 'l'he Hill Prosser, George, miller to William F. Pudge, Court mill Sha.w, C. L., The Ha.nburies Spencer, Mrs., Millfields Williams, John, bailiff to E. Caddick, Esq. COMMERCIAL. Baker, .John, farmer and hop grower, llovefields Bullock, George, baker, grocer, &c. Bullock, Michael, carpenter and wheelwright, Levill villa Chater, Geo., farmer, Half·wa'l/ house Inn Clews, Wm., farmPr, Batchfield cottage CLINTON, CHARLES, cooper and churn maker, V\'~arner's cottage, Bishop Frome · Cole, Thomas, Golden V alley Cooper, Thpma~, mason Cresswell, Arthur, farmer, The Rhea.
BISHOP FROME BISHOPSTONE. 99 Davey, Joseph, master of National schl. Davies, Albert, saddlt>r, farmer & grocer, Panks bridge Davies, John, Halmond Frome Dutson, Henry Edwin, Batchfields, res. Green Dragon Inn }firkins, Walter W., shopkeeper and carrier, Frome hill · Green, Edward, farmer and hop grower, White house Greenwood, Thomas, bailiff to Mrs. Firkins, farmer, hop grower, and landowner, Paunton court Gregory, Thos., Yew tree farm, Fro me hill Hamilton, Edward Sherrard, registrar of births and deaths, and relieving officer for Frome district of Bromyaru union, The Badhams Hancock, Albert, Golden V alley Herbert, Sydney, parish clerk Herbert, William, mason and builder Hopkim'lon, Wm. Hy., Wheatsheaf Inn, and assistant overseer for Bishop Frome and Castle Frome, Frome hill J ohnsons, John, miller Layton, Richard, farmer, The Birches Loggins, Miss, farmer, Vine-tree Mercer, lVIrs., farmer & hop gr., Instone :Mills, liichard, farmer, Furrows farm Morris, Saml., farmt>r, Halmond Frome N ewman, J ames, farmer, Lower W alton Ockey, John Taylor, ?'es. The farm, Evesbatch Ockey, ·william, W oodcrofts, bailiff to George W eston, Canon Frome Partridge, Jas., farmer and wheelwright, New house, Halmond Frome Pitt, John, Broad field court Pudge, Charles Edward, Chase Inn, grocer and butcher Pudge, Edwin G., miller, Paunton mill Pudge, Henry J ames, W alton farm Pudge, William F., farmer, Upper house Sandford, :Vlrs., farmer, Mudwalls Smith, William, farmer and hop grower, Mayfields, Halmond Frome Tredgett, Thomas, Levill villa Vernall, William, painter W atkins, Ed ward, blacksmith Watkins, John, blacksmith Went, Charles, shopkeeper and beer retailer, }}fajor's Arms, Halmond Frome Went, John, farmer, Richlf\y Wilkins, 1\lrs. Ann, sub-postmistress and shopkeeper, Post office \V right, John, Frogend, bailiff to ,John Powell, Upper Wick, Worcester Yates, Charles, tailor, Batchfields BISHOPSTONE. 1JISHOPSTONE is a small parish situated to the N. of the road from Hereford to Hay and Brecon, about ri miles from Credenhill station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland rail way, 7 W. of Hereford, I 3 E. of Hay, and I 3 S.E. of ·Kington ; in Grimsworth hundred, W eobley union and petty sessional division, Hereford county court district, Moccas and Y azor polling district and electoral division o( the county council. The population in 1871 was 231 ; in 1881, 247;. inhabited houses, 54; families or separate occupiers, 54 ; area of parish,· 767 acres ; annual rateable value, £r,20I. By an order which came into operation on 25th March, I 884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Mansell Lacy, known as" Bunshill '' (225 acres; rateable value, £270 rss.), was amalgamated with this parish. The Rev. George Horatio Davenport, of Foxley, who is lord of the manor, and Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., of Garnons, are the chief landowners. The soil is loamy ; the subsoil, clay. Offa's Dyke skirts the parish, and Bishopstone hill is distinguished for its beautiful scenery. A tessellated Roman pavement was found in 1812. Bishopstoneis in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Weobley, living, a rectory, value £196, with 50 acres of glebe; patron, Rev. G. H. Davenport ; rector, Rev. Charles Bodvel Griffith, M.A., Oriel College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1890. The church, dedicated to St. Lawre1lce, was restored by Archdeacon Lane Freer, in I 841. It has a fine organ (formerly at Eton College), built by the celebrated Father Smith, now almost past use. There is a fine table monument to members of the Berrington family in the N. transept. The
100 BISHOPSTONE BLAKEMERE. earliest register is dated I 7 2 7. There is a national school for boys and girls for this and the adjoining parish of Bridge Solers ; average attendance, 37. About half-a-mile from the church, on the hill, are 6 almshouses, founded and endowed by Ann Berrington7 spinster, in I723, for 6 poor aged persons of this parish. The trustees of this hospital are the Rector (for the time being), Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., and the Rev. G. H. Davenport. Bishopstone court (now a farm-house in the occupation of Mr. James Like) was once the seat of the Berringtons. It is surrounded by a moat. PosTAL REGULATIONS. John Hasting, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive at 8 a.m. ; despatched, 3.30 p.m. Letters can be registered here. Staunton-on-Wye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Lawrence's). Rev. C. B. Griffith, M.A., Rector~· Mr. George Nice, Churchwarden; John Collins, Pansh Clerk. Nahonal School (boys and g£rls). Miss M. E. Johnson, Mistress. Assistant Overseer. Mr. John H. W ootton, Lower House, Byford. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Boucher, Richard, blacksmith Bowen, Henry, the cottage Griffith, Rev. Chas . .Bodvel, M. A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Bywater, l!'rederick, farmer, Nelson Inn Coli ins, John, parish clerk and sexton Hasting, ,John, sub· postmaster Higgins, William, boot and shoe maker Ho wells, .T ohn, cot. tarmer, Townsend Johnson, Miss Martha E., schoolmistress Like, J ames, farmer, Bishopstone court Abberley, William, shopkeeper, & po~tmaster for Bridge Solers Apperley, Mrs., wheelwright Barnett, Mrs., farmer, Bishon farm sub- Nice, George, land agent and surveyor; steward to Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart. ; agent for the Royal Fire & Life Insurance office, Downshill house BISHOPS WOOD. (SEE WALFORD), BLAKEMERE. BLAKEMERE, or BLACKMERE, is a parish and village situated on the Hereford and Hay main road, distant I I miles W. of the former town, ro E. of the latter, about I! from Peterchurch station on the Golden Valley railway, and S! from Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway; is in Webtree hundred, Weobley union and petty sessional division7 Hereford county court district, Moccas and Y azor polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I 87 I was 186; in I 88 I, I 7 I ; inhabited houses, 38 ; families or separate occupiers, 38 ; areaofparish, I 7ro6 acres; annual rateable value, £r,225. The Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., of Moccas court, is lord of the manor, Robert Henry Lee-Warner, Esq., of Tyberton court, Henry Haywood, Esq. 7 of Blakemere house, and W. J. Humfrys, Esq. 7 are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, barley, oats, and roots. The living is a vicarage in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; it is united with Preston-on-Wye; joint value, £165, with residence and s}.;( acres of glebe, also £67 from land in other parishes, about £3o from the
BLAKEMERE BODENHAM. IOI patrons, and £44 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. William Robert Shepherd, of Caius College, Cambridge, and Lichfield Theological College, who was instituted in 1881, A new vicarage house was erected at Preston-on-Wye in 1874· The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, was restored in 1876 ; it has chancel, nave, porch, font, and small tower. The earliest register is dated 16oo. There is a national school for this parish and Preston-on-Wye, with accommodation for 67 children; average attendance, 48. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Hereford. The letter-box is cleared at 4.15 p.m. Madley and Peterchurch are the nearest money order offices. Post town, Hereford. Parzsh Church (St. Leonard's). Rev. William Robert Shepherd, Vicar .i Mr. John Davies, Churchwarde1t.; John Williams, Parz''sh Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Mrs. Parry, Misb-ess. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. Albert Parry, The School, Holywell. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Day Joshua Jenkins Wed. & Sat. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ambury, The Misses, The Godway Haywood, Henry, alderman and vicechairman of the Herefordshire county council, Blakemere house COMMERCIAL. Davies, John, farmer, Church farm Haywood, Henry, farmer, hop grower, and landowner; agent to the Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., and other landed proprietors, Elakemere ho. Stopping Place West End Stables Return at 3 30 Jackson, Thos., carpenter, wheelwright, blacksmith, and machinist, Holywell Marston, Annie, shopkeeper Parry, Mr. & Mrs., the school, Holywell Pearce, John, farmer, Lower Elakemere Saunders, William, tailor \Vatkins, John, farmer, Woodland house Williams, J ames, mason, Rose bank Williams, ,John, parish clerk Yeomans, John, farmer, Kinley BOCKLETON. BOCKLETON is a parish partly in this county, but principally in Worcestershire ; and is 5 miles from Tenbury railway station. The population in 1881 was 220 ; area of parish, 2,737 acres ; annual rateable value, £3,017. Post town, Tenbury. BODENHAM, • WITH BowLEY, THE MooR, MAUND BRYAN1 & WHITECHURCH MAUND. BODENHAM is an extensive parish, consisting of the townships above named, and situated on the river Lugg, which is famed for its trout and grayling fishing. The village is distant about 6-! miles S. of Leominster, 8 N. of Hereford, 10 S.W. of Bromyard, and 16 N.W. of Ledbury; the Dinmore station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway is in this parish, but distant Ii miles E. of the church ; and the main road between Leominster and Ledbury is about I mile W. Bodenham is in Hope-under-Dinmore polling district and electoral division of the county council, Broxash hundred, Leominster union, county court district, and petty sessional
102 BODENHAM. division. The population in 1871 was I,IIT; in 1881, 879; inhabited houses, 195 ; families or separate occupiers, 195 ; area of parish, 5,260 acres ; annual rateable value, £7,400. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, r884, and 25th March, 1887, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Felton, and a detached part of Amberley, were amalgamated with this parish. John Hungerford Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton court, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Mrs. Helme and Mr. Jenner are also landowners here. The parish is well watered oy the Lugg, and is very fertile, much of the land being under pasture, and the produce of the remainder being wheat, beans, hops, and fruit. Soil, loam and clay ; subsoil, gravel. There are some extensive farms, with good houses attached. Dinmore hill, a very considerable eminence, delightfully situated It miles N.W., commands a most extensive and splendid prospect. New kennels for the North Herefordshire Hounds were established at Saffron's Cross, alias Ketch Gate, in 1889. Bodenham is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Weston ; living, a vicarage, value, £122, with residence and 381 acres of glebe; patron, John Hungerford Arkwright, Esq. ; vicar, Rev. Herbert C. Sturges, M.A., Oxford, who was instituted in 1889. The parish registers begin with the year I 584. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is undergoing a complete and thorough restoration. Accommodation wiU be provided for nearly 400 people. It is in the Early English style of architecture, and consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and square tower with four pinnacles and an unfinished spire ; the tower contains a clock, presented by the late J. Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton Court, in 1849; and there is a peal of five bells. There is a notable monument in the chancel, of a recumbent figure, name unknown. The charities belonging to the parish are of £!8 yearly value. The national school for boys and girls has a residence for the master attached; average attendance, 6 5· The principal residences in the parish are The Vicarage, a modern stone building, distant about t of a mile from the church; Broadfield Court, an ancient mansion about 2~ miles N.E., the residence of Mrs. Helme; and Vennwood, about 2j- miles S.E., the property of Hugh Jenner, Esq., ].P., and in the occupation of Major Davies. The Railway Hotel, near Dinmore station, is much resorted to, during the summer months, by pleasure parties. Bowley is a township distant 1 t miles N .E. The Moor is a township ! of a mile E. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, which was rebuilt and enlarged in 1874. It is in the Hereford circuit. Maund Bryan is a township 2~ miles S.E. A school was erected here in 1865, and divine service is held in the school once on Sundays. There is a school for boys and girls; average .attendance, 3 I. It is a neat building of stone, with good residence for mistress attached. Whitechurch Maund is a township distant 3 miles S. by S.E. of the church. PosTAL REGULATIONS. W. H. Smalley, Pease green, Sub~Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Leominster at 7.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at s.ro p.m. The wall-box at The Moor is cleared
BODENHAM. 103 ~t 4 p.m., and that at The Ketch, at 5.20 p.m. Bodenham post-office Is a money order office and savings bank. Leominster is the nearest telegraph office and post town. Parish Church (St. Michael's). Rev. Herbert C. Sturges, M.A., Vicar; Rev. A. Garnons Williams, Cu1·ate.; Messrs. F. E. Gough and William Price, Churchwardens.; ] ohn Perks, Parish Clerk. J{ational School (boys and g-irls). Mr. Williams, Mastu; Miss Williams, Mistress. Church Sermi:e in Maund Bryan School-room. The Vicar or his Curate officiates . ./l1aund Bryan School (boys and girls). Miss Thorn "bury, Mistress. Wesleyan Chapel, The Moor. J.lhnz"sters var-ious. Dz"nmore Razlway Statz"o11, (Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, G. W.R. and L. &> N. WR. foznt.)-Robotham, James A., Statto1z Master. Bodenham Agricultural Socz"ety. Mr. William Price, The Vern, Secretary. Forester's Court, "Arkwright" Branch, held at England's Gate Inn, James Davis, Secntm-y. Assz"sta1lt Ove1·seer. Joseph Williams, Steps House. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Stop!Jing Place Return at Thomas Gravenor John Prosser Wed. & Sat. do. Hop Pole do. 4 30 4 30 CARRIERS TO LEOMINSTER. John Prosser Fri. King's Head 3 o Thomas Gravenor do. Elephant & Castle 3 o PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Doxfnrd, John G., Hill house Helme, Mr8., Broadfield court Helme, W. John, Broanfield court Holt, Mrs. J ane, The Villa Jenner, Hugh, J.P., Vennwood Moore, Mrs. Vaughan, Isle of Rhea ho. Newman, Ashwin Conway, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., The Lawns Smith, 0. B., Fordham house Sturges, Rev. Herbert Court, M.A. (vicar of Bodenham, and chaplain to the Coningsby hospital, Hereford), The Vicarage Turner, Henry, Bankside Williams, Rev. A. Garnons, Curate, Bodenham Hall ' COMMERCIAL. Bowen, James, tailor, The Moor. Bray, John, farmer, The Moor Cooke, William, farmer, Lower Venn Cotterell, Wm. Henry, grocer, The Moor Davies, James, farmer, Rich land Davis, William John, farmer, Field house. Duncan, Allen, shopkeeper, The Moor Eckley, John, farmer, Dewtiale's hope Edwards, ,Tonathan, frmr., Pigeon house, Ma.nnd Bryan EV ANS, LEON ARD, family grocer, tea dealer, corn, flour, and provision merchant, and butcher ; hardware dealer, and boot & shoe warehouse; agent for the Trent V alley Brewery Co.'s Ales and Stonts ; Bass' Burton Ales and Dublin Stout (in bottles), The Moor Stores, Bodenham Gough, l!'rdk. Elliot, frmr., hop grwr., & breeder of Hereford cattle, Glebe fm. Gravenor, Thomas, carrier, The Moor Griffiths, Miss E., wheelwright, Pool head Griffiths, Mrs., blksmth, Maundfield gate Griffiths, William, huntsman, the Kennels, Saffron's cro~s Gurney, Francis, The Moor Harper, Albert, farmer, Upper Maund Hill, William John, frmr. and hop grwr., Rowbury, Whitechurch Maund Hodges, William, farm bailiff to William P. Williams, Esq., Brockington Hyde, Henry, farmer, Lower Broadfield Hyde, John, frmr. & ruiller, Riffin's mill James, John, dairy farmer, Bowley court J ones, Ann, cottage farmer, Isle of Rhea. Knott, John, farmer, Wood honse Medlicott, Henry, farmer & ·hop grower, Bodenham court '
BODENHAM BOLSTONE. MORGAN, WILLIAM, Railway Hotel, Dinmore. Good accommodation for pleasure parties Morris, Philip, grocer and farmer Morton, J ames, coal merchant Oliver, James, shoemaker, The Moor Perks, John, parish clerk, Hall cottage Pitt, Mrs. Mary, farmer, Gritpitt farm Powell (George) & Sons, farmers, Millcroft ; res. Houghton court Poyner, Mrs., farmer and hop grower, The Farm Price, Wm., frrnr., & hop gr., The V ern Pritchard, Rd., cider retailer, Half-way house, Upper Maund Prosser, George, mason, Pool head Prosser, John, carrier, lVlaund Prosser, W., shpkpr. & beer rtlr., Orozens' Arms, Whitechurch Maund; agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application. PURCHASE, WILLIAM, England's Gate Inn, and farmer Robotham, James A., station master~ Dinmore station Saw, J oseph, farmer, Bowley Smalley, W. H., sub-postmaster Steadman, Wm., whlwrt., Maund Bryan Stokes, Geo.,cot. frmr. & haulr, The Moor Taylor, Thos., carpntr. & whlwr., Bowley Taylor, W alter, builder and timber merchant, Brick house, Bowley Thornbury, Miss, schoolmistress, Maund Bryan Trood, John, farmer, Holbatch Wall, Arthur, under-bailiff to J. H. Arkwright, Esq., Stock's Tree, Bowley Warrington, Hy., police constab., Bowley Weaver, Arthur J., frmr., Ashgrove fm. Weaver, John, tailor, The Moor Went, Mrs. J. & Son, shoeing & jobbing smiths&implement makers, Bank house Wilkins, John, farmer and hop grower, Maund Court Williams Allan, shoemaker, The Moor Williams, ,J oseph, butcher and assistant overseer, Steps house Williams, Robert, tailor, The Moor Wittingslow, Thos., dealer, The Moor BOLSTONE. BOLSTONE, or. BOULSTONE, is a small parish intersected by the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester branch of the Great Western railway, and distant about 2 miles S. W. of the Holme Lacy station on that line, 7 S.S.E. of Hereford, and 8 N. W. of Ross. It is in Wormelow hundred (upper division), Dinedor and Little Birch polling district and electoral division of the county council, Hereford union and county court district, and Harewood End petty sessional division. The population in r87r was 55; in r881, 38; inhabited houses, rr; families or separate occupiers, II ; area of parish, 642 acres ; annual rateable value, £6o2. By an order which came into operation on 25th March, r884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a part of Bolstone on the left bank of the river Wye was amalgamated with Fownhope. The Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey; chief crops, wheat, barley, oats, and roots. The parish of Bolstone has been detached from Holme Lacy and united to Ballingham for ecclesiastical purposes (under I and 2 Vict., c. Io6). The living is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Archenfield ; joint value, £260, including 63 acres of glebe; patron, the Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield ; vicar, Rev. W. R. Jenkins, M.A., Jesus College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1883, and who resides at the vicarage house at Ballingham. The church stands near the farmyard of Bolstone court. It has nave, and lower tower containing two bells. The register begins with the year 1765. The children from this parish attend the national school at Ballingham. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Ross. Fown~ hope and Hoarwithy are the nearest money order offices. Nearest telegraph office, Holme Lacy Station. Post town, Ross.
BOLSTONE BOSBURY. 105 Parish Church.-Rev. W. R. Jenkins, M.A., Vicar./ Samuel Terry, Pa1'ish Clerk. Assistant Overseer.,-Mr. W. Starling, 152, Widemarsh Street, Hereford. COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS. Hartland, Mrs. Ann, farmer, New house .Jordan, Wm. Sa.m., farmer, Gauna. farm Richards, George, farmer, Kilforge farm \Villiams, Henry, farmer, Bolstone court BOSBURY, CoMPRISING THE TowNSHIPS oF UPLEADON AND CATLEY. BOSBURY is an extensive parish and very picturesque village, distant about 4 miles N. of Ledbury, and 13 E. of Hereford ; in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, county court district, and petty sessional division, and Bosbury and Colwall polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was I,oos, in r88r, 989: inhabited houses, 223 ; families or separate occupiers, 2 42 ; area of parish, 4, 7 34 acres ; annual ratea hie value, £7,097· The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and Mrs. R. B. Mynors, J. Harford Pitt, Esq., of Temple court, Waiter Pitt, Esq., of Canon Frome, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, are the principal landowners. The soil is a deep heavy clay, and produces excellent cider and hops. Bosbury was once a place of considerable importance. Its Saxon name was Bosamberig, or Bosa's town. According to Leland, Bishop Athelstan died here in ros6. The Norman prelates also lived at Bosbury. It was the favourite residence of the great Bishop Cantilupe, St. Thomas of Hereford, and his friend and successor, Bishop Swinfield, died here in 1316. The parish is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a vicarage ; value £4oo, with residence and 6~ acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, the Rev. Samuel Bentley, M.A., of St. Catherine's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1879, and is also rural dean of South Frome. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trin'ify, was erected in the twelfth century. It has undergone three restorations in 1851, in the Rev. ]. Underwood's incumbency; in 1859, under the Rev. Berkeley L. Scudamore-Stanhope; and was completed in r87 r, under the Rev. ]. E. Cheese. The total cost of restoration was about £3,1001 nearly the whole of which was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions. The tower is a massive square structure containing six bells and a clock, and is detached from the church. There are seven instances of this in Herefordshire, the other six being Garway, Holmer, Ledbury, Pembridge, Richard's Castle, and Yarpole. It was originally surmounted by a wooden spire. Entering the church by a Norman doorway, the interior is seen to consist of a long nave, divided from its side aisles by six pointed arches, resting on round pillars, with capitals, characteristic of the Transition period. The clerestory windows, the triple lights of the west end, and the very beautiful lancet windows of the side aisles, are of the same date (about n8o). An interesting fan tracery screen of oak divides the nave from H
106 BOSBURY. the spacious chancel, which was entirely rebuilt by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at the last restoration, when an organ-chamber was built on the north side of the chancel for the reception of a splendid organ, presented to the parish by Mrs. Hope, sister of Mrs. Higgins, of Bosbury house, at whose cost, also, the chamber and warming apparatus were erected. The case is of pitch-pine, and the front double diapason pipes are richly coloured. Messrs. Speechly and Ingram, Camden works, London, were the builders. Encaustic tiles adorn the chancel floor. There are two very curious and wellpreserved sepulchral monuments on either side of the altar; one representing a recumbent figure of John Harford, with the date 1573; the other having figures of Richard Harford, son of the former, and his wife. The old pre-reformation open seats in the nave have been preserved. There are some fine specimens of ancient carving inserted in the pulpit. On the south side of the nave is the chantry of Sir Rowland Morton, a beautiful specimen of late Pointed architecture, temp. Henry VII. This chapel is embattled on the exterior, and is lighted by windows of the shape and tracery of the time when it was erected. Near this, is the oldest inscription in the church, painted on the wall in old characters, in memory of the father of Bishop Swinfield, who died in I z8z, but the inscription is almost illegible. The font, near the west end of the church, deserves notice, being of large size, square, and supported on five short pillars, and is of thirteenth-century date. A still older one is preserved, forming a very rude round cavity of sandstone, which is presumed to be of Saxon origin. In the churchyard is a well-restored cross of red sandstone. The parish registers begin with the year I ss B. There is a grammar school for boys, endowed by Sir Rowland Morton with lands yielding a rental of£ ro8 per annum. There is also a national school for girls. The number of children under instruction at both schools is 127. The Wesleyan chapel at Stanley hill is a neat brick building, erected in r863. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel at Swinmore. Among the objects of curiosity in this parish may be mentioned "the ancient oak-room " at the C1·ow1z Inn, where the Harford family once resided, which is wainscoted round, and above the fi.replace1 under carved circular recesses of Jacobean date, are placed the arms and quarterings, duly blazoned, of the Harfords and their relatives. Singular enough, the oak wainscoting on one side of this room had been transferred to the church to make a reredos, but in the late alterations, being deemed inappropriate, it has been sent back to the place from whence it came. The " Swinfield 11 Lodge of Oddfellows hold their meetings in this room. Temple Court, the residence of John Harford Pitt, Esq., was formerly a preceptory of the Knights Templars, and afterwards of the Knights Hospitallers. There are interesting monumental slabs of each preserved in the church. The gatehouse, and a room where the original ceiling of massive parallel oak beams are still entire, are the only remains of the Bishop's palace, which was taken down about the year 1572. From a claim for dilapidations against the executors of Bishop Scory, in 1586, preserved in the British Museum, it appears that the Court •
BOSBURY. hall was 8o feet long, 40 feet broad, and the height between the foundation and the wall-plate 20 feet. There was also a stage-hall 40 feet long and 20 feet high, kitchen and brewhouse. In this episcopal hall many most important matters were transacted. Here, on the feast of St. Gregory, 1278, Bishop Cantilupe challenged the judges who had been appointed by the Court of Rome, to decide upon the cause between the see of St. Asaph and that of Hereford, and appealed to the apostolic see. This he did in all due form, in the presence of many witnesses. First he read the appeal in Latin, but afterwards expounded it to them in French, and was careful to have it recorded that this was done in his hall at Bosbury, before dinner. Bosbury House is the seat of Capt. Willoughby B. M ynors, J.P. It is a spacious red brick and stone mansion in the Italian style, with balustrades and portico; and contains a rare collection of valuable early-printed books, MSS., drawings, engravings, curiosities, and articles of virtu. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Sarah Kendrick, Sub-Postmistress. Letters arrive by mail cart from Ledbury at 7.10 a.m.; despatched thereto by letter carrier at 4 and 5· 30 p.m. Letters can be registered. This is a money order office and savings bank. Telegraph office and post town, Ledbury. Par£sh Church (Holy Trt"n£ty). Rev. Samuel Bentley, M.A., V-icar_/ J. Harford Pitt, Esq, and Mr. Joseph Cummins, Churchwardens./ Charles Bettington, Parish Clerk. Grammar and National School (boys). Mr. John Knight Job, .il1aster. National School (girls). Miss M. A. Arrowsmith, JI!I.Zstress. Przm£t£ve Method-ist Chapel. M-inisters various. Wesleyan Chapel, Stanley hill. Ministers var£ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. John Knight Job. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Thomas Payne Henry Philpots Days Wed. & Sat. Wed. Stopping Place Coach & Horses Kerry Arms Return at 4 0 3 0 CARRIERS TO LEDBURY. "1 ames Pu1len Mrs. Cartwright ames Pullen Henry Philpots Tues. Tues. CARRIERS TO Sat. Sat. CARRIER TO Mrs. Cartwright Mon. & Fri. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bentley, Rev. Samuel, M.A. (vicar of Bosbury, rural dean, and surrogate for the diocese of Hereford), The Vicarage Fishbourne, Edward, Stanley house Mynors, Capt. W. B., county councillor, Bosbury house Pitt, John Rarford, Temple court The Plough Seven Stars WoRCESTER. Swan with Two Necks The Old Peacock MALVERN. Red Lion COMMERCIAL. 5 0 2 0 6 30 3 0 2 0 Arrowsmith, Miss, schoolmistress, White house Barrett, J ames, landowner and farmer, Staplow house Bettington, C., parish clerk, Dowding's brook Bosley, Thomas, farmer, Bentleys
108 BOSBURY BRAMPTON ABBOTTS. Brazier, James Herbert, Crmmt In'lt Browne, Richard, baker and grocer Bunn, George, farmer and hop grower, Swinmore farm Bury & Preece, farmers and hop growers, The V ern Cale, John, farmer, Old country COLLETT JANE, family grocer, tea dealer and provision merchant COTTON ALAN, wheelwright, carpenter, and blacksmith, agricultural implement maker and agent, New house, Ledbury road, Bosbury Cotton, Robert, fmr. & hop gr., The hill Cummins, J oseph, farmer, Slatch farm Davies, Edward, farmer and hop grower, Catley's cross Davies, Edwin, blacksmith, Stanley hill Da vies, William, bailiff to Samuel Wilcox, The Grange Edwards, Richard, pig butcher, Fox hill Edwards, William, landowner & farmer, Woodlow Fawke, Richard, farmer, Sugar croft Gardiner, Mrs., cot. farmer, Norbridge Gardiner, Thomas, farmer, Upper and Lower Town End farms Green, Wm., fmr. & hop grower, Great Catley, Lower house and Brook farm Green, Wm., whlwrt., The School house Hall, .Alfred, cottage farmer, Long Acre Hamilton, Frederick J. V., farmer and hop grower, Nelmes H:uding, John, farmer and hop grower, Stoneyards, Green farm Harford, Rd., frmr, Lower ho., Swinmore Harris, William, farmer, Upleadon court Hart, .A. William, bailiff to E. J. Webb, Cold green Hawkins, John, farmer, Holly mount Hickox. Charles, blacksmith, Pow green Hoare, William, farmer, Little Noverings Hodgetts, John, coal and timber dealer, Staplow wharf Holder, J oseph, Old country Homes, William, jun., farmer and hop grower, Gold hill farm Jackson, Joseph, farmer and hop grower, The Orchards Jackson, William, farmer and hop grower, The N overings BRAMPTON Jay, Thos., farmer & hop gr., Woodlow J enkins, J ames, gardener, White house - J ennings, William, cooper Job, John Knight, schoolmaster, and assistant overseer, Nash end Kendrick, Mrs. Sarah, sn b-postmistress Kendrick. Jas., frmr & hop gr., Hill house Lane, Wm. Siveii, county Councillor, farmer, hop gr. & miller, The Farm Long, Wm., farmer & hop gr., Old Court Malins, Thomas, baker Matthews, J ames, cottage farmer, and beer retailer, Dowdings brook Morris, Mary, Bell Inn Mutlow, Mary, baker Mutlow, Miss, Upleadon Mutlow, Richard, farmer, Shillo Oram, Frederick, bailiff to Capt. Mynors Orgee, Kenelm, cottage farmer and beer retailer, Old country Palm er, William, miller, Upper mill Payne, Thomas, farmer and carrier, Merrings farm _ Pears, Thomas, farmer, Harbour Hill Philpots, Henry, carrier, grocer, &c.~ Stanley bill Powell, Elijah, shoemaker Powell, William, farmer, Little Catley Preece, Charles, farmer & haulier, Pow green and North farm Preece, John, carpenter, Gospel yew Price, Geo., frmr & hop grower, Catley et. Price, J. Edward, police constable Pritchard, Thomas, farmer, New house~ Swinmore Pugh, James, beer retailer, New Inn Pullen, J ames, carrier, dealer in fruit, and grocer, Stanley hill Spencer, Edward, cot. farmer, W oodlow Spencer, J\1rs., farmer, W oodlow Townsend, .Alien John, butcher Townsend, J ames, blacksmith Townsend, William, cider retailer, Oak: Inn, Staplow Turner, John, farmer and shoemaker, Brier croft Vobe, Elizabeth, farmer, Bradley V ube, William, farmer, Hill park Walker, Thomas, farmer and hop grower,. Riddings ; res. Moor End house, - Mathon, near Malvern ABBOTTS. BRAMPTON ABBOTTS is a parish- distant 1-§- miles N. of Ross, 16 S.E. of Hereford, and 20 N.W. of Gloucester; in Greytree hundred, Ross union, petty sessiona~ divi?io~, county court d!s~r~ct, King's Caple and Upton Bishop polhJ?-g d~stnct and electoral. diVISIOn of the county council. The populatiOn m 1871 was 241 ; m 18 I, 213; inhabited houses, 45; families or separate occupiers, 52; area f parish, 1,443 acres; annual rateable value, ,£2,609 rss. By an. o~del' which came into operation on 25th March, 1~84, under the Divided Parishes Act a detached part of U pton Bishop was amalgamated wit.h this parish. The Right Hon. Lord Ashburton is lord of 1\1()
BRAMPTON ABBOTTS BRAMPTON BRYAN. 1og the manor and principal landowner. William Dew, Esq., Mrs. Higgins, and the Rev. Thomas Syer, are also landowners here. The soil is loamy ; subsoil, clay and rock; chief crops, wheat, beans, barley, and pasture. The parish extends to the river Wye, and the scenery is very beautiful, overlooking a vast expanse of finely wooded country. The living is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Ross ; it is a rectory, value £323, with residence and 5 acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford ; rector, Rev. H. St. H. Evans, Theological College, Wells, who was instituted in 1890. The church is dedicated to St. Mzchael, and cannot be of much later date than the reign of \Villiam the Conqueror, by whom the manor was given to the Abbots of Gloucester. It consists of nave and chancel, and at the western end is surmounted by a square bell-cot of timber in shingle-work. The turret is of pleasing proportions. The entrance is under a timber porch, and through aN orman door, with a plain tympanum and semicircular arch resting on capitals and shafts. In 1857 the church was restored and reseated at a cost of £350. In 1863 a side aisle was built by the rector and his family. There are three bells, an organ, font, and some stained glass windows, one of which represents St. Michael "trampling on the apostate's pride." A ntw painted window, on the south side of the chance], was presented in 1873 by Dr. Syer. The churchyard is overshadowed by fine elms and yews, and has a modern shaft and cross. There is a national school for boys and girls ; average attendance, 33· Overton and Gatsford were occupied by the Romans. PosTAL REGULATIONS. John Turner, Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received from Ross, at 6.40 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 6.o p.m. Ross is the nearest money order and telegraph office and post town. Parish ChU1'ch (St. Michael's). Rev. H. St. H. Evans, Rector; Mr. Thos. Arkell, Churchwarden; Jas. Whittingham, Parz'sh Clerk. 1'{ atz"otzal School (boys and girls). Miss Elizabeth V. Paul, Mz"stress. Assistant Overseer. John Turner. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gammond, Jas. R., miller and farmer, Dew, Thos., The BellamysandNetherton Dew, Wm., Brampton lodge Evans, Rev. H. St. H. (rector), The Rectory Hard wick, N athaniel, Grove cottage - COMMERCIAL. Arkell, Thomas, farmer, Townsend Bridge house, Rudhall mill Higgins, Mrs., farmer, New house Paul, Miss Elizabeth V., schoolmistress Phillips, Samuel, carpenter Sainsbury, John B., farmer, Overton Turner, John, blacksmith, shopkeeper, sub-postmaster and assistant overseer Whittingham, J ames, parish clerk and sexton BRAMPTON BRYAN, WITH THE TowNSHIPS oF BoRESFORD, UPPER AND LowER PEDWARDINE, AND STANAGE LORDSHIP (THE LATTER IN RADNORSHIRE). :BRAMPTON :BRYAN is situated on the borders of the counties of Salop and Radnor, 11 miles W. of Ludlow, 14 N.W. of Leominster, 26 N.W. of Hereford, 5 E. ofKnighton, 4 N.W. ofWigmore, 2-! S.W. of Leintwardine, and 2 from Bucknell station on the Central Wales
IIO BRAMPTON BRYAN. railway; is in Wigmore hundred and petty sessional division, Leintwardine polling district and electoral division oft he county council, and Knighton union and county court district. The population in 1871 was 529; in r88r, 275; inhabited houses, 54; families or separate occupiers, 56 ; area of parish, 2,926 acres ; annual rateable value, £3,058. Robert William Daker Harley, Esq., is the landowner and lord of the manor. A fair is held yearly, for sheep and cattle on the 21st of June, and for horses on the 22nd of June. The lordship of Stanage, about 2 miles from its parish church, is in the county of Radnor, but belongs to Brampton Bryan parish. It comprises 2,388 acres and contained in r88r a population of 151 persons. Charles Coltman Rogers, Esq., is owner of the lordship and resides at Stanage park. This place was an ancient lordship of the family of Brian de Brampton, who resided here from about the time of Henry I., and having intermarried with some of the chief nobility of the kingdom, became extinct in the time of Edward I., when Margaret, a co-heiress, conveyed this estate in marriage to Robert de Harley, from whom it descended to the Earl of Oxford, thence to Lady Langdale, and recently to its present owner. The castle, which had been erected here at an early period, became the chief seat of the Harleys till the time of the civil wars in the reign of Charles I., when it was twice besieged by the forces in the service of the King, and at length burnt and otherwise dilapidated. The ruins, which chiefly consist of some fragments of walls and an entrance gateway flanked by two round towers, are situated about roo yards N. from the church. Brampton Bryan is lin the diocese of Hereford, archdeaconry of Ludlow, and rural deanery of Clun; living, a rectory; value, £350, with residence and r6~ acres of glebe ; patron, Robert vVilliam Daker Harley, Esq. ; rector, Rev. Frank Sheffield, M.A., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, who was instituted in r879. The earliest register is dated r663. The church, dedicated to St. Bm-nabas, has been thoroughly restored from designs of ]. S. Crowther, Esq., and was re-opened on May rst, r888. The most notable feature is the east window, a large S-light Gothic window, filled with painted glass by Messrs. Powell, and also the ancient oak roof, which is supposed to have been the roof of the banqueting hall of the old castle. There are monuments to the first Earl of Oxford and Mortimer, and to the sixth and last Earl. Numerous members of the Harley family are buried here, including John Harley, Bishop of Hereford; but no record whatever is placed to their memory in the church. On St. Thomas' Day, annually, there is given away thirty bushels of wheat, and about £4 in money, to the poor people of Brampton Bryan and neighbourhood. Parishioners get one peck of corn and sixpence; non-parishioners, half a peck and sixpence. The origin or amount of the charity is involved in obscurity; and it is continued because it has always been the custom. The owner of the estate supplies the funds necessary. The interest of £roo invested in Consols is given away every Christmas by the rector and churchwardens, to such poor families in the parish as are considered the most deserving. The late John
BRAMPTON BRYAN BREDENBURY. Ill Edwards, Esq., left this charity in the year 1857· The national school, with residence for the master, has accommodation for 7 5 children ; average attendance, 52. There is a small endowment. Brampton Bryan Hall, a large brick mansion with stone facings, is the residence of Robert W. D. Harley, Esq. To the west is a park, nearly 6 miles in circumference, occupying a considerable portion of an extensive eminence. About a mile to the north of the park is Coxwall Knoll camp, which was probably the last post occupied by the gallant Caractacus. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Henry Hancox, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.0 a.m. ; despatched at 7·45 p.m. Letters can be registered. Leintwardine is the nearest money order office. Letters should be addressed Brampton Bryan, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St. Barnabas). Rev. Frank Sheffield, Rector,; Robert W. D. Harley, Esq., and Thomas Bowles, Esq., Churchwardens; Mr. Horace Ed wards, Parish Clerk. Natz"onal School (boys and girls). Mr. Herbert Bradshaw, Master. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Charles Hancox. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bowles, Thomas, Lower Stanage Cartwright, Edward, Milebrook Dear, B., private secretary to R. W. D. Harley, Esq. HarJey, Robert "\Vm. Daker, J.P., D.L., county councillor, Brampton Bryan Hall Rogers, Chas. C. (J.P. for Radnorshire and Shropshire), Stanage Park Sheffield, Rev. F. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Bra.dshaw, H., schoolmaster Brown, Thomas, wheelwright Byewater, Rd., & John, farmers, Lower Pedwardine Da vies, John, blacksmith, Boreli'ford Dyke, Thomas, farmer, Boresford Edwards, Jas., shoemaker,shopkeeper,&c. Edwards, Thomas, farmer, The Farm EvanR, Thomas, architect, &c., Estate cottages Hancox, Charles, assistant overseer and blacksmith, Oxford Arms Inn Harper, Thomas, game keeper, park lodge Jones, Edwin, oil mill ,J ones, Wm., shoemaker 1\'Iesser, W a.lter V. park-keeper toR. W.D. Harley, J.P., D.L. Moore, Mr., frmr, Brampton Bryan fa.rm Stedman, Charles, farmer, Heartsease Stephens, Thomas, farmer Thomas, Edward, Hick's farm, Boresford W atkins, T., frmr., Hill house, Boresford BREDENBURY. BREDENBURY, or :BRIDENBURY, is a small parish situated on the main road between Bromyard and Leominster, and distant 3! miles W. of Bromyard, 8§ E. of Leominster, and 14 N.E. of Hereford; is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Bredenbury and Bromyard polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 6o ; in 1881, 84 ; inhabited houses, 13 ; families or separate occupiers, 18; area of parish, 836 acres; annual rateable value, £954· By an order which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, four detached parts of A ven bury were amalgamated with this parish. W. Henry Barneby, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey, and in some parts loamy ; subsoil, clay and rock; chief produce, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, and pasture. Bredenbury is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frome. The
112 BREDENBURY. parishes of Bredenbury and Wacton are united for ecclesiastical purposes, and a new church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was built for their accommodation, and consecrated in 1877. The living is a rectory ; value, £176, with 62! acres of glebe ; patron, W. Henry Barneby, Esq.; rector, Rev. Charles Bridges, M.A., of Christ Church, Oxford, who was instituted in 1874. The site of the church, which is near the new schools, was given by W. Henry Barneby, Esq., and was mainly re-built by him. The former church stood in the grounds of Bredenbury court, and much of the materials was used in the new building. The work was carried out by Mr. George Rouse, of Bromyard. A new rectory house was completed in 1883, the site of which was given by the patron. A school board was appointed in 1874 for the united district of Bredenbury, Grendon Bishop, and Wacton, and school accommodation for 69 children, provided at a cost of £I,ooo, which sum included fittings and other extras; average attendance, 49· The site and stone were given by vV. Henry Barneby, Esq. There is a good furnished residence attached, for the master. A Sunday school for religious instruction is supported by voluntary subscription. There is also a district lending library. Bredenbury Cou1-t, the residence of W. Henry Barneby, Esq., ].P., D.L., has undergone extensive additions and improvements, and is now one of the most beautiful seats in the county. It commands a delightful view of the Malvern hills and adjacent scenery. The alterations were carried out under the superintendence of the late Mr. Thomas H. vVyatt, architect, of London, and the grounds were laid out by the late Mr. Edward Milner, of Sydenham. . PosTAL REGULATIONS.--Sergeant James Addyman, The Stores, .Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received from Worcester via Bromyard. at 8 a.m., and despatched at 6 p.m. This is a money order, savings bank, and telegraph office. Post town, Worcester. Par£sh Church (St. Andrew's). Rev. Charles Bridges, M.A., Rector; W. Henry Barneby, Esq., Churchwarden. Grendon Bishop, Brede11bury, and Wacton Un-ited School Bom-d.- William Henry Barneby, Esq. ( Chaz',rman) _; Mr. Edward Timings (Vice-Chairman); Mr. T. B. Weeks, (Clerk). J. Miss Lawrence (M-istress). Assistant Overseer. Mr. Thos. Barrs, Worcester Road, Bromyard. CARRIER TO BROMYARD. Name Mrs. Childe Day Thurs. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barneby, William Henry, Esq., J.P., D.L., county councillor, Bredenbury Court; Carlton and Junior Carlton, and Naval & Military clubs, London, S.W. :Bridges, Rev. Cbas., M.A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. A.llsopp, Willin.m, farmer, Red Hill farm Stop}!ing Place King's Arms Return at 3 0 Bailey, J. H., J.P., Bolter's close, res. Rowden Abbey · Barneby, W. H., The Manor farm Corbett, Joseph, frmr., The Noakes farm Guyott, Alfred, head gardener for W. H. Barneby, Esq., J.P., D.L., The Lodge Lawrence, Miss, schoolmistress Martin, Mrs., dairywoman to W. H. Barneby Nutt, George, farmer, Sawbery hill Smith, Mrs., cott. farmer, Wiggall farm
BRED\V ARDINE. IIJ BREDWARDINE~ BREDW ARDINE is a village and parish pleasantly situated on the right bank of the river Wye, distant 12 miles W. of Hereford, 7 E. of Hay, 10 S.\V. of Weobley, and about 4 from Eardisley and 3~ from Kinnersley railway stations on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway ; is in Webtree hundred, Clifford polling district and electoral division of the county council, Hay union and county court district, and is the head of a petty sessional division and highway district. The population in 1871 was 401 ; in 1881, 337 ; inhabited houses, 79 ; families or separate occupiers, 84 ; area of parish, ~,245 acres ; annual rateable value, £ 2,8oo. The Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., of Moccas Court, is lord of the manor~and principal landowner. The soil is loamy ; subsoil, sandstone and clay ; chief produce, wheat, oats, beans, and roots. Here was formerly a castle, which stood on the banks of the Wye, which from the imperfect traces that remain appears to have been a strong and massive fortress. The ruins are said to have furnished great part of the materials used in the erection of the ancient residence of the Cornewalls, at Moccas. This place gave name to the family of the famous Thomas Bredwardine, Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1349, surnamed the "Profound Doctor" for his great learning. Bredwardine is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford, and rural deanery of Weobley (1st division); living, a vicarage, annexed to Brobury rectory ; joint value, £304, with residence and 18 acres of glebe; patrons, the trustees of the late Rev. N. D. H. Newton; vicar, Rev. Henry Trevor Williamson, B.A., St. John's Coli., Oxford, who was instituted in 1879. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was restored in 1875, under the direction of the diocesan architect, during the incumbency of the late vicar, Mr. Houseman. The carvings in the north and south doorways, the font, the herring-bone work in the north wall, the two recumbent figures in the chancel, are some of the objects of interest to be found in this ancient church. It consists of nave and chancel with tower containing four bells. The earliest register is dated I 72 2. This parjsh partakes in the largest charity in the county viz., Jarvis's Charity, consisting of money left by G. Jarvis, Esq., in 1790, and since increased by accumulation and falling in of legacies. The present income is up· wards of £2,000 per annum, which is distributed according to a Chancery scheme of I 8 52, in the proportions of I 3, I I, and 6, among the inhabitants ofBredwardine, Staunton-on-\Vye, and Letton respectively. The objects to which it is applied are 1. Payment of a medical officer, supply of medical necessaries, and relief of the poor in sickness; 2. Maintenance in two almshouses, in the parish of Staunton, of six poor men and six women; 3· Contribution to clothing and coal clubs; 4- Permanent relief of sundry aged and infirm persons; 5· Maintenance of schools, and clothing of many of the children in each of the three parishes; 6. Occasional apprenticing of boys, at the age of fourteen, who have attended the schools. The Charity Commissioners are preparing a new scheme for the better