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HEREFORDSHIRE. prize for 20 years in succession, and during the first 52 years of the club's exhibitions, when all breeds were shown in competition, the Hereford steers or oxen won 185 prizes ; the Shorthorns, 82 ; Devons, 44; Scotch, 43; Sussex, 9; Longhorns, 4; Cross-breds, 8. Thus it will be seen that the prizes awarded to the Herefords were within five of those awarded to all the other breeds and cross-breeds put together. The influence of the Hereford bull upon either pure-bred cows of other breeds or grade cows is very marked, and has been followed by a demand for exportation. Considerable herds of Herefords are now to be found in Australia, New Zealand, South and North America, Africa, and Jamaica. It was a triumph for the Herefords at the great International Exhibition at Paris, in 1889, when a Hereford bull with a cow and heifer won the Champion Prize of £8o against all other English breeds. This choice lot was exported to South America. The Ryeland sheep were as truly the aboriginal breed of the county as its far-famed cattle, but in the latter part of the last and early part of the present century, their breeders felt desirous of crossing them with sheep of other breeds ; for that purpose some introduced Spanish Merino rams, whilst others made selections from Bakewell's celebrated flock of Leicesters. Thus the beautiful hardy low-legged Ryeland, with its firm quality of flesh, was sacrificed, by the one party, to length of staple of the wool and greater aptitude to fatten, and by the other, to fineness of fleece, respecting which the poet Phillips inquired '' Can the fleece Boetia or finest Tarentine compare With Lempster's silken wool?" and concerning which Dra yton asked "Where lives the man so dull on Britain's farthest shore To whom did never sound the name of Lempster's ore, That with the silk worm's web for smallness doth compare?" The use of the Merino was soon abandoned ; but not so the Leicester, that cross having proved very valuable, as imparting aptitude to fatten, greater size, and increased quantity of wool. So highly were those sheep esteemed that it was usual half-a-century ago for auctioneers to describe a flock for sale as being a "grand flock of Leicester and Ryeland sheep." Those have now given place to the Shropshire, over a considerable area of the county. The horses of the county have not received the same amount of care and attention as the cattle and sheep have done, and much effort will be required ere they attain the high position which a few years back they appeared destined to occupy. Pigs too have not advanced to the same extent as they have in many other counties, but this may be accounted fer by the fact of the limited nature of the dairies in the county. The poultry is highly distinguished, and the quality produced together with the truly elegant taste displayed in its preparation for the annual market before Christmas at Hereford, and the other markets of the county, surpasses anything of the kind in other

20 HEREFORDSHIRE. counties. Many tons are purchased at these markets for London and other populous towns. The prevailing forest trees are the oak, elm, and ash. That king of the forest the oak abounds in every direction, and, upon the heavy soils of the county, attains a length and size almost, if not quite, unequalled. The growth of the elm upon the lighter soils is very rapid, and very grand specimens abound ; whilst the beech is rarely seen excepting on the limestone formations. The farm buildings are generally spacious, but badly arranged: the fold yards being much too large, with very little provision for the proper classification of stock. It frequently happens that they are situated upon a steep incline. This, with the surrounding buildings being destitute of eaves guttering, facilitates the rapid washing away of much of the valuable fertilizing properties of the manure to the adjacent watercourses. Upon several estates improved homesteads have been erected; also a few covered fold yards in different parts of the county. But the present free use of oil cake and corn with stock renders it essential that more attention should be paid to prevent the waste of manures, which under the present arrangement is unavoidable. The cottages have been greatly improved of recent years, and allotments are provided in many parishes, but usually spacious gardens are attached to the cottages, and the necessity for allotments is not so much felt in this county as it appears to be in many others. ORCHARDS. Orchards in Herefordshire are very extensive : no less an area than 3o,ooo acres being planted with apple and pear trees. The best proof of the excellent quality of both the cider and perry produced in this county, is to be found in the almost entire sweep of the prize lists at the recent International and Metropolitan Exhibitions. It is satisfactory to notice that quite a revival of interest on the part of the public has lately taken place in this important industry. The acreage has steadily increased throughout the kingdom,* though more in the direction of culinary and dessert varieties than in those devoted to cider. It was about the end of the 17th century that the cultivation of orchards became a leading feature in the rural economies of England. \Vhy, the question may be profitably asked, should not the history of that date repeat itself at the end of the 19th century? Absolute freedom from taxation on land or produce, practically unlimited supply, and a market inadequately met by foreign competition, would seem to point to a favourable answer. How comes then the general complaint about the unremunerativeness of orchards? Well, many causes may be assigned, and perhaps the legislature has not of late years been particularly favourable to agricultural interests. An Act of Parliament has, however, been recently passed which vetoes the farmer from supplying his men with cider, as part wages, or contracting himself out of the provisions of the act. This would seem to bear hard upon a class who are already handicapped by the *From latest Statistics we learn over s,ooo acres, inclusive of Market Gardens.

HEREFORDSHIRE. 21 times harder than they can bear; but in the opinion of many, who have well weighed the subject, great counterbalancing advantages may be expected to follow this apparent hardship, by compelling more serious and intelligent attention to be paid to the condition of the orchard and its products. The Fruiterers' Company, in London, under the auspices of Sir James Whitehead, Bart., have warmly taken up the subject, and offered valuable prizes for its encouragement. Now would seem to be the time for the farmers of Herefordshire to accept the substantial assistance thus opportunely offered them, and give their orchards a chance, which they certainly have not had hitherto, of being the most profitable part of their holdings. Briefly, this may be done as follows (1) by grubbing up all trees which are mere cumberers of the ground, owing to disease or damage, or old age, or unproductiveness, or inferior varieties notably tens of thousands of rank Wildings that have been foisted into valuable orchards from nurseries and landlord's plantations, and kept there for decades because they are there ; (2) by re-grafting with best varieties all trees worth leaving ; (3) by digging, manuring, or otherwise fertilizing according to soil ; liming; feeding with sheep on roots the often thoroughly impoverished pasture, and draining; (4) by intelligent periodical pruning, root, as well as branch, when necessary, and by destroying by suitable, well-known, and easily-procured applications, the moss, lichen, and caterpillars, that interfere so grievously with the constitutional health and annual crop of the tree. Some orchards have been so unfavourably located, that improving the apple or pear trees altogether off the ground would seem to be the only remedy; but these, happily, are only isolated cases. A gently rising ground facing south-east, would seem to be the favourite situation for an orchard, though an aspect facing west has the undeniable advantage of retarding the sun's rays from frosted blooms, and thus very often saving a crop. No better soil can be found for the apple than a deep friable loam, or stiff well-drained clay ; while the pear rejoices in a calcareous soil. In the manufacture of the best cider, soil is more important even than varieties. This is not the place to give any account, even briefly, of the manufacture of cider and perry. A few popular errors might be, perhaps, glanced at with advantage : viz.- ( I) that the fruit is not hurt by being exposed in deep heaps to the action of the elements when fully matured; (2) that grinding the must, to the very last kernel, into an impalpable mass is desirable; (3) that repeated racking is indispensable ; (4) that the addition of water, besides being a help to the cider maker, is an improvement to the best cider. It is difficult to compute the average yield per acre of cider and perry, but three to seven hogsheads (uo-112 gals.) would be a fair average. The usual price of cider and perry from the mill, ranges from 25s. to 4os. per hogshead ; in bottle, from Ss. to 14s. The principal markets for the sale of cider and perry are Bristol,. London, Exeter, Birmingham, South Wales, Manchester, and Ireland.

• 22 HEREFORDSHIRE. AGRICULTURAL RETURNS. The following extracts relating to Herefordshire are taken from the Government Agricultural Returns for r889 :- - ABSTRACT OF ACREAGE (IN STATUTE ACRES) UNDER CROPS & GRASS, AS RETURNED UPON JUNE 4TH, 1889 . . - - - Total Area of Here- Permanent Percentage of fords hire Total of Under Pasture, or Corn Crops to in Statule Acreage under Clover, Grass not Under Total Acreage Acres. all kinds of Under Sainfoin, broken up in Green under all kinds Crops, bare, Corn Crops. and Grasses Rotation Crops. of Crops, bare, Fallow, and under (exclusive of Fallow, and Grass. Rotation. Heath or Moun- Grass. tain Land.) . 532,898 445,928 8 s,8o9 29,758 40,284 276,161 19"2 - - - - - Total ACREAGE UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF CORN CROP IN 188g & 1888. Acreage under all kinds of - - - - - Crops, bare Barley or Total under Fallow, and Wheat. Oats. Rye. Beans. Peas. Be re. Corn Crops. Grass. - I 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 445,928 38,346 20,987 r8, 7 43 236 4,573 2,924 85,8og ' 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. I 1888. 1888. 447,286 41,106 19,245 1g,6or 276 5,218 3,310 88,756 - - - - - - ACREAGE UNDER EACH DESCRIPTION OF GREEN CROP IN 1889 & 1888. Total under - - Green Crops. Turnips Cabbage, Vetches, Lucernt>, Potatoes. and any other and Mangold. Carrots. Kohl-Rabi, Green Crop (except Swedes. and Rape. Clover or Grasli). - . . -- .. - 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 29,758 2,327 22,363 1,368 34 300 3,366 . - 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 33,33° 2,634 22,631 z,oo7 54 345 5,659 - - - - .

HEREFORDSHIRE. . 23 . . • . ; ACREAGE IN 1889 1888 UNDER ' AND '• - - - - Clover, Sainfoin, and Grasses, Permanent Pasture, Meadow, or . Bare Grass, not broken up in Rotation under Rotation. (exdusive of Heath or Mountain Fallow, or Flax. Land). Hops. Uncropped Arable - - ' ' - Land. Not Not For Hay. Total. For Hay. Total. for Hay. for Hay. ' " " • 1889 .. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889 .. 1889. 1889. 1889. 14 6,8so 6,907 25,887 14,397 40,284 86, 586 l89,57 5 276,161 --- ' - 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 12 6,ss9 4,540 24,036 14,942 38,978 8l,799 193, 1 37 274,936 - - - - . . ACREAGE UNDER ORCHARDS, MARKET GARDE~S, AND NURSERY GROUNDS, ' IN 1889 AND 1888, AND OF WooDS IN 1888 AND 1881. . - - - ORCHARDS, ETC. MARKET GARDENS. NuRSERY GROUNDS. Woons. . ' ' Acreage of Arable or Land used by Market Land used by Nursery- Coppices or PlantaGrass Lands, also used Gardeners for Growth of tions, excepting Gorse men for Growing Trees, for Fruit Trees of Vegetables and other Land and Garden Shrubs, &c. any kind. Garden Produce. ' ' Shrubberies. ' - ' • 1889. 1889. 1889. 1888. 26,196 90 109 38,855 ' ' . 1888. - 1888. 1888. 1881. 26,269 • 75 8o ' 37,332 - - PROPORTIONAL ACREAGE OF PERMANENT PASTURE AND ARABLE LAND PER 1,000 ACRES OF LAND UNDER CULTIVATION IN 188g AND !888.* ' PERMANENT PASTURE. ARABLE LAND. - - Cam Crops. Other Crops. t . Acres. Acres. Acres • Acres. Acres. Acres. • - ' -- ' - . ' • 1889. 1888. 1889. 1888. 1889. 1888. 198 188 187 619 615 193 . - - - *Not including Nursery Grounds and Woods. t Including Grasses under Rotatim1. ' • '

HEREFORDSHIRE. • 'HoRsEs (including PoNIES) as . CATTLE. SHEEP. returned by occupiers of Land. . - - - Unbroken OTBEB CATTLE. . Used solely Horses, Cows and 2 Years o~ Under for purposes I Year Under and Mares Total. Heifers in of Total. Old and I Year Total. kept Milk or Agriculture, Age and 2 Years above. Old. solely for in Calf. &c. . above. of Age. Breeding. - - • 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 1889. 13,536 8, 712 22,248 28,687 18,703 34,487 81,877 • 173,293 130,136 303,429 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. 1888. I 3,422 9,031 22,453 29,346 19,226 35,J28 84,300 169,545 130,773 300,228 - • - • NUMBER of SILOS constructed for the ENsiLAGE of FoDDER ; TOTAL and AVERAGE CAPACITY of such Silos; and NuMBER of Persons who have stated that they pro-- posed to make Ensilage in STACKS, as returned in the years 1889 and 1888. - - - NUMBER of Persons who NUMBER 01" SILOS. I TOTAL CAPACITY. AvERAGE CAPACITY. proposed to make 0 Ensilage in STACKS. . 1889. 1888. 1889. 1888. 1889. 1888. 1889. 1888. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. Cubic Feet. 45 ° 26 129,252 77,084 2,872 2,965 96 26 - • . RAILWAYS. The railways join the general railway systems the city of Hereford being an important railway centre. By means of the Shrewsbury and Hereford rail way (opened in December, · 1853), which is jointly the property of the Great Western and London and North-Western Railway Compa:u.ies, and the Severn Tunnel, constructed by the Great Western Railway Company, the county has direct communication with the important manufacturing districts of the north of England and Scotland, the romantic district of North Wales, and the whole of the west of England. A fast service of trains between South Wales and Bristol and Crewe is now in operation .. Leaving Hereford the Shrewsbury and Hereford line runs in a northerly direction through Moreton-on-Lugg, Dinmore,_ Fordbridge, Leominster, Eye, and Woofferton, a distance of 19 miles in this county. At Leominster a line branches off for Kington, Presteign, Almeley, and New Radnor. The Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford railway (opened December, 1853) passes through Tram Inn, St. Devereux, Pontrilas, and Pandy stations, being a distance of about I 7 miles in this county from Hereford. This line forms a portion of the West Midland section of the Great Western railway, as does also a line from Hereford to Worcester, which considerably shortens the route from the former city to the midland counties generally, and is a direct route to the metropolis. The Hereford and Worcester railway, running in an easterly direction through Withingtoll 1 Stoke Edith, Ashperton, Ledbury, and Colwall to Malvern tunnel, • 0 .

HEREFORDSHIRE. passes through about 20 miles of Herefordshire. A branch line leaves Ledburyfor Gloucester, passingthrough Dymockand Newent. The Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway was opened in June, r855. It passes through Holme Lacy, Fawley, Ross, and Mitcheldean Road, a distance of r6 miles in this county, and communicates with the metropolis vz'd Gloucester, and places on the South Wales main line, Bristol, Bath, &c. The Ross and Monmouth railway (opened in 1874) follows the course of the Wye nearly the whole of the I 3 JTiiles of line, and runs through some of the finest scenery in England. Between Ross and Monmouth there are three stations, -Kerne Bridge, Lydbrook, and Symonds' Yat placed at convenient distances apart. At Lydbrook is a junction with the Severn and Wye rai way, which forms a connecting link between the Ross and Monmo th and the South Wales railways, passing through the Forest f Dean, and joining the latter line at Lydney. A branch line rom Monmouth to Chepstow affords the most complete accomm dation to the tourist of the Wye. The Hereford, Hay, and Br con railway (opened in r864) opens up an intercourse with an im ortant portion of the Principality of Wales. It passes through Cre enhill, Moorhampton, Kinnersley, Eardisley, and Whitney, to Hay, &c., a distance of zo miles in this county. This line is worked by the Midland Railway Company, who also have -running powers over the Worcester and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway. The Leominster and Kington railway, which joins the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway at Leominster, was opened in August, 1858, and is leased to the Great Western Railway Company. From Leominster it passes through Kingsland, Pembridge, and Titley to Kington, a distance of 14 miles in this county. The branch railway connecting Presteign the county town of Radnorshire with the Leominster and Kington line was opened on September 9, I 87 s. This line commences at Titley, passes through Leen farm, to Staunton-upon-Arrow, in front of the Rodd farm via Carton into Presteign. The Kington and Eardisley line was opened for traffic on August 3, I874- This line is about 7 miles in length. It commences at Titley junction and passes through Lyonshall and Almeley, and joins the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway at Eardisley. The line from Kington to New Radnor, which was opened in August, 1875, passes through some very ftne hill scenery. The Worcester and Bromyard railway joins the Hereford and Worcester main line near Henwick. A line from Leominster to Steen's Bridge (4 miles from Bromyard) was opened in March, 1884. Both lines have since been acquired by the Great Western Company, who are taking steps to construct a line to connect the two places. When completed, it will open a new and direct route between Leominster and Worcester. The Golden Valley railway was opened for traffic in I 88 I from Pontrilas to Dorstone only, but in I 889 it was completed by its extension to Hay, where it joins the Midland line. The whole length of the railway, from Pontrilas to Hay, is I8 miles, and it has stations at Pontrilas, Abbeydore, Vowchurch,

( HEREFORDSHIRE. Peterchurch, Dorstone, Westbrook, Clifford, and Hay. The Manmouth extension from Pontrilas will be commenced immediately. RrvERS. The fine rivers by which this county is watered may be reckoned among the chief causes of its fertility and pleasantness. Of these, the W ye claims pre-eminence ; it rises on the slopes of Plinlimmon, in Montgomeryshire, within half a mile, strangely enough, of the source of the Severn, and is soon augmented by the Marteg; then, dividing the counties of Brecknock and Radnor, it is joined successively by the Elan, Ithon, and Irfon (all considerable rivers), and first touches Herefordshire at the town of Hay. It enters the county a little below Clifford Castle, the reputed birthplace of the ill-fated fair Rosamond. Winding eastward through rich feeding pastures, it passes under the abrupt and commanding eminence of Meerbach Hill, and hence under the lovely woods of Bredwardine and Moccas. Just below, at Monnington, is a barrier of rocks, over which the river tumbles, an awkward obstacle in the days when barges were, in times of high water, brought up the river. From here to Hereford is a pleasant winding past high wooded banks and grassy meadows. Between Hay (where the Cusop brook joins) and Hereford, no stream of importance enters the Wye, but about four miles below the ancient city it is joined, on the left bank, by the Lugg, which drains the northern parts of the county. From Hereford to Ross, the river, still true to its reputation for winding, assumes a quieter character, although wooded heights are by no means absent, then it forms the beautiful horse-shoe curve so well seen from the Prospect at Ross. The "heaven-directed" spire of Ross church, peeping over a noble row of elms, here fronts the ruined castle of Wilton, and from the arches of Wilton bridge the W ye flows through a charming succession of meadows, until it reaches the wooded hill which is crowned by the magnificent ruins of Goodrich castle. Soon, at Bishopswood, the river touches the Forest of Dean, and hence, for many a mile, it forms the boundary of that Royal Forest, hugging closely its limestone cliffs and wooded heights. Passing the ironworks of Lydbrook, the Wye is obstructed by the rocky pile of Syrnonds' Yat, and makes a wide circuit of seven miles round it, though the nearest points of the horse-shoe which it forms are less than half a mile apart. Flowing under the hills of the Great and the Little Doward, it forms the boundary between Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, until, two miles above Monmouth, it quits our county, and, forming the line of demarcation between Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, finally falls into the Severn below Chepstow. "There twice a day the Severn fills ; The salt sea water passes by, And hushes half the babbling Wye, And makes a silence in the hills." In Memoriam. The total length of the W ye is about 16o miles, the area of its basm 1,400 square miles, and its course through Herefordshire about 6o miles. In the pre-railroad days it was navigable for barges as far as

HEREFORDSHIRE. Hereford, in fact, about r835, a certain Captain Radford attempted to inaugurate periodical journeys from Hereford to Chepstow in a steamer (the "Paul Pry''), and advertised the trips in the Hereford Yournal, but, unfortunately, the" Paul Pry" stuck on the first sand bank below Wye bridge. Lydbrook is now about the highest point on the river to which barges come. The W ye is a noted salmon river, the fish, during the season, forcing their way up to the spawning grounds beyond Rhayader. The fishing interests are under the control of the Wye Fishery Board. The Wye is crossed by bridges at Hay, Whitney, Bredwardine, Moccas, Hereford, Fownhope, Hoarwithy, Foy (foot only), Wilton, Kerne, and Huntsham ; and by ferries at Cli:fford, Clock Mill, Byford, Bridge Solers, Canon Bridge, Sugwas, Mancel's Ferry, Carey Boat, Sellack, Ross, Goodrich, Lydbrook, Welsh Bicknor, Ferry Inn (Whitchurch), and New Weir (Symonds' Yat). There is no river in England at all comparable with the Wye for beauty and variety of scenery ; nor do we believe, notwithstanding the superiority of some in point of size, that there is a single river on the continent of Europe that can boast such scenes of grandeur, gracefulness, and pastoral beauty. Its romantic beauties, whether where it glides among the rich plains of Herefordshire:- throngh orchards, meadows, corn fields, and villages, or, deep in its channel, runs between lofty rocks, clothed with hanging woods, and crowned at intervals with ruins of bygone days, yielding a panoramic succession of exquisite landscapes, have provided many subjects for poet and painter. Hardly a mile of the Wye, during its course through Herefordshire, is flat or tame, but its beauties undoubtedly culminate in the stretch of water between Goodrich and Monmouth. The Lugg rises in the Radnorshire Hills, beyond Llangunllo. It forms the boundary of Herefordshire at Presteign, and enters the county on the north-west side at Combe (or Cwm). It forms a pretty dingle at Kinsham, then skirts the ancient forest of Deerfold, passes the pretty village of Aymestrey, and the battlefield of Mortimer's Cross, to Leominster, where it receives quite a number of small streams, including the Pinsley. Flowing south, it receives the Arrow on the right bank, and the Humber on the left; here it makes a bend eastward, round Dinmore Hill, and, flowing past Bodenham, Marden, Moreton, Sutton, Lugwardine, and Hampton Bishop, it unites with the Frome, and falls into the W ye at Mordiford. The valley of the Lugg is fertile, and in many districts much enriched by the deposits caused by the floods to which it is very subject, its channel being narrow and shallow, and fall slight ; it is, however, very tame and flat in comparison with the Wye. Only in the district above Aymestrey can its scenery be called beautiful, though Drayton has characterised it "more lovelie" than the Wye. It abounds in grayling and trout. It is quite unnavigable, though two Acts of Parliament have been granted to make it so. The Teme, which rises in Radnorshire, enters Herefordshire from the confines of Radnorshire and Shropshire, a short distance northwest from Brampton Bryan, and, flowing eastward, under the

HEREFORDSHIRE. beautiful woods and castle of Downton, runs into Shropshire near Ludlow; thence, bending to the south, it again enters Herefordshire, but soon leaves it for Worcestershire, where, having made a considerable circuit, it once more flows on the borders of this county, of which it becomes the boundary for a mile or two above and below Whitbourne ; after which.it discharges itself into the Severn about two miles from the city of Worcester. In the mussel-shells of this river pearls have occasionally been found. There is some of the most beautiful, diversified, and romantic scene~y in the county on its banks. This river is famous for grayling, trout, roach, &c., affording fine sport to the lovers of angling. The Arrow rises in the parish of Colva, Radnorshire, to the S.W. of Kington. Passing through that town, it flows in an easterly direction through Titley, Staunton, Pembridge, Eardisland, Monkland, Ivington, and Broadward, and joins the Lugg about one mile below Leominster. The Pinsley is a small stream which rises near Shobdon, flows through Kingsland and Cholstrey, and joins the Lugg at Leominster. The Monnow rises on the Herefordshire side of the Hatteral Hills, or Black Mountains, and flowing S.E. about eight miles along the foot of the range, is joined near Longtown by the Eskley (or Escle) and Olchon rivulets on its left bank; and a little farther on it receives the Honddu on the right bank. Tun1ing to the N.E., it flows parallel with the Abergavenny railway towards Pontrilas, where it receives the Dore, just after the latter river has been augmented by the waters of the Worm. Again turning to the south-east, it forms the boundary between Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, till it quits the county at Llanrothal, and flowing towards Monmouth, is received by the W ye, immediately below that town. This river is about 30 miles in length. The Dare, Doir, or Doyer, rises a short distance above Dorstone, and drains the "Golden Valley." It flows S.E. through or near the villages of Dorstone, Peterchurch, Vowchurch, Turnastone, Bacton, Abbeydore, and Ewyas Harold, and joins the Monnow near Pontrilas. It is about 14 miles in length. The Worm brook rises at Allensmore, near Tram Inn station, and flows through St. Devereux and W ormbridge, and joins the Dore at Kenderchurch. Its course has recently been improved. The Eskley brook rises near Cusop hill, and runs by Michaelchurch Eskley and Clodock to the Monnow. The Garron brook rises in Orcop, and flows through Llangarren and Mars tow into the W ye near the Old Forge. In all these streams, fish, especially trout, are very abundant. The Frame (or Froome), takes its rise in the parish of Thornbury, in the N.E. of the county, being supplemented by a brook which rises in the parish of Wolferlow, and flows through Bromyard, Avenbury, Bishop's Frome, Canon Frome, Y arkhill, W eston Beggard, and Bartestree, and unites with the Lugg above Mordiford. The Lodden also rises in the N.E. part of the county, and runs by Much Cowarne, and joins the Fro me near Y ark hill. The Lead on, or Leddon, rises a few miles above Bosbury, and running to the south, gives name to the town of Ledbury, thence, flowing into Gloucestershire, it unites with the Severn.

SUCCESSION OF BISHOPS. LIST OF BISHOPS OF HEREFORD TO THE TIME OF THE CoNQUEsT, WITH APPROXIMATE DATES. Doubtful Names in Italics. C.D. means Codex Diplomaticus. A.D. I. 676. Putta. 2. 6~3. Tyrhtel. 3. 710. Torhtere. 4· 727. Wahlstod. 5· 736. Cuthbert. 6. 746. Podda. 7· 758. Hecca. 8. 777· Aldberht 9· 781. Esne. IO. 793· Cedmand (C.D., 162) I I. 796. Eduif (Electus ad Hereford, Wharton, A.S., ii., 26). 12. 798. Uttel. 13. 803. Wulfheard. 14. 824. Beonna. 825. ~ Eadulf. H.S. means Haddan and Stubbs. A.D. 1 5· 833. Cedda (C. D., 233). r6. 836. Eadulf (H.S., iii. 6o8). 17. 838. Cuthwulf. . I 8. 866. Deorlaf (H.S., iii., 6 5 s). 19. 868. Ethelbert (C.D., 297). 20. 888. Cynemund. 21. 895. Athelstane. I. (C.D., 322). 22. 901, Edgar. 23. 930. Tidhelm. 24. 935· Wulfhelrn. 25. 941. Elfric. 26. 966. Ethelwolf. 27. 1016. Athelstane II. 28. 1056. Leofgar. 29. ro6 I. Waiter. BISHOPS FROM THE CONQUEST. A.D. 1 . I o6 I. W alter of Lorraine. 2. I079· Robert of Losinga. 3· 1096. Gerard. 4· II07. Reynelm, 5· II rs. Geoffrey de Clive. 6. II2o. Richard de Capella. 7· II3I. Robert de Bethune. 8. II48. Gilbert Foliot. 9. u63. Robert de Maledon. ro. II74· Robert Foliot. rr. rr86. William de Vere. 12. 1200. Giles de Braose. 13. I 2I6. Hugh de Mapenor. 14. 1219. Hugh Foliot. 15. 1234. Ralph de Maydenstan A.D. I6. 1240. Peter of Savoy (Aquablanca). 17. 1268. John de Breton. I8. 1275. Thomas de Cantilupe. I 9. 1 2 8 3. Richard Swin:field. 20. 1316. Adarn Orleton. 2 r. I 328. Thomas Charleton. 22. 1344· John Trilleck. 23. I361. Lewis CharJeton. 24. I 370. William Courtenay. 25. 1375. John Gilbert. 26. 1389. Thomas Trevenant. 27. 1404. Robert Mascall. 28. I417. Edmund Lacy. ~9. 1420. Thomas Polton. *This name is uncertain. Cedda appears, without doubt, as Bishop of Hereford, in 833, and as Beonna appears in the list given by Florence as the predecessor of Eadulf, the truth may be that he did not know of Cedda, and that Eadulf (A.D 825) ought to be omitted.

30. 31. 32. 33· 34· 35· 36. 37· 38. 39· 43· 44· 45· 46. 47· SUCCESSION OF BISHOPS. A.D. 142 I. Thomas Spofford. 1448. Richard Beauchamp. 1450. Reginald Buller. 1453· John Stanberry. 1474· Thomas Mylling. I492. Edmund Audley. I 503. Adrian de Castello. I 504. Richard May hew. I 5 I 6. Charles Booth. I535· Edward Foxe. Edmund Banner. I539· John Skypp. I553· John Harley. 1 554· Robert Parfew. Thomas Reynolds. 1559. John Scory. 1585. Harberd Westphaling. r6o2. Robert Bennett. r6r7. Francis Godwin. Willz'am Yuxon. 1633. Augustine Lindsell. A.D. 48. 1634. Matthew Wren. 49. 1635. Theophilus Fidd. so. I636. George Coke. 51. I66I. Nicholas Monk. 52. 1661. Herbe,rt Croft. 53· r 69 I. Gilbert Iron side. 54· 1701. Humphrey Humphreys 55· 1712. Philip Bisse. s6. I72I. Benjamin Hoadley. 57· 1723. Hon. Henry Egerton. 58. I746. Lord James Beauclerk. Hon. J. Harley. 59· I788. John Butler. 6o. I8o2. FolliottHerbertCornewall. 61. I8o8. John Luxmoore. 62. I 8 r s. Isaac H untingford. 63. 1832. Hon. Edward Grey. 64. 1837· Thomas Musgrave. 65. 1848. Renn Dickson Rampden. 66. r 868. The Right Rev. James Atlay, D.D., formerly Fellow and Tutor of St. John's College, Cambridge; Vicar of Leeds, I859; Canon of Ripon, r86r ; Consecrated at Westminster Abbey, June 24, r868. Patron of 32 Benefices, the two A'rchdeaconries, the four Canonries, and the 28 Prebends in the Cathedral. Resz'dence The Palace, Hereford. I. Which of the Bishops of Hereford was the victim of Robin Hood's" Entertainment" must depend on the date to be assigned by bold Robin himself; and what occasion took the Bishop into Yorkshire is at present uncertain, but certainly not one belonging to his diocese. 2. Bishop Trilleck was the founder of a Hall at Oxford, now called New Inn Hall. 3· During the present Bishop's episcopate (r884), an important addition, not in territory~ but in intellectual power, has been made to his diocese by the removal of the site of the Old Public School of Shrewsbury to the south side of the Severn, bringing the school, its chapel, and its staff of masters into the parish of Brace Meole, in the Diocese of Hereford. ANCIENT ARMS OF THE SEE OF HEREFORD. Gules, three Crowns, Or, in fess point a bezant (Coles' M.S., British Museum, Additional, 5798.) Since the time of Thomas de Cantilupe, Bishop from I 27 5 to 1282, his Arms have been adopted for the See Gules, three Leopards' Heads reversed, Jessant de Lys, Or. Fasfz' Herifordensi's.

ECCLESIASTICAL BUILDINGS. 31 THE FOLLOWING TABLE IS INSERTED FROM AN APPENDIX TO THE BISHOP'S CHARGE AT HIS VISITATION IN 1876 :- "A Return, showing the number of Churches in the Diocese of Hereford which have been Built or Restored, at a cost exceeding £ soo, since the year 1840 ; and showing also, as far as possible, the expenditure in each case, and the sources from which, in each case, the required funds were derived." (Lord Hampton). - - '- 0 ui Source of Fund . .... "' Built or Name of Deanery and No. of v..<:: Restored ..au Rebuilt Churches in each Deanery. s ~ at cost of at cost of Parish ::'..0 Private Societies. zu Rates. £ £ £ £ £ North Frome (23) r8 7,s8o I 2,434 16,892 ••• 3,I22 South Frome (22) IS I3,97 5 I4,9I I 27,79I ••• I,095 Hereford (31) I3 19,875 7,390 24,700 ••• 2,565 Arch en field (4o) 25 22,56o 14,7 31 35,77° ••• 1,521 Leominster (I) (!3) IO 4,095 11,934 14,879 so 1,1oo Leominster ( 2) (22) 7 ••• IO, 722 8,237 2,020 465 Ross ( 16) 7 I,o6o 9,571 9,8o6 500 325 Weobley (r) (27) 16 7,883 17,828 22,641 I, 765 1,305 vVeobley (2) ( r8) 8 2,525 5·0 95 6,58o soo 480 Weobley (3) (15) IO 7,7 27 I3,26S 20,147 ••• 845 Weston (18) 5 ••• 7,464 6,o89 965 410 Burford (East) (2 I) 10 7,000 9,5 57 15,502 985 70 Burford (West) (17) 9 I r,ooo I 1,329 22,229 ••• lOO Clun (32) 14 J7,902 8,469 23,136 I,6oo r,635 Ludlow (24) IO 2,228 I8,o47 r8,z8 I I,619 375 Pontes bury (I) (23) 6 9·3I3 4,I32 12,380 350 720 Pontes bury (2) (10) 9 20,630 6,819 25,683 8o6 960 Stottesdon (zs) 4 760 4,285 4,685 ••• I8o Bridgnorth (7) 3 2,732 I 3,888 IS,6I5 345 66o \V en lock (I) (r7) IO 1,663 9,864 1o,8o2 ••• 725 Wenlock (2) (r6) 6 21,162 3,173 23,364 ••• 97 1 THE CATHEDRAL ••. ••• '". 48,591 • •• • •• • •• - . - Total Sum expended (2 I 6 Churches) '*' £445,12 I, including CathedraL Subscribed from Private Sources ... £365,389. From Parish Rates .. . ... ... £ Il ,505. From Church Building Societies ... £19,636. There are two archdeaconries, viz., Hereford and Ludlow. The latter was formerly known as the archdeaconry of Salop, but by a recent Order in Council, it is henceforth to be known as the archdeaconry of Ludlow. V en. the Hon. B. L. S. Stanhope, M.A., is * The sum printed in the Parliamentary Return is £443,641 ; but the abovenamed sum is correct.

RURAL DEANERIES. archdeacon of Hereford, and the V en. George Maddison, M.A., is archdeacon of Ludlow. The rural deaneries in the archdeaconry of Hereford are Archenfield, Frome (North and South), Hereford, Leominster (two divisions), Ross, Weobley (three divisions), and W eston. The rural deaneries in the archdeaconry of Ludlow are:- Bridgnorth, Burford (East and West), Clun, Ludlow, Montgomery, Pontes bury, Stottesdon, and Wenlock (two divisions). • · RuRAL DEANERIES. ARRANGED IN ORDER oF PoPULATION. (Census of 188r.) No. of Population. Parishes. Hereford • • • • •• • • • . .. 28,362 ••• 29 Wenlock (2nd portion) ... • • • • •• I8,343 • 0 • I6 Ludlow 000 ... ... .. . I8,o52 0 .. 28 Clun ... ... ... ... IS,699 000 27 Frome (South) ... ... ... I 2,093 0 •• 21 Ross ... ... ... ... I I,869 ooo I6 Archenfield ... . .. ooo ... II1700 ... 40 Leominster (Ist portion) ... 00. 11,643 000 I3 Bridgnorth ... ... ... ... I I,6o6 ... 18 Pontes bury ... • •• ... .. . 9,734 .. . 17 • Weobley (3rd portion) 000 ... ... 9,677 000 IS Burford (East) · ... ... 000 9,433 0 .. 21 Montgomery . 0. ... 000 . .. 9,094 ... 13 Weobley (1st portion) 000 ooo 000 8,544 ,;J - 0 • 0 28 Burford (West) ... ... ooo 8,303 ... 17 Fro me (North) ... .. . ... 7,916 . .. 23 Weston ... . .. . .. ... 6,948 0 00 17 Leominster (2nd portion) • • 0 ... 6,409 ••• 22 Wenlock (1st portion) .. 0 000 000 5,535 ••• 17 \Veobley (2nd portion) ... ... • •• 5,127 ... 18 Stottesdon ... • • • ••• • 00 4,039 .. . I4 Hereford Ludlow Diocese. Archdeaconry. Arch deaconry. Number of Churches ... . .. 246 . .. 191 ... 437 , " Benefices ... • •• 240 ... 186 ... 420 , , Incumbents ... ... I93 ... 159 ... 352 , , Incumbents holding more than one Benefice by • dispensation ... II ... 3 . .. 14 , Incumbents holding Con- " r solidated Benefices ... 37 . .. I9 ... 56 , , Curates ... . .. 49 ... 34 ... 83 Population ... . .. ... 120,288 ... Iog,838 .. 230,126 Church Accommodation ... 50,739 . .. 47,106 ... 97,845 . * For list of the parishes in the several rural deaneries, see "Herefordshire Rural Deaneries."

HEREFORDSHIRE RURAL DEANERIES. 33 DEANERY OF ARCHENFIELD. Rural Dean Rev. W. Poole, M.A., Hentland, Ross. Aeon bury Balling ham w. Bolston (1) Birch, Little Birch, Much Bridstow Dewsall w. Callow Dewchurch, Little Dewchurch, Much l~'oy Ganarew Garway Good rich Harewood Hentland w. Hoarwithy Holme Lacy Kenderchurch Kentchurch w. Llangua S. John S. Dubricius S. Mary the Virgin S. Mary S. Bridget S. Michael S. Mary S. David S. Mary the Virgin S. Swithin S. Michael S. Giles S. Denys S. Dubricius S. Cuthbert S. Mary S. l\lary the Virgin S. James Kilpeck Llandinabo Llangarren Llangrove Llanrothal Llanwarne Mars tow w. Pencoyd Or cop S. David S. Deinst Christ Church S. John Baptist Christ Church S. Matthew Peterstow S. Peter S. Devereux S. David w. vVormbridge s. PPter S. W eonard's S. W eonard Sellack S. Teseliachus w. King's Cap le S. John the Baptist Tretire S. Mary w. Michaelchurch S. Michael Welsh Bicknor S. Margaret Welsh Newton S. l\Iary Whitchurch S. Dubricius (1) This was anciently under the Master of Dinmore ; and belonged to the Knights Hospitallers of the Order of S. John of Jerusalem. DEANERY OF FROME. (Divided into two Rural Deaneries, North and South). North Rural DeanAvenbury Bredenbury w. Wacton Bromyard Cowarne, Much Edwin Ralph w. Collington Felton Grendon Bishop Moreton J efferies Ocle Pychard S. Mary S. Andrew S. Peter · · J. Mary the Virgin S. Mary All Saints S. Michael the Archangel S. John the Baptist S. J ames the Great Pencombe S. John Stanford Bishop S. James Stoke Bliss Stoke Lacy S. Peter and S. Paul Tedstone Delamere uncertain Tedstone \V a fer S. J ames w. Edwin Loach Thorubury S. Anne Ullingswick with Little Cowarne Whitbourne S. John the Baptist W o!ferlow S. An drew South Rural Dean Rev. S. Bentley, M.A., Bosbury, Ledbury. Aylton Bosbury Coddington Col wall Cradley Donnington Eastnor E,·esbach Frome Bio;hop :Frome Hill Frome Canon w. :\iunsley Holy Trinity All Saints S. James S.J ohn the Evangelist S. Mary S. J obn the Baptist S. Andrew S. Mary S. l\Iatthew S. Jarnes S. Bartholomew S. Michael S. Michael Frome Castle Led bury Marcle, Little S. Micha':ll and All Angels Pixley S. Andrew Putley unknown Storridge, S. John's S. John the Evangelist Stretton Grandison S. Lawrence w. Ashperton S. Bartholomew Wellington Heath Y arkhill S. John the Baptist c

34 HEREFORDSHIRE RURAL DEANERIES. DEANERY OF HEREFORD. Rural Dean Rev. H. P. Prosser, All Saints' Vicarage, Hereford. Allensmore Breinton Brockhampton Bullinghope Clehon"er 0 Dinedor Eaton Bishop Hampton Bishop HEREFORDAll Saints S. James S. John Baptist S. Martin S. Nicholas S. Andrew S. Michael Holy Trinity S. Peter All Saints S. Andrew S. Michael and Angels S. Andrew All Holm er w. H nntington Madlev w. Tyberton Marden } Amberley More ton -on-Lngg Pipe and Lyde Presto n-on-\V ye w. Blakemere Preston W ynne Thruxton w. Kingstone S. Bartholomew Nativity of B.V.M. All Saints S. Mary the Virgin S. Andrew 8. Peter S. Lawrence S. Leonard Holy Trinity S. Bartholomew S. M ichael and All S. Peter w. S. Owen •rnpsley Witbington Woolhope .A ngPls S. Paul S. Peter S. George DEANERY OF LEOMINSTER. (Divided into Two Rural Deaneries). Rural Dean Rev. The Hon. A. Hanbury, M.A., Shobdon, R.S.O. Aymestrey Birley By ton Eardisland Hope-u.-Dinmore Ivington S. John and S. Alkmund S. Peter S. Mary S. Mary S. Mary King;:,land S. Michael Leominster S. PetPr and S. Paul Monkland All S·tints Pemhridge S. Mary Shobdon S. John the Evangelist Staunton-on-Arrow S. Peter Stretford S. Peter Rural Dean Rev. W. E. Edwards, M.A., Orleton, R.S.O. Brimfield Croft w. Yarpole El ton Eye Eyton Ford Hatfield Humber Kimbolton w. Middleton S. Michael S. Michael S. Leonard S. l\1:ary S. Peter and S. Paul All Saints S. Leonard S. Mary S. James S. Mary Kin sham Lingen Leinthall Earles L•'inthall Starkes Lucton Marston Stannett Orleton PuddlP~ton Stoke Prior w. Docklow Wigmore DEANERY OF ROSS. S. Michael S. AndrPw S. M ary Magdalene S. Peter S. George S. Pet"r S. Luke S. Bartholomew S. James Rural Dean Rev. R. H. Cobbold, M.A., Ross. Aston Ingham 13ishopswood Brampton Abbotts }'ownhope w. ~'awley Hope Manse! How Caple w. Solars Hope S. John All Saints S. Michael S. Mary S. Michael S. l\fary Linton S. Mar_v the Virgin MarclP, Much S. Bartholomew w. Yatton Mordiford Holy Rood Ross S. Mary Upton Bishop S .• John Baptist Walford S. Michael Weston-u.-Penyard S. Lawrence

HEREFORDSHIRE RURAL DEANERIES. 35 DEANERY OF WEOBLEY. (Divided into Three Rural Deaneries). Rural Dean Rev. C. S. Palmer, M.A., Eardisley, R.S.O. Almeley Bifihopstone Bred wardine w. Brobury S. Mary S. Lawrence S. Andrew Bridge Solers S. Andrew Byford S. John Baptist w. Mansel Gamage S. Giles Clifford S. Mary Cnsop S. M ary Dilwyn S. Mary Eardisley } S. Mary Magdalene w. Bollingham Hardwick Holy Trinity King's Pyon S. Mary w. Birley Kinnersley Let ton Mansel Lacy Moccas S. James S. John Baptist S. Michael S. Michael and All Angels Monnington-on-WyeS. M ary N orton Canon S. Nicholas Sarnesfield S. M ary Stannton-on-Wye S. Mary W eobley S. Peter and S. Paul Whitney S. Paul Willersley R. Mary Magdalene Winforton S. Michael W ormsley S. Mary Y azor S. Mary the Virgin Rural Dean Rev. T. P. Powell, B.A., Dorstone, Hereford. Abbev Dore " Bacton Clodnck Crass wall Dorstone Dulas Holy Trinity S. Faith S. Cleodicus 1 Newtou-in-Clodock S. John Peterchurch S. Peter Rowlestone S. Peter w. Llancillo '8. Peter Ewyas Harold Llanveyno Longtown S. Mary S. Peter S. Michael and Angels S. Michael S. Peter All S. J'vlargaret's with 1\lichaelchurch Eskley Turnastone Vowchurch W alterstone S. Michael S. Marv • S. Bartholomew S. Mary · Rural Dean Rev. C. E. M. Green, M.A., Lyonshall, Kington. Brilley S. Mary w. Michaelchurch S. Michael Boiling ham Evaucoyd Kington w. Huntington Knill Lyonshall S. Peter S. Mary S. Michael S. Michael and Angels All Norton Presteign w. Discoyd Radnor, New Radnor Old w. Kinnerton Titley DEANERY OF WESTON. S. Andrew S. Andrew S. Mary S. Stephen S. Peter Rural Dean Rev. W. H. Lambert, ~LA., Stoke Edith, Hereford. Bodenbam S. Michael Stoke Edith Brinsop S. George w. W esthide Bmghill S. Mary Sutton Canon Pyon S. Lawrence Sutton Credenhill S. Mary Stretton Sugwas Dormington S. Peter Tarrington w. Bartestree \Vellington Kenchester S. ~fichael W eston Beggard Lugwardine ~- Peter Wisteston S. Mary S. 1\Iichael S. Nicholas S. Mary Magdalene S. PhilipandS. James S. Margaret S. John Baptist DIN MORE CHAPEL is not included in any Rural Deanery; it is dedicated to S. John of Jerusalem.

36 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. THE HEREFORDSHIRE CouNTY CouNCIL. Few counties in England got to work more systematically or expeditiously to carry out the arrangements propounded by the new Local Government Act than the county of Hereford. Old City Seal with addition of motto, formerly used by the County. County Council Seal. The Elections. There were 41 Electoral Divisions formed in the County, exclusive of the city of Hereford and the borough of Leominster which were formed into eight and two divisions respectively making the total number of councillors 5 I. There were 21 contested elections, and 20 uncontested, in the county, exclusive of the boroughs. The borough of Leominster, containing a population of less than ro,ooo, loses much of its power of selfgovernment, and its representatives will be entitled to vote on all questions involving expenditure on account of which, the parish, as well as the out-parish of Leominster, will be liable to be assessed equally with the rest of the county to county contributions. The County Council for Herefordshire was elected on the I 7th January, 1889, and at the first provisional meeting held at the Shirehall, Hereford, on the 24th January, Andrew Johnes Rouse BoughtonKnight, Esq., of Downton Castle, near Ludlow, was elected Chairman of the meeting ; and the council then proceeded to elect I 7 County Aldermen. Three of the aldermen were selected to represent the city of Hereford, and amongst the names of the aldermen appear those of the Lord Lieutenant Lord Bateman eight of the county magistrates and two city magistrates. The Provisional Council appointed a Boundary Committee, and a Committee of Selection to fix upon and nominate other committees. The boundaries committee numbered I4 members to represent the various unions wholly or partially within the county, of which number, nine were county magistrates who had already done good and useful work in the county. On the I 3th February the committee began its labours, and Mr. James Rankin, M.P. who had requested that he should not be put on any other committee as his

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. 37 Parliamentary duties rendered his constant and regular attendance in committee almost impossible was chosen chairman. The council met again on February 23rd to receive the Report of the Selection Committee, and ultimately appointed the following nine committees : Finance, Roads and Bridges, Contagious Diseases of Animals, a Joint Committee for making Regulations as to movement of Animals into the united district under agreement with the city of Hereford, Standing Joint Committee under Section 30, Lunatic Asylum Visitors, General Purposes and Stage Plays Committee, Rules and Standing Orders, and the Parliamentary and Legal Proceedings Committee. The chairman and vice-chairman of the council to be ex-officz'o members of all committees. F-inance. This most important committee prepared an estimate of receipts and payments as the framework of a Budget for presentation to the council on 'j the appointed day." The financial account issued by the magistrates in accordance with 15 & 16 Vict. cap. 81 1 sec. so, up to Michaelmas, 1888, showed the total valuation upon which the County rate was made as £785,044, total valuation upon which the Police rate was made £7 59,626, total ·debt upon the County rate as £30,9001 and the rates made during the Justices' last year of office may be stated at County rate 3td., County rate for Highway Purposes 1 ~d., Police Id. The cash in the hands of the Treasurer on the General County Account after estimating for all outgoings up to 3 Ist March was £5,250 and on the Police Account £2,652. The committee had great difficulty in framing their estimate on account of the insufficient information as to the amount of the Treasury Contributions and the time when they would be paid, but they recommended for the service of the ensuing year a General County Rate of threepence in the pound payable by four equal quarterly instalments, and a Special County Rate of a like amount. The General County Rate would be levied also on the city of Hereford with a rateable value of £97,500. The Standing Joint Committee also reported that a Police rate of one penny in the pound would be required for the year. The Standing Orders Commdtee met on the 2nd March, and Sir Richard Harington, as chairman, produced a most exhaustive and model print of Rules and Regulations, in which he had incorporated the whole of the Local Government Board's suggested Rules, some of the Municipal Corporation Rules, many of the Rules of Quarter Sessions, and some of the Rules adopted in the House of Commons ; the whole being very elaborately and carefully drawn up with a view of saving everybody the trouble of turning first to the Local Government Act, then to one or other of the several enactments incorporated therewith. Sir Richard Harington received the unanimous thanks of the committee for the pains and trouble he had given to the subject, and the rules and standing orders were then ordered to be printed and sent round to every member of the council to be well considered, before "the appointed day." The committee met

38 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. subsequently and made several additions, and finally they were printed and adopted by the whole council. The Roads and Brz'dges Committee. The first matter that came before this committee was an application from the council of the city of Hereford to the county council for the declaration of main roads within the city boundary ; this had to be carefully considered, making, as it did, an addition to county main roads of Ism. 7f. 9c., and an estimated annual average charge of £r ,787, to which, however, the city area for rating purposes would contribute to the county funds. To deal with this important claim, a small subcommittee was appointed to inspect the city roads, and report thereon. The sub-committee reported that with some unimportant exceptions the whole of the roads applied for ought to be made main roads 1 and these were finally agreed to and adopted by the council. The committee also at their various meetings considered the arrangements to be made for the maintenance of main roads throughout the county, and the estimates of the annual cost of such maintenance, based on the average annual expenditure for the last three years, furnished to them by the several highway authorities; and ultimately decided to recommend that agreements be entered into with the highway boards for the maintenance of the main roads in their respective districts on the basis of such estimates. There are 462 miles of main roads in the county, which in I 887 cost the county £15,938 per annum, or an average of £34 9s. 7d. per mile throughout the sixteen highway districts. Boundaries. The boundaries committee met on the 13th February, and again on the 23rd of March, and discussed very freely the scheme of changes recommended for the county of Hereford by the boundary commissioners in October, 1888, many o! whose suggestions were unanimously objected to, and ultimately it was left to the chairman, Mr. Rankin, M.P., to prepare another scheme more in accordance with the opinion of county people. This Mr. Rankin did with very considerable care, endeavouring to arrange the union boundaries in accordance with sec. 53, sub-sec. 2 of the Local Government Act, and the committee were of opinion that the several unions as proposed in his scheme would be convenient and suitable for the purposes of the highway and sanitary administration, and for petty sessional divisions, and ultimately for district councils when formed as per sec. 6o An elaborate table was submitted, giving details of each union, the number of parishes, areas, population, and rateable value; and finally showing, in the net result.- A loss of area to the county of A gain of population of . . A gain of rateable value of • • • 303 acres . . 760 persons . £7,203 Election Expe11,ses. The committee appointed to consider the returning officers' expenses carefuiiy considered in detail the bills in connection with the county council elections, presented by the undersheriff and the town clerks of Hereford and Leominster, and

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. recommended the following payments in discharge of the bills:- To the Under Sheriff, in discharge of all charges and payments in connection with the Elections in the 41 divisions in the County (20 of which were contested) including a second uncontested Election in one Division . . . £729 0 0 To the Town Clerk of Hereford, for the Elections within the City . . . . . . . . . . 75 0 0 To the Town Clerk of Leominster, for Election within Leominster . . . . . . . . . . 32 9 6 £836 9 6 39 These sums were ultimately accepted and ordered to be paid. The committee was requested by the council to resume its duties and consider a proper scale of charges for the guidance of future returning officers, in a state of things which the former acts fixing charges for parliamentary elections never contemplated. On Ist April, I 889, the first business of the meeting was to accept the resignation of Mr. Boughton-Knight (who had been unanimously elected chairman by the provisional council) on the grounds of ill-health and grave apprehension that he could not attend so regularly and as:, id uousl y as he could desire. He paid the fine of £so, which it was immediately proposed to remit ; some discussion, however, ensued as to the legality of that course, but ultimately a bye-law was passed to the effect that all members resigning a corporate office in the council should pay a fine of only one shilling. This pretty coin of the realm \1 as at once passed to the clerk of the council by Mr. Boughton-Knight in exchange for his cheque, and so was the first item of receipt by this corporate body appearing in their treasurer's accounts. The council then elected, without opposition, Colonel Richard Prescott Decie as chairman, and immediately proceeded to consider the various reports brought up by the provisional committees; and as regards the part of the report of the roads and bridges committee dealing with the estimates of the highway boards for repairing main roads, it was resolved that these estimates could not be accepted, and that further information and details of expenditure should be submitted to the committee, and more definite and equitable estimates should be arrived at. Several meetings of the committee were subsequently held, and after much dispute as to the high estimates made in some of the districts the committee framed another report to the council, and at a meeting on the 27th April it was resolved that contracts be entered into with various highway boards for the maintenance of the main roads in their respective districts for the sums named by the committee in their report (which were based upon the average annual expenditure for the last three years, with a proportionate addition for establishment charges), such sums not to be exceeded except with the consent of the committee after inspection oy the county surveyor. Lunatic Asylum. The committee of visitors who have managed the affairs of this important establishment at least seem to secure very exhaustive and commendatory reporls from the inspectors of the

40 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. Lunacy Commissioners; who, nevertheless, leave behind them the mention of the desirability for further outlay in the shape of an additional detached hospital for the sick, urging forcibly that the infirmary wards are often over-crowded. Police. The police of this county consists of an authorized force of 8 superintendents, I3 sergeants, and 55 constables total, 76. Their head quarters are at the Shirehall, where the chief constable, Captain Telfer, and his clerk, Mr. Dallow, are in daily attendance. The superintendent's house is provided with the police cells conveniently arranged and adapted for the reception of persons awaiting adjudication and committal by the magistrates, so that, until committal, no person is permitted to reside in Her Majesty's prison. This house, with the cells, and the various "lock ups" and petty sessional court places throughout the county, have now come under the care of the county council. A monthly return showing the daily state of the force, is made to the clerk of the peace, and the accounts are audited quarterly, and will continue to be so, by the Standing Joint Committee. The police superintendents act as inspectors in each petty sessional division in matters relating to contagious diseases of animals, and in the event of any outbreak, immediate communication is made to headquarters and to the local authority, and every attention is ensured. The superintendents are also inspectors of weights and measures in the various petty sessional divisions. There are I I petty sessional divisions in the county in Hereford, petty sessions are held weekly ; in the other divisions, every alternate week. There are 255 public houses, and 152 within the district controlled by the force. Analysts. The magistrates of the county, in I 88 5, appointed Dr. Swete, of Worcester, and Mr. T. P. Blunt, of Shrewsbury, the analysts for the county, on the terms of £I IS. for each analysis, and for attendance to give evidence when required, £I Is., with the addition of first-class railway fare. Such appointment to be subject to determination on three months' notice on either side. This arrangement has worked exceedingly well, and the chief constable frequently has occasion to send matters of food and drink to those gentlemen ; but for the credit of the county, it may be mentioned that the occasions for prosecutions have been of rare occurrence. Registraft'o?Z of Voters. The work of registration, heretofore under the direction of the justices and the clerk of the peace both as regards parliamentary voters and voters for county councillors is now transferred to the county council and the clerk to the council. The division of the county into polling districts-the appointment of places of election, and places for holding revising barristers' courts, was formerly all done by the justices through the clerk of the peace. This plan will now have to be adopted, or changed where experience shows it to be necessary, by the county council, and provision made for payment of the cost of registration : at present the remuneration for this work is all included (except the printers' bills) in the salary paid to the clerk, the duties of whose department have considerably increased.

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL. 41 Explosives. Licences for the manufacture and storage of explosives, under the Act of 1875, have been but little required in an agricultural county like Herefordshire. In the boroughs and petty sessional divisions of towns, the justices have dealt with these matters, but the county council will in future have to appoint officers to inspect licensed premises, and provide for the necessary payments. The council may, however, delegate all its powers to the county justices in petty sessions. Corone1·s. The county has been divided into two coroners' districts since the year 1845 Mr. Thomas Llanwarne for the southern division of the county, at a salary of £145; and Mr. Henry Moore, of Leominster, for the northern division, including the borough of Leominster, at a salary of £120. The city of Hereford has a coroner for the borough only, who is not paid by the county. County coroners, and coroners in boroughs of less than Io,ooo population, are now officers under the jurisdiction of the county council, and future coroners will be elected by them, and not as heretofore by the freeholders ; and their salaries will be paid out of the county fund. The Common Seal. This is a matter of greater importance than some of the county councillors considered it to be at the time the subject was brought before them, and has created no small contention in other counties. The arms, seaL and motto of the ancient city of Hereford, enlarged by King Charles, in 1645, Inv£ctr:e Fidelitatzs Prcemz'um, have, without the motto, long been borrowed by the county of Hereford, and used for many years by the clerks of the peace, with the distinguishing motto of Sigillum Commune Custodis Rotulorum Comitatus Herefordensis, and this was submitted to the Provisional Council with the expression of a hope that something similar would be adopted by the county council, but not exactly the same as that which will be continued to be used in quarter sessions matters. Designs were therefore invited from the tradesmen of Hereford, some councillors expressing a desire that the motto should be simply ''The common seal of the Herefordshire County Council," and the arms show quarterings indicative of the products of the county. Messrs. J akeman and Carver sent a very neat design of the city arms on a shield in an oval border without the crest, but with the motto, Sigillum Commune Concilii Comitatus Herefordensis."' Designs were submitted by other tradesmen, amongst which were four admirably drawn sketches, representing four shields in round borders with the head of an ox, a ram, a salmon, and various cereals, and for motto, The Common Seal of the Herefordshzre Coutzty Counctl. One was especially elaborate, with splendid supporters of outspreading winged parrots, which caused some amusement; but was not accepted. The council met to consider the recommendations of the provisional committee, and some attempt was made to adopt the seal as recommended, with an English motto instead of a Latin one, the oval form being criticised as too ecclesiastical. The county * See page 36.

42 COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. council, however, decided that the sketch produced by Messrs. Jakeman & Carver, should be adopted, and Latin, as being the language less likely to change, should be used ; and thus in this r9th century, we perpetuate the ancient Roman language of the 1st century, the very ancient oval-shaped seal of the cathedral and ecclesiastical diocese of Hereford of the r 2th century, and the arms given to the city of the county in ther7th century, whereby the acts and deeds of this new and important corporate body can only be effectually signified under their common seal in accordance with the Local Government Act of 1888. Antiquarians will regard the circumstance as fortunate the county council deciding that the day has not arrived for consigning to oblivion the language of the Roman, who in the year so B.C. overcame the Silurian chief, and in the year so A.D. still held sway at Aconbury and Magna Castra in the centre of this county; spreading, though in hostility, that progress in government and social refinement which through so many generations of Silures and Herefordians has led to a splendid civilization a language that on many a shield and banner and seal has marked the ages of chivalry of ecclesiastical supremacy and loyalty in the struggle between king and parliament, which the city arms and motto still proudly commemorate. Let us hope, that this common seal of the Herefordshire County Council will serve to remind posterity of the period of peace and prosperity which we are now enjoying in this the reign of our gracious Queen Victoria. "Rome Is dead, but Roman mind is reigning still In wider conquest than her eagles won.'' COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. In the BROMYARD and TENBURY SANITARY DISTRICTS. Name of Division. I Parishes. 1. The BISHOP FROME and CRADLEY Bishop Frome Cradley Evesbach 2. 3. DIVISION. The BREDENBURY and BROMYARD DIVISION. The BRIMFIELD and HIGH LANE DIVISION. Bromyard Bred en bury Grendon Bishop Grendon Warren Brimfield Little Hereford Collingt( >n Edwin Ralph Hampton Charles Saltmarshe Pencombe \Vacton Winslow Sapey Upper Rt"ke Bliss Terlstone \Vnfer Thornbmy Wolferlow -------------------------------------------------------·------

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTORAL DIVISIONS 43 Name of Division. 4. The BROCKHAMPTON and WHITBOURNE DIVISION. 5. The STOKE LAcY DIVISION. • I Parishes. · Brockhampton (Lower) Stanford Bishop Linton Tedstone Delamere I Norton with Brock- Whitbourne hampton ! Avenbury · Cowarne (Little) Cowarne (Much) Felton Moreton J efferies Ocle Pychard Stoke Lacy Ullingswick In the HAY RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT. 6. The CLIFFORD DIVISION. Bredwardiue Clifford Cusop Dorstone Whitney In the LUDLOW and KNIGHTON RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS. 7. The BURRINGTON and WIGMORF. DIVISTON. • 8. The LEINTWARDINE DIVISION. As ton Burrington Down ton El ton Leinthall Starkes Lndford Richard's Castle Wigmore i Adforton, Stanway, W alford, Letton, and Paytoe, & Grange N ewtown Brampton Bryan Leintwardine Buckton and Coxall In the KING-TON URBAN and The KINGTON URBAN DIVISION. RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS. 9. I The Urban Sanitary District of Kington. -------·----------------------------------------------------------- 10. The EARDISLEY & KINGTON RuRAL DIVISION. 11. 'J.'he LINGEN and TITLEY DIVISION. 12. The LYONSHALL and PEll'fBRIDGE DIVISION. Brilley Eardisley Huntington By ton Combe Kinsham Knill Ling en Lower Harpton I Lyonshall Kington, Rural parts of Willersley Winforton Rodd, Nash & Little Hrampton Stapleton Saunton-on-Arrow 'l'itley Willey ' Pembridge In the LEOMINSTER RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT. • 13. The DocKLOW and KIMBOLTON DIVISION. Docklow Eye, Ashton and Moreton Hampton Wafer Hatfield Kimbolton Leysters Middleton-on-the· Hill Newhampton Puddlestone Bodenham Humber 14. The HoPE-UNDER-DIN MORE DIVISION. Ford Newton Hope-under-Dinmore Stllke Prior 15. The KINGSLAND DIVISION. 16. The YARPOLE DIVISION. I Aymestrey Kingsland Croft Eyton I,ucton Monkland Shobdon Luston Orleton Y arpole and Bircher

44 COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. In the WEOBLEY RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT. N av~e of Division. 17. The CANON PYoN and DrLWYN DIVISION. 18. The KINNERSLEY and vVEOBLEY DIVISION. 19. The Moccas and Y AZOR DIVISION. Parishes. Birley Canon Pyon Dilwyn Almeley Brobury Kinnersley Letton Bishopstone Blakemere Bridge Solers Brinsop · Byford Mansel Gamage Mansel Lacy Earoisland King's Pyon Stretford N orton Canon Sarnesfield Weobley Mocca;; Monnington-on-Wye Preston-on-"\-V ye Staunton-on-Wye Vvormesley Yazor In the DORE RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT. 20. 21. 22. 23. The KINGSTONE DIVISION. The LONGTOWN and MICHAELCHURCH DIVISION. The PoNTRILAS DIVISION. The VowcHURCH DIVISION. Kingstone Madley St. Devereux Thruxton Crass wall Fwddog Llan veynoe Longtown I Dulas ' Ewyas Harold Kenderchurch Kentchurch Abbey Dore Bacton Peterchurch · Tyberton Treville Worm bridge Michaelchurch Eskley Newton W al t{'rstone Kilpeck Llancillo Orcop Rowlstone St. l\Iargaret's Turnastone Vowchurch In the HEREFORD RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT. 24. The BuRGHILL and STRE'l'TON DIVISION. 25. The CLEHONOER and MucH DEWCHURCH DIVISION. 26. The DINEDOR and LITTLE BIRCH DIVISION. 27. The LuGWARDINE DIVISION. 28. The .MORDI!i'ORD DIVISION. Burgh ill Breinton Credenhill Holmer & Shelwick Kenchester Stretton Sugwas. Allensmore Dewsall Callow Eaton Bishop I Clehonger Haywood Dewchurch (Much) Aconbury Dewchurch (Little) Birch (Little) Dinedor Birch (Much) Grafton Bollstone Holme Lacy Bullingham, Lower Bartestree Lugwardine Westhide Dormington Fownhope Hampton Bishop W eston Beggard Withington l\IorJiford Stoke Edith

COUNTY COUNCIL ELECTORAL DIVISIONS. 45 Name of Division. Parishes. Dinmore Preston W ynne 29. The MoRETON-ON-LUGG DIVISION. Marden& Amberley Sutton (St. Michael Moreton-on-Lugg and St. Nicholas) Pipe and Lyde Wellington In the LEDBURY RURAL SANITARY DISTRICT. 30. 31. 32. The ASHPERTON DIVISION. The BosBURY and CoLWALL DIVISION. The LEDBURY TowN DIVISION. 33. The LEDBURY RURAL DIVISION. 34. The MucH MARCLE and WooLHOPE DIVISION. Ashperton Canon Frome Eggleton Munsley I Bosbury Castle Frome Pixley and Parkhold Tarrington Stretton Grandison Yarkhill Coddington Col wall The town of Ledbury, being the Lighting District as defined for the purposes of the Act, 3rd and 4th William IV., c. 90. I Donnington East nor Aylton Marcle (Little) Marcle (Much) Ledbury, exclusive of the Town Putley Woolhope In the ROSS URBAN & RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS, to~ether with the portions of the MONMOUTH & NEWENT RURAL SANITARY DISTRICTS within the COUNTY. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. The HAREWOOD DIVISION. The KING's CAPLE antl UPTON BISHOP DIVISION. The LINTON DIVISION. The ST. WEONARD's DIVISION. The Ross URBAN DIVISION. The \VALT>'ORD DIVISION. The \VHITCHURCH DIVISION. I Ballingham Bridstow Hare wood Hentland Llandinabo Pencoyd Peterstow Sellack Tretire and Michaelchurch Brockhampton and King's Caple Fawley Solers Hope Brampton Abbotts Upton Bishop Foy Yatton How Caple I Weston-under-Penyard Aston Ingham Lea Linton I Garway Llangarren Llanwarne St. Weonard's The Urban Sanitary District of Ross I Hope Mansell \~ alford Ross, Rural portion of I Goodrich Ganarew 1 Welsh Bicknor I Marstow Llanrothal \V elsh K ewton Whitchurch

46 COUNTY ALDERMEN AND COUNCILLORS. THE NAMES oF THE ALDERMEN AND CouNCILLORS COMPOSING THE FIRST CouNTY CouNCIL, WITH PosTAL ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS, AND THE CoNSTITUENCIES REPRESENTED. Chairman-COUNTY CoUNCILLOR CoL. RICHARD PRESCOTT DECIE, Bockleton Court, Tenbury. Vice-Chairman-CouNTY ALDERMAN HENRY HA YWOOD, Blakemere, Hereford. COUNTY ALDERMEN. --------------------------------------------------- ---------------- Bateman, The Lord, Shobdon Court, Lord Lieutenant Croft, Sir Herbert, Lugwardine Court, Hereford, Baronet de Winton, Robert Henry, Graftonbury, Hereford, Esquire Duckha.m, Thomas, Holmer Road, Hereford, Esquire Green, Richard, The Whittern, Kington, Esquire ... Haywood, Henry, Blakemere, Hereford, Estate Agent Robinson, Stephen, J_jynhales, Kington, Esquire • • • Smith, J olm William, Thing hill Court, Hereford, Farmer Blake, Thomas, Lebanon, Ross, Esquire ... ••• Bourne, Robert, Cowarne Court, Ledbury, Lieut.-Colonel Davenport, Rev. George Hr.ratio, Foxley, Hereford, Clerk Farr, James, Brobury, Farmer ... ... Maund, Thomas, Hereford, Gentleman ... Price, John, Court House, Pembridge, Farmer Pulley, J oseph, Lower Eaton, Hereford, Esquire Rootes, Charles, Hereford, Wine Merchant ... ... ... ... ... Scobie, Mackay John Graham, Hereford, Solicitor ... ... I I • . . I I . . . I . . . I • • • ••• ... . . . ) ... I .. . I .. . I ... ... ~ .. . Elected for Six Years . Elected for Three Years. -------------------------------------------------;-~--------------- COUNTY COUNCILLORS. Constituency, and Union in which situated. Abercrombie, Thomas, Castle Farm, Madley, Hereford, Farmer Kingstone. Dore. Anthony, Edwyn, Wharton Lodge, Weston-under-Penyard, Linton. Ross. RosR, Barrister-at-Law ... ... ... . .. Arkwright, John Hungerford, Hampton Court, Leominster, Hope-und'r- Dinmore Esquire .. . ... . .. ... . .. J .. eominster. Barneby, William Henry, Bredenbury Court, Brornyard, Esquire Bredenbury & BromBodenham, Frederick, Hereford, Solicitor ... yard. Bromyard . . .. Hereford City. Hereford . Bosley, Edwin Edward, Hereford, Gentleman ... . . . Hereford C'ity. Hereford. Boughton-Knight, Andrew Rouse, Downton Castle, Ludlow, Burrington and WigEsquire ... . .. ... .. . ... more. Ludlow and KniQ"htnn.

• HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILLORS. 47 COUNTY COUNCILLORS. Constituency, and Union in which situated. Bray, George, Henwood, Dilwyn, R.S.O., Farmer ... ... Canon Pyon and Dilwyn. W Pobley. Corner, .J ames, Holmer Park, Holmer, Hereford, Solicitor ... Moreton-on-Lugg. Hereford. Cornewall, Rev. Sir George Henry, Moccas Court, Hereford, Moccas and Yazor. Baronet ... ... .. ... .. . W eobley. CresRwell. Oswald Ernest, Morney Cross, Fownhope, Hereford, Mordiford. Esquire .. . .. . ... ... .. Hereford. Davies, .Tames, Hereford, Solicitor ... ... ... Hereford City. Hereford. Decie, Richard Prescott, Bockleton Court, Tenbury, Colonel ... Brimfidd and High Lane. Bromyard and Tenbury. Dent, George Thomas, Nether Court, Stoke Lacy, Bromyard, Stoke Lacy. Farmer .. . .. . .. . .. . .. . Bromyard. Evans, Francis, The W eston, Bredwardine, Hereford, Farmer .. Clifford. Hay . Giles, Thomas Parkinson Broome, Gentleman ... ... Hereford City. Hereford. Godwin, vYilliam Henry, The Ferns, Lugwardine, Hereford, Lugwardine. Encaustic Tile Manufacturer . . . .. .. Hereford. Greenly, Edward Howarth, Titley Court, Titley, R.S.O., Esquire Lingen and Titley. Kington. Hall, Herbert Richard, The Bower, Holme Lacy, Hereford, Dined0r and Little Farmer .. . . .. . .. . .. Bir~h. Hereford. Hall, Robert William, Ashton, Leominster, Farmer ... Yarpole. Leominster . Hampden, Rev. Edward Renn, Cradley, Malvern, Clerk .. . Bishop Frome and Cradley. Bromyard. R arington, Sir Richard, Whitbourne Court, near Worcester, Brocld:ampton and Baronet ... ... ... ... ... Whitbourne. Bromyard . Harley, Robert William Daker, Brampton Bryan, Esquire ... Leintwarrline. Ludlow and Knighton. Harris, .John Henry Gilbert, Gilbertstone, Longtown, gavenny, Land Agent .. . . .. . .. Hawkins, }'rancis, Sugwas Farm, Hereford, Farmer Aber- Longtown & Michael- ... church. Dore. . .. Clehonger and Much Dewchurch. Hereford. Heygate, Edward Nicholas, Buckland, Leominster, Major, R.E. Docklow and Kimbolton. Leominster. J ones, Richard, Poulstone, King's Caple, Ross, Es4 uire ... King's Caple & U pton Lane, \Villiam Sivell, The Farm, Bosbury, Ledbury, and Miller .. ... ... ... LewiR, Thomas Freke, Abbey Dore Court, Pontrilas, Esquire Bishop. Ross. Farmer Ledbury Town and ... Rural. Ledbury. R.S.O., Pontrilas. l>ore. ... Lutwyche, Hudson Latham, Kynaston, Ross, Gentleman ... Harewood. Ross . ... Hereford City. Hereford . Meats, George Wells, Hereford, Auctioneer ... Mo:ffatt, Harold Charles, Goodrich Court, Ross, Esquire ... Whitchnrch. Rcss and Monmouth. }~armer ... Eardisley & Kington Rural. Kington . ... Hereford City. M organ, Edward, KintJey, Brilley, Whitney, R.S. 0., :Niorley, John Howell, Hereford, Ironmonger ... Hereford. 1\fynors, ·wmoughby Baskerville, Bosbury House, Ledbury, Bosbury and Colwall. Esqnire ... .. . ... ... .. Led bury. N ott, Charles, Bury House, Wigmore, Kingsland, R.S.O., Kingsland. }'armer and .Merchant .. . . _. .. . Leominster.

' 48 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCILLORS, ETC. COUNTY COUNCILLORS. Constituency, and Union in which situated; Paterson, Robert Stewart, Munstone, Holmer, Hereford, Civil Hereford City. Engineer . . . . .. .. . . . . . . Hereford. Power, Manley Kingsmill Manley, Hill Court, Ross, Esquire ... W alford. Ross. Purchas, Alfred John, Chasedale, Ross, Wine Merchant ... Ross Urban. Ross. Rankin, James, Bryngwyn, Tram Inn, R.S.O., Esquire, M.P .... St. Weonards. Ross and Monmouth. Reaveley, Thomas, Kinnersley Castle, Letton, R.S.O., Esquire ... Kinnersley and Riley, John, Putley Court, Ledbury, Esquire ••• Weobley. WeobJey. ... Much Marcle & Wool- . hope. Ledbury. Robinson, Edward Lewis Gavin, Poston Lodge, Vowchurch, Vowchurch. Dore. Esquire . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Russell, Henry Freeman, Westonbury, Pembridge, R.S.O., Lyonshall and PemAuctioneer and Farmer .. . . . .. . . .. bridge. Kington. Southall, John Tertius, 9, Burgess Street, Leominster and Park- Leominster Borough. fields, Ross, Gentleman . .. . . . ... . Leominster. Stallard, Thomas Bristow, Broad Street, Leominster, Wine Leominster Borough. Merchant .. . . .. . . . .. . · . . . Leominster. Stephens, Charles Wesley, Ledbury, Ironmonger ... . .. Ledbury Town and Rural. Ledbury. Taylor, Henry William, Showle Court, Yarkhill, Ledbury, Ashperton. Farm er . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Led bury. Temple, Anthony, Bridge Street,"Kington, Solicitor... . .. Kington tJ rban. Kington . 'Vallis, Edmund Lamb, Hereford, Solicitor ... ... Hereford City. Hereford. Yeomans, John Haynes, Stretton Court, Stretton Sugwas, near Burghill & Stretton. Hereford, Farmer . . . . . . . . . . . . Hereford. CLERKS TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF INCOME TAX FOR HElmFORDSHIRE. Hereford North. Francis R. ]ames, Esq., Hereford. Peterchurch.- Thos. Llanwarne, Esq., Hereford. Hereford City. Francis R. James, Esq., Hereford. Ross. Henry Minett, Esq., Ross. Ledbury. W. Masefield, Esq., Ledbury. Bromyard. ]os. B. Weeks, Esq, Bromyard. Kington. Anthony Temple, Esq. Weobley. F. H. Leather, Esq. Surveyor of Taxes.--W. Sharland, Esq. HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY CONSTABULARY. Captain Telfer, R.A., Chief Constable ; Mr. Francis W. Dallow, Chief Clerk. -1(. Superintendents of Police. Hereford and Abbey Dore Divisz'ons. Supt. W. Cope, Hereford. Ross and Harewood End. Supt. G. Smith, Ross. Ledbury. Supt. A. Cope, Ledbury. Bromyard. Supt. T. Ovens, Bromyard. Leominster Q.nd T¥igmore. Supt. R. Strangward, Leominster . .Ki'ngton.--Supt. R. Ed wards, Kingtou. U7eobley and Bredwardt'ne. Supt. G. Ovens, Weobley. * The Superintendents of Police are also Inspectors of Weights and Measures for their respective divisions.

AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL SEATS IN THE COUNTY, With reference to the Places unde1· which they will be found in this Volume. Abbey Dore Court, Captain Thomas Freke Lewis, J.P., D.L. (see Abbey Dore page 75) Allensmore Court, Mrs. Pateshall (see Allensmore page 79) Aramstone, Robert Wyndham Woodhouse Smith, Esq. (see King's Caple page 425) Ashley Moor, Mrs. O'Connor (see Orleton page 601) .. . . Baches House, William Hogarth, Esq. (see Upton Bishop page 707) Barnamore House, Richard Prince, Esq. (see Withington page 746) Barton Court, B. Bright, Esq., D.L. (see Colwall page 169) Beechwood, Thomas Gee, J;.;sq. (see Hope Mansel page 409) Belmont, Francis Richard Wegg-Prosser, Esq., B.A., J.P., D.L. (see Clehonger page 159) Berrington Hall, The Right Hon. Lord Rodney, J.P., D.L. (see Eye page 220) Birch House, George Vernon Bankes, Esq. (see Much Birch page 95) Bit•cher Half, void (see Yarpole page 755) Birchwood, Henry Brace Little, Esq. (see Cradley page 178) Birchy Field, Frederick Robertson Kempson, Esq., J.P. (see Avenbury page 87) Bishopswood House, Harry McCalmont, Esq. (see W alford page 712) Blairmont, Mrs. Hawkins (see Lugwardine page 559) · Bosbury House, Captain W. B. Mynors, J.P. (see Bosbury page 107) Brampton Bryan Hall, Robert William Daker Harley, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Brampton Bryan pag-e 111) Brampton (Great), Rev. John Crugar Murray-Aynsley, M. A., J.P. (see Madley page 564) Bredenbury Court, William Henry Barneby, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Bredenbury page 112) Brimfield Hall, Captain E. Salwey (see Brimfield page 122) Broadfield Court, Mrs. Helme (see Bodenham page 102) Brockhampton Court, Sir Christopher Robert Lighton, Bart., J.P. (see Brockhampton page 125) Brockhampton House, John Habington Barneby-Lutley, Esq., M.A., .T.P., D.L. (see Bromyard page 129) Brom-y-Clos House, Captain Day Hart Bosanquet, R.N., J.P. (see Llanwarne page551) Broxwood Court, Lieut.-Col. Richard Snead Cox, J.P., D.L. (see Pembridge page 603) Bryngwyn, James Rankin, Esq., M.P., M.A., J.P., D.L. (see Much Dewchurch page 188) · Buckenhill House, Richard Phipps, Esq., J.P. (see Bromyard page 129) Buckland, Major Edward Nicholas Heygate,_ R.E., J.P., D.L. (see Docklow page 196} Burghill Court, Mrs. Woodhouse (see Burghtll page 146) Burton Court, John Clowes, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Eardisland page 205) Byletts (The), John Bowle Eva.ns, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Pembridge page 603) D

so PRINCIPAL SEATS IN THE COUNTY. Oagebrook House, Major-General Edward Hopton, C.B., J·.P. (see Eaton Bishop page 212) Callow (The), Major George Griffin, J.P. (see Welsh Newton page 720) Oalver Hill House, John Tunstall Pearce, Esq. (see Norton Canon page 595) Canon Fjrome Cou.rt, John Hopton, Esq., M. A., J.P., D.L. (see Canon Frome page 154) Oaradoc, Edward Caddick, Esq. (see Sellack page 668) Castle Weir, Colonel Robert H. Price, M.F.H. (see Lyonshall page 561) Chase (The), General Sir James William Fitzmayer, R.A., K.C.B., J.P. (see Ross page G34) Olater Park, void (see Bromyard page 129) Cli.ffO?·d P1·iory, Benjamin Haigh Alien, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Clifford page 162} Coddin,r1ton Court, Major Henry Edward Vale (see Coduington page 166) Combe House, Mrs. Coates (see Combe page 173) Copelands, Mrs. Jenkins (see Holmer page 406) Cort011,_ House, E. J. Morris, Esq. (see Rodd Nash and Little Brampton page 624) Oou,rtjield, Lieut.-Colonel :Francis Baynham Vaughan, J.P., D.L. (see Welsh Bicknor page 719) Cowarne Court, Colonel Robert Bourne, J.P. (see Much Cowarne page 176) Credenhill Court, William Farrar Ecroyd, Esq., J.P. (see Credenhill page Hl2) Croft Ca.~tle, Rev. William Trevelyan Kevill Davies, ,J.P. (see Croft page 183) Cubberley House, Mrs. Hutcheson Collins (see Ross page 634) Dadnor House, Arthur Armitage, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Bridstow page 118) Deanery (The), Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Hereford (see Hereford pag-e 270} Dineterwood, Edmund Thomas Husbands, Esq. (see Ewyas Harold page 218) Donnington Hall, void (see Donnington page 197) Doward House, J. Murray Bannerman, Esq., ,J.P. (see Ganarew page 231) Downton Castle, Andrew Johnes Rouse Boughton-Knight, Esq., B.A., J.P., D.L. (see Downton page 203} Dulas Court, Oecil Butler, Esq. (Ree Dulas page 204) Dunjield House, Rev. H. Hugh Miles (see Harton Lower page 245} . Eastnor Ca.stle, The Right Hon Lady Henry Somerset (see Eastnor page 210) Easton C(lur·t, SirJoseph Russell Bailey, Bart., M. P., .J.P. (see Little Hereford page 401) Eaton Hill, 'l'homas Burlton, Esq., J.P .• F.R.C.S. (see Leominster page 521) Elms (The) Charles Anthony, Esq. (see Hereford page 325) Elton Hall, Mrs.' Salwey (see Elton page 215) Eu.roclyrlon, Thomas Bennett Brain, }i~sq. (see Hope Manse} page 409} Eyton Hall, Rt=>v. Rif!hard Evans, M.A., J. P. (see Eyton page 223) Eywood, The Right Hon. Lord Ormathwaite, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire, J.P. (see Titley page 699) Fairjield House, Mrs. Holt Beever (See Marstow page 576) Fownhope Court, E. S. Lechmere, Esq. (See Fownhope pag-e 227) Foxley, Rev. Georg-e Horatio Davenport, M.A., J.P. (see Yazor page 758) Ji'rogrnore House, T. D. Bolton, Esq., M.P., The Temple (see Weston-under-Penyard page 731} Gaines, Mrs. Childe l!'reeman (see Whitbourne pa_ge 733} Garnons, Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., .J.P., D.L. (see Mansel Gamage page 566) Garnstone, Daniel Henry T. Peploe, Esq., J.P. (see Weobley page 724) Gayton Hall, The Misses Lawson (see Upton Bishop page 707) Glewstone Court, C. Lee Campbell, Esq. (see Marstow page 576} Goodrich Court, Harold Charles Moffatt, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Goodrich page 236} Goodrich House, Edmnnd l!'. Bosanquet, Esq. (see Goodrich page 237) G1·ajtonbur.11, Captain Robert Henry de Winton, J.P., D.L. (see Grafton page 238) Gr·eat House, David William Bowyer Thomas, Esq. (see Canon Pyon page 155) Grendon Court, Mrs. Chellingworth (see Upton Bishop page 707) Ha;Uield, William Charles Henry, Esq., M. D., F.R.S., J.P. (see ~edbury page 477) Haqley Park, Arthur Hutchinson, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Lugwardme page 559) Ha.lesend House, General 1\:Iaclean (see Cradley page 178) • Hall Court, Major John Michael Browne, J.P., D.L. (see Bishop Frome page 98) •

PRINCIPAL SEATS IN THE COUNTY. 51 Hampton Court, John Hungerford Arkwright, Esq., M.A., J.P., D.L. (see Hope· under-Dinmore page 410) Hampton House, Mrs. Weare (see Hampton Bishop page 241) Harewood House, Sir William Vincent, Bart., J.P. (see Harewood page 243) Harpto1t Court, Sir Herbert EdmundFrankland Lewis, Bart., J.P.(seeKingtonpage440) Hatfield Court, Edmund Ashton, Esq. (see Hatfield page 246) Hazelhurst, Miss M. B. Philips (see W alford page 712) Heath House, Sir Edward Ripley, Bart. (see Leintwardine page 490) Hellens, Charles Walwyn Radcliffe Cooke, Esq., M.P., J.P., (see Much Marcle page 570) Hennor House, Major Charles Benjamin Stevenson, J.P. (see Kimbolton page 423) Hephill, The Misses Peach (see Lugwardine page 559) Hermitage (The) Samuel H. Martin, Esq. (see Hurghill page 146) High House, Samuel vVeaver, Esq. (see Upper Sapey page 665) Highwood (The), The Hon. Mrs. Humphrey de Bohun Devereux (see Yarpole page 755) Hill Court, Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., J.P. (see Walford page 712) .Hinton Court, Rev. William Frederick Powell, M. A. (see Hereford page 325) Holme Lacy House, The Right Hon. Edwyn Francis, Earl of Chesterfield, J.P. (see Holme Lacy page 403) Holrner Park, James Corner, Esq., J.P. (see Holmer page 406) Homend, Rev. William Poole, M.A., J.P. (see Stretton-Grandison page 685) Homme House, Lieut.-Colonel John Ernle Money·Kyrle, J.P., D.L. (see Much Marcle page 570) Hope End, Charles Archibald Hewitt, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Colwall page 169) Huntington Court, 'l'homas Rogers, Esq. (see Holmer page 406) Huntington Court, J. E. Dashwood, Esq. (see Huntington page 416) Huntington Pa1·k, Mrs. R. G. Romilly {see Huntington page 415) Kentchurch Court, Edward Scudamore Lucas, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Kentchurch page 419) Kings P,11on House, Charles Warre Prescott, Esq., J.P. (see Kings Pyon page 430) Kinnersley Castle, Thomas Reavely, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Kinnersley page 457) Kinsham Court, Francis Lyndon Evelyn, Esq., J.P. (see Upper Kinsham page 458) Knill Court, Sir John Walsham, Bart., J.P. D.L. (sell Knill page 459) Kynaston House, Hudson Latham Lutwyche, Esq., J.P. (see Hentland page 249) Langstone Court, .John Jones, Esq., M.D., J.P. (see Llangarren page 546) Ledbury Park, Michael Biddulph, Esq., M.P., J.P., D.L. (see Ledbury page 476) Leintwardine House, A. C. Sirn, Esq. (see Leintwardine page 490) Lemore, Major-Generall:lir John Coke, K. C. B., J.P., D.L. (see Eardisley page 207) Letton Court, Rev. Henry Blisset, ~f. A., J.P. (see Lettun page 539) Lewstone, William and Thomas Brown, Esqs. (see Whitchurch page 736) Lincoln Hill House, ]'erdinando Stratford Collins, Esq. (see Ross page 634) Litley Court, John Wright, Esq. (see Hereford pagp 325) Longworth, William Henry Barneby, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Lugwardine page 558) Lower Eaton, Joseph Pulley, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Eaton Bishop page 212) Lower Weston, Mi.ss Stubbs (see Weston-under-Penyard page 731) Lou·er Weston House, Rev. Frederic J ames Aldrich-Blake, M. A. (see W eston-under· Penyard 731) Ludjord Park, Leonard Arthur Parkinson, Esq. (see Ludford page 556) Lugwardine Court, Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, Bart., M.A., J.P., D.L. (see Lugwardine page 558) Lynhales, Stephen Robinson, Esq., J.P., D. L. (see Lyonshall page 561) Lyston Court, Jarnes Rankin, Esq., M.P., M.A., J.P., D.L. (see Llanwarne page 551) Mainstone Court, Miss M. Pyndar (see Pixley page 616) Manor House, Captain E. Mynde Allen, J.P. (see Up,ton Bishop page 707) Marden Court, Edward Hodges, Esq. (see ::1\'farden page 573) Marlow Lodge, Joseph Beddard Green, Esq., and George Smythies, Esq., J.P. (see Leintwardine page 490) Michaelchurch Court, Mrs. Trafford (see Michaelchurch ~skley page 577) Middlewood, Rev. William Griffiths (see Clifford page 162) Moccas Court, Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., M. A., .J.P., D.L. (see Moccas page 581) Moor Abbey, Messrs. Edmunds, Esqs. (see Middleton-on-the-Hill page 579)

PRINCIPAL SEATS IN THE COUNTY. MofYl'court, James Henry Davies, Esq. (see Pembridge page 604) Moor Park, Mrs. Foster (see Richard's Castle page 623) Moor (The), Alfred Salvey, Esq., J.P. (see Richard's Castle page 623) Moor (The), Mrs. Slade Baker (see Clifford page 162) Moraston House, George H. Hadfield, Esq. (see Bridstow page 118) Moreton Court, Mrs. Harriett Evans (see Moreton-on-Lugg page 591) Morney Cross, Oswald E. Cresswell, M.A., J.P. (see Fownhope page 228) Mount Craig, Mrs. Jones (see Marstow page 576) Munderfield Harold, Captain William Enderby, J.P. (see Bromyard page 130) Mun.~tone House, Robert Stewart Paterson, Esq. (see Holmer page 406) 111ynde Park, Thomas Raymond Symons, Esq., J. P. (see Much Dewchurch page 188) Netherwood, Mrs. Baskerville (sPe Hereford page 325) Newcourt, Major Richard John Griffiths, J.P., D.L. (see Lugwardine page 558) Newport House, John Gardiner Muir, Esq., J.P. (see Almeley page 81) New Weir (The) The Hon. Mrs. Griffiths (see Kenchester page 418) NO'rthgate House, Harcourt Capper, Esq., J.P. (see St. Weonards page 663) Oaklands, Mrs. Isabel D. Heygate (see Docklow page 196) Ocle Court, void (see Ocle Pychard page 596) Old Colwall, Mrs. Holland (see Colwall page 169) Orleton Court, John Richard Hill, Esq. (see Orleton page 600) Over Ross House, Miss Ellen Bernard (see Ross page 634) Overton House, Richard Betton, Esq., J.P. (see .Richard's Castle 623) Palace (The), Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Hereford (see Hereford page 269) Pencraig Court, H. C. Moffatt, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Marstow page 576) Pengethley, Miss Caroline Symonds (see Sellack page 667) Pennoxtone Court, Sir Edward Cludde Cockburn, Bart., M.A., J.P., D.L. (see King's Caple page 425) Perrystone CoU1·t, Mrs. Georg-e Olive (see Foy page 229) Perrystone Towers, Mrs. William Gibson Ward (see Yatton page 756) Pontnlas Court, Benjamin St. John Attwood-Mathews, Esq., M.A., J.P. (see Kentchurch page 420) Poulstone Court, Richard Jones, Esq., J.P. (see King's Caple page 425) Puddleston Court, Rev. Anthony Benn, M.A., J.P. (see Puddleston 619) Putley Cout·t, John Riley, Esq., J.P. (see Putley page 621) Ridgebourne, Richard William Banks, Esq., J.P. (see Kington page 440) Ripplewood, Thomas Philip Payne Wight, Esq. (see Collington page 167) Rocklands, Thomas Herbert Maddy, Esq. (see Goodrich page 237) Rock (The), Colonel King, R.A. (see Lugwardine page 559) Rosedale, Charles William Brierley, Esq. (see Laysters page 461) Rotherwas, Mrs. de-la-Barre Bodenham (see Dinedor page 193) Rowden Abbey, Henry J. Bailey, J.P. (see Bromyard page 134) Rowden House, The Right Hon. Lord St. John, J.P. (see Bromyard page 134) Rudhall, Miss Julia F. Mortimer (see Weston-under-Penyard page 731) Ryelands (The), Miss Wood (see Leominster page 511) Saltmarshe Castle, William Barneby, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Bromyard page 130) Sarnesfield Court, Major William W orsley Worswick, J.P. (see Sarnesfield page 666) Seedley House, Charles L. Clerke, Esq. (see Leintwardine page 490) Sellarsbrooke, J. Murray Bannerman, Esq., J.P. (see Ganarew page 231) Shobdon Court, The Right Hon. Lord Bateman, M.A., Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of the county (see Shobdon page 669) Springjield, Captain Robert Henry Verschoyle, J.P. (see Ross page 634) Stanage Park, Charles Coltman Rogers, Esq., J.P. (see Brampton Brian page 110) Staunton Park, Joseph Charlton Parr, Esq., J.P. (see Staunton-upon-Arrow page 674) Stoke Edith Park, The Right Hon. Lady Emily Foley (see Stoke Edith page 679) Stormer Hall, Herbert Crawshay, Esq. (see Leintwardine page 490) Street Court, Benjamin Lawrence Sanders, Esq., LL.B., J.P., D.L. (see Kingsland page 427)

PRINCIPAL SEATS IN THE COUNTY. Sujton Court, His Honor Judge William Henry Cooke, Q.C., J.P. (see Mordiford page 586) Sugwas Court, Robert Wood Ingham, Esq., J.P. (see Eaton Bishop page 212) Sutton Court, R. Ormston Backhouse, Esq. (see Sutton page 689) Tedstone Court, Edgar Wigbt, Esq. (see Tedstone Delamere page 693) The Lodge, George Rowland V enables, Esq., J.P. (see Richard's Castle page 623) Thing-hill, Mrs. Higgins (see Withington page 745) Tho1·nbury Court, Edward Richard Payne, Esq. (see Thornbury page 696) Tillington Court, J. E. R. Camp bell, Esq. (see Burgh ill page 146) Titley Court, Edward Howarth Greenly, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Titley page 700) Titley House, A. M. Kettlewell, Esq. (see Titley page 700) Treago, Mrs. Mynors (see St. W eonards page 663) Trebandy House, W. W. Harford, Esq. (see Marstow page 576) Trecilla House, Rev. Henry John Potts, B.A. (see Llangarren page 546) ~l.'yberton Court, Robert Henry Lee-Warner, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Tyberton page 704) Underdown House, Captain Audley Mervyn Archdale, J.P. (see Ledbury page 476) Upper Hall, Waldyve Alexander Hamilton Martin, Esq., J.P. (see Ledbury page 477) Vennwood, Hugh Jenner, Esq., J.P. (see Bodenham page 102) Walford House, William Allaway, Esq. (see Walford page 712) Wcssington Court, George Booker, Esq. (see Woolhope page 749) Westhide Court, Col. S. Scott (see Westhide page 727) Westonbury, William Child, Esq. (see Pembridge page 604) Weston Lodge, Lieut-Colonel Ernest Thurlow (see Weston-under-Penyard page 731) Wharton Lodge, Mrs. Bradney (see Weston-under-Penyard page 731) Whitbourne Court, Sir Richard Harington, Bart., J.P. (see Whitbourne page 733) Whitbourne Hall, Edward Bickerton Evans, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Whitbourne page733) , White House, Herbert Howorth Wood, Esq., M.A., J.P., D.L. (see Vowchurch page 708) Whiifield, Mrs. Greathed (see Treville page 702) Whitney Court, Tomkyns Dew, Esq., J.P., D.L. (see Whitney page 737) Whittern (The), Richard Green, Esq., J.P. (see Lyonshall page 561) Wigm-ore Hall, Major-General Charles Trigance Franklin, C.B., J'.P. (see Wigmore page 740) Wilcroft, Mrs. Watkins (see Lugwardine page 559) Wilton Castle, Captain L. P. Walsh, R.A. (see Bridstow page 118) Wilton Hall, E. H. S. Hudson, Esq. (see Bridstow page 118) , WinfO?·ton HCYUSe, Rev. George Blisset, M.A. (see Winforton page 744) Wisteston Court, John Watkins, Esq. (see Marden page 574) Woodfield, Mrs. Morgan (see Weston Beggard page 729) Woodfield House, Mrs. Rogers (see W eston-under-Penyard page 731) Wyastone Leys, James Murray Banner~an, Esq., J.P .. (see Ganarew page 231) Wve Cliffe House, Edmund James Lewts, Esq. (see Bremton page 116) Wyelands (The}, Williaii?- Partridge, Esq., B:A., J.P., D.L. (see Walford page 712) Wyeville Colonel C. Whmfield, R.E. (see Brtdstow page 118) Wythall,' Major John Stratford .Collins, B. A., J.P., D.L. (see Walford page 712) Yatton Court, Thomas Bryan Ward, Esq., J.P. (see Aymestrey page 90) The names gt'>ven in above list are for the "!!-ost part those of the OWNERS oft~ seai!. Further information as to residents, &:c., wtll be found on reference to paqes gwen u~t parentheses.

54 HEREFORDSHIRE POLLING DISTRICTS. POLLING DISTRICTS AND PLACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY AND CouNTY CouNCIL ELECTIONS. (As determined by the County Coundl, on I2th Apr£1, z89o, pursuant to 46 and 47, Vtc., c. 5I, s. 47 ( 2 ), and 45 and 46 Vie., c. 50, s. 64). Places marked* will form separate Polling Places at Council Elections. THE PARLIAMENTARY NORTHERN DIVISION. Bishop Frome and Cradley District. Bishop Frome ; Polling Place Bishop Frome. Cradley, Evesbatch ; Pol!z'ng Place, Cradley. Bredenbwy and Bromyard District. Bredenbury, Grendon Bishop, Grendon Warren, Pencombe, Wacton, Winslow; Polling Place, Bredenbury. Bromyard ; Polling Place, Bromyard. Brimjield and Co!lington Distnd. Brimfield, Little Hereford;· Pollz'ng Place, Brimfield. Collington, Edwin Ralph, Hampton Charles, Saltmarshe, Sapey (Upper), Stoke Bliss, Tedstone Wafer, Thornbury, W olferlow; Potling Place, Collington. Brockltampton and ~Vltitbourne District. Brockhampton (Lower), Linton, Norton with Brockhampton; Polling Place, Brockhampton School, Bromyard Down. Stanford Bishop, Tedstone Delamere, \Vhitbourne; Polling Place, Whitbourne. Burrington and Wi'gmore DistriCt. Aston, Burrington, Downton, Elton, Ludford, Richard's Castle; Polli'ng Place, Burrington. Leinthall Starkes, Wigmore; Polling Place, Wigmore. Canon Pyott and Diluyn Dz'stnct. Birley, Canon Pyon, Kings Pyon; Pollz"ng Place, Canon Pyon. Dilwyn, Eardisland, Stretford; Polli'ng Place, Dilwyn. Cli'fford Dz'stri'ct. Bredwardine, Clifford, Cusop, Dorstone, Whitney; Polling Place, Clifford. Docklow and Kimbo!ton District. Docklow, Hampton Wafer, Hatfield, N ewhampton, Puddles ton ; Polling Place, Docklow. Eye Ashton and Moreton, Kimbolton, Laysters, Middleton-on-the-Hill; Polli'ng Place, Kimbolton. Eardisley and Kington Di'stri'ct. Brilley, Eardisley, Willersley, Winforton ; Polling Place, Eardisley. Huntington, Kington (rural parts of) ; Polling Place, Kington. *"The Electoral Division comprising the Kington Urban District. Hope-under-Dinmore Di'strz'ct. Bodenham, Ford, Hope-under-Dinmore, Humber, Newton, Stoke Prior; Polling Place, Hope-underDinmore. Kz'ngsland and Aymestrey District. Kingsland, Monkland; Polling Place, Kingsland. Aymestrey, Shobdon; Pollz'ng Place, Aymestrey. Kinners!ey and Weobley District. Almeley, Brobury, Kinnersley, Letton, N orton Canon ; Polling Place, Kinnersley. Sarnesfield, W eobley ; Polling Place, W eobley. Kinsham and Titley Distnct. Byton, Combe, Kinsham, Lingen1 Stapleton, Willey; Pollz"ng Place, Kinsham. Knill, Lower Harton, Rodd Nash and Little Brampton, Staunton-on-Arrow, Titley; Polling Place, Titley.

HEREFORDSHIRE POLLING DISTRICTS. 55 Leomi1zster Di'strlct (Parliamentary only). Leominster Borough, Leominster Out-Parish ; Polling Place, Leominster. Leintwardine District. Adforton Stanway Paytoe and Grange, Brampton Bryan, Buck ton and Cox wall. Leint\vardine, W alford Letton and Newton ; Polling Place, Leintwardine. Lyonshall and Pembridge District. Lyonshall; Polling Place, Lyonshall. Pembridge ; Polli1l;ft Place, Pembridge. Moccas and Yazor District. Blakemere, Moccas, Monnington-onWye, Preston-on-Wye. Staunton-on-Wye; Polling Place, Moccas. Bishopstone, Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Byford, Mansel Gamage, Mansel Lacy, Wormsley, Yazor; Polling Place, Y azor. Stoke Lacy District. Avenbury, Cowarne (Little), Cowarne (Much), Felton, Moreton Jeffries, Ode Pitchard, Stoke Lacy, Ullingswick; Poll£ng Place, Stoke Lacy. Yarpole District. Croft, Eyton, Lucton, Luston, Orleton, Yarpole and Bircher ; Polling Place, Y arpole. THE PARLIAMENTARY SOUTHERN DIVISION. Allensmore and Much Dewchurc!z District. Allensmore, Clehonger, Eaton Bishop, Haywood; Polling Place, Allensmore. Callow, Dewchurch (Much), Dewsall ; Polling Place, Much Dewchurch. Asllperton District. Ashperton, Canon Frame. Eggleton, :Munsley, Pixley and Parkhold, Tarrington, Stretton Grandison, Yarkhill; Polling Place, Ashperton. , Bosbury and Colwall DistriCt. Bosbury, Castle Frame, Coddington; Polling Place, Bosbury. Colwall ; Polling Place, Colwall. Burghill and Stretton District. Burghill; Polling Place, Burghill. Breinton, Credenhill, Holmer and Shelwick, Kenchester, Stretton Sugwas; Pol!z'ng Place, Stretton Sugwas. Dinedor and Little Birch District. Bullingham (Lower), Dinedor, Grafton, Holme Lacy ; Polling Place, Dinedor. Aconbury, Birch (Little), Birch (Much), Bolstone, Dewchurch (Little) ; Polling Place, Little Birch. Harewood and Peterstow District. Ballingham, Harewood, Rentland, Llandinabo, Pencoyd, Tretire and Michaelchurch ; Polling Place, Harewood. Bridstow, Peterstow, Sellack ; Polling Place, Peterstow. Hereford District ( Parh'amentary Dz'vision only). All Saints, St. John Baptist, St. Martin, St. Nicholas, St. Owen, St. Peter, Holmer (\Vithin), Huntingdon, Tupsley; Polliuf( Place, Hereford. Kzng's Caple and Upton Bishop District. Brockhampton and Fawley, How Caple, King's Caple, Sollarshope; Polling Place, King's Caple. Brampton Abbotts, Foy, Upton Bishop, Yatton; Pollzng Place, U pton Bishop. Kz'ngstone District. Kingstone, Madley, St. Devereux, Thruxton, Tiberton, Treville, W'ormbridge; Pollz'nf{ Place. Kingstone. Ledbury Rural Distrz'ct. Donnington, Eastnor, Ledbury (exclusi\·e of the town); Polling Place, Ledbury. *The Electoral Division

!5 HEREFORDSHIRE POLLING DISTRIC'fS. comprising the Town of Ledbury as defined in the area of the Lighting District. Linton and Weston District. Aston Ingham, Linton; Polling Place, Linton. Lea, Weston-under-Penyard; Po!Nng Place, Weston-underPenyard. Longtown and M£chaelchurch Dzstrict. Fwddog, Llanveynoe, Longtown, Newton, Walterstone; Polling Place, Longtown. Crasswall, Michaelchurch Eskley; Polling Place, Michaelchurch. Lugwardine District. Bartestree, Lugwardine, W esthide, Weston Beggard, Withington ; Palling Place, near Withington Station. JW'arden and Wellington District. Marden and Amberley, Preston Wynne, Sutton (St. Michael and St. Nicholas) ; Polling Place, Marden. Dinmore, Moreton-on-Lugg, Pipe and Lyde, Wellington ; Polling Place, Wellington. Mordiford Distrz"ct. Dormington, Fownhope, Hampton Bishop, Mordiford, Stoke Edith; Polling Place, Mordiford. Much ivfarcle and Woo/hope District. Aylton, Marcle (Little), Marcle (Much), Putley; Polling Place, Much Marcle. Woolhope; Polling Place, W oolhope. Pontrilas and Orcop District. Dulas, Ewias Harold, Kenderchurch, Kentchurch, Kilpeck, Llancillo, Rowlstone; Polling Place, Pontrilas. Orcop ; Polling Place, Orcop. Ross Dzstrict. Hope Mansell, Ross (rural parts of), w·alford; Polling Place, Ross. *The Electoral Division comprising the Ross Urban District. St. Weonards and Llangarren Dzstri'ct. Garway, Llanwarne, St. W eonards ; Polli11g Place, St. W eonards. Llangarren ; Pollz'ng Place, Llangarren. Vowchurch District. Abbeydore, Bacton, Peterchurch, St. Margaret's, Turnastone, Vowchurch; Polling Place, Vowchurch. Whitchurch DistriCt. Ganarew, Goodrich, Llanrothal, Marstow,. Welsh Bicknor, Welsh Newton, Whitchurch; Polling Place, Whitchurch.

HEREFORDSHIRE HUNDREDS. 57 LIST OF THE PARISHES AND PLACES COMPRISED IN THR HUNDREDS OF HEREFORDSHIRE • . Br~xash Hundred. Population, u,o4r ; area, 58,995 acres ; mhab1ted hou~es, 2 7393· Avenqury, Bodenham, Bredenbury, Brornyard, Collmgton, CowarnP. (Little), Cowarne (Much) Felton Grendon Bishop, Grendon_ Warren, Hampton Charles, ' Linton: J / Marden, Norton with Brockhampton, Ode· Pychard, Pencombe, Preston Wynne, Sapey (Upper), Stanford Bishop, Stoke Bliss (part of), Stoke Lacy, Sutton, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafer, Thornbury, Ullingswick, Wacton, Whitbourne, Winslow, Withington, and W olferlow. Ewyas Lacy Hundred. Population, 2,68o; area, 33,381 acres ; inhabited houses, 624. Clodock, Crasswall, Llancillo, Llanveyno, / (\] Longtown, Michaelchurch Eskley, Newton, Rowlstone, St. Margaret's, and W alters tone. Greytree Hundred. Population, I41 025; area, 46,074 acres; inhabited houses, 21949· Aston Ingham, Bartestree, Brampton Abbotts, Brockhampton, Dormington, Fownhope, Hope Mansel, 4.:,~ How Caple, Lea, Linton, Marcle (Much), Mordiford, Putley, Rossr Solars Hope, U pton Bishop, Walford, W eston-under-Penyardt W oolhope, and Y atton. Gr£msworth Hu1ldred. Population, 7,273; area, 36,587 acres; inhabited houses, I ,47 1. Bishopstone, Breinton (part of), Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Brobury, Burghill, Byford, Canon Pyon, Credenhill, r~ Dinmore, Hampton Bishop, Holmer and Shelwick (part of), Hunt- L / ington (part of), Kenchester, Mansell Gamage, Mansell Lacyt Monnington-on-Wye, Moreton-on-Lugg, Norton Canon, Pipecurn-Lyde, Staunton-on-Wye, Stretton Sugwas, Tupsley (part of), Wellington, Weobley, Wormsley, and Yazor. Hereford Cz'ty. Population, 19,82I; area, 4,969 acres; inhabited \ houses, 3,9 I 3· Hun!z'ngton Hundred. Population, 5,6 so; area, 27,909 a~res ; . inhabited houses, 17224. Brilley, Clifford, Combe, Cusop, Eardtsleyr \ ,- Huntington, Kington, Whitney, Willersley, and Winforton. Leomi1tster Borough. Population, 67 044 ; area, 8,o86 acres;. \ inhabited houses, I, 2 8 I. Radlow Hundred. Population, I3,737; area, .52,680 acres; inhabited houses, 3,027. Ashperton, Aylton, Btshop Frome, Bosbury Canon Frome Castle Frome, Coddington, Colwall, Cradley, Donnington, Eastnor, 7 Eggleton, Evesbach, Le~bury, Lugward~ne, -"" Marcle (Little), Moreton .Jeffries, Mun~ley, PIXley, Stoke Ed1th,. 'L.- Stretton Grandison, Tarnngton, W esth1de, Weston Beggard, and Yarkhill. Stretford Hundred. Population, 8,327; area, 45,299 a~res;: inhabited houses, I ,830. Alm~ley, Aymestrey (part of)1 Btrley, ,- Dilwyn (part of) Eardisland, Kmgs Pyon, Kmgsland, Kmnersley \ (part of), Letton (part of), Lyonshall, Monkland, Pernbridge, Shobdon, Stretford, and Staunton-upon-Arrow (part of). E

58 HEREFORDSHIRE POOR-LAW PNIONS. Webtree Hundred. Population, 8,764; area, 58,745 acres; inhabited houses, 1,829- Abbey Dore, Allensmore. Bacton, Blakemere, Bred wardine, Bullingham (part of), Callow, Clehonger, Dinedor, Dorstone, Dulas, Eaton Bishop, Ewyas Harold, Grafton, Haywood (part of), Holme Lacy, Kenderchurch or Howton, Kentchurch, Kingstone, Madley, Moccas, Peterchurch, Preston-uponWye, St. Devereux, Thruxton, Tyberton, Turnastone, Vowchurch, and W ormbridge. U'i"gmore Hundred. Population, 5,665 ; area, 46,354 acres; inhabited houses, I,I81. Aston, Aymestrey (part of), Brampton Brian, Buckton and Coxall, Burrington, B\ ton, Downton, Elton, Harpton (Lower), Kinsham, Knill, Leinthall Earles, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine, Lingen, Presteigne (part of) Staunton-uponArrow (part of), Titley, and W1gmore. · Wolphy Hundred. Population, 7,313; area, 46,917 acres; inhabited houses, 1,585. Brimfield, Croft. Docklow, Dilwyn (part of), Edwin Ralph, Eye Moreton and Ashton, Eyton, Ford or F"rdb1 idge, Hampton (New), Hampton Wafer, Hatfield. Hereford (Little), Hopeunder-Dinmore, Humber, Kimbolton, Kinne1sley (part of) Laysters, Letton (part of), Lucton, Ludford (part of), Luston, Middleton-onthe-Hill, Newton, Orleton, Puddles ton, Richard's Castle (part of), Sarnesfield, Stoke Prior, and Y arpole. Wormelow Hund1'ed (upper Dz"vz:Sz'on). Population, 4-542 ; area, 27,178 acres; inhabited houses, 97 2. Aeon bury, Ballingham, Birch {Little), Birch (Much), Bolstone, Dewchurch (Little), Dewchurcb (Much), Dewsall, Foy, Harewood, Haywood (part o! ), Kilpeck, Kentchurch (part of), King's Caple, Llandinabo, Llanwarne, Orcop, Pencoyd, Sellack, and Treville. Wormelow Hundred (Lower Dzvz"sion ). Population, 6,1 8o; area, 39,744 acres; inhabited houses, 1,326. Bridstow, Ganarew, Garway, Goodrich, Hentland, Llangarren, Llanrothall, Llangrove, Marstow, Peterstow, St. Weonard's, Tretire with Michaelchurch, Welsh Bicknor, Welsh Newton, and Whitchurch. LIST OF THE POOR-LAW UNIONS, WITH THE PLACES COMPRISED IN EACH, IN THE CouNTY OF HEREFORD. Bromyard U1Zz'on. (Population, II ,055 ; inhabited houses, 2-401 ; area, 62,49 5 acres ; rateable value, £77,6 r 5.) A ven bury, Bishop Frome, Bredenbury, Bromyard, Collinglon, CracHey (East and West), Cowarne (Little), Cowarne (Much), Edwin Ralph, Evesbach, Felton, Grendon Bishop, Grendon Warren, Hampton Charles, Linton, Lower Brockhampton, Moreton Jeffries, Norton with Brockhampton. Ocle Pychard, Pencombe, Saltmarshe, Sapey (Upper), Stanford Bishop, Stoke Lacy, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafer, Thornbury, Ullingswkk, Wacton, Whitbourne, Winslow, and Wolferlow. The parishes of Acton Beauchamp, Edwin Loach, and Lower Sapey (or Sapey Pitchard), in the county of Worcester, are also in this Union. Dore Un£on. (Population 8,568; inhabited houses, 1 1855 ; area, 74,917 acres; rateable value, .£74,154·) Abbey Dore, Bacton,

HEREFORDSHIRE POOR-LAW UNIONS. 59 Crasswall, Dulas, Ewyas Harold, Kenderchurch (or Howton), Rentchurch, Kilpeck, Kingstone, Llancillo, Llanveyno, Longtown, Madley, Michaelchurch Eskley, Ne,vton, Orcop, Peterchurch, Rowlstone, St. Devereux, St. Margaret's, Thruxton, Treville, Turnastone, Tyberton, Vowchurch, Walterstone, and Worm bridge. The parishes of Grosmont and Llangua, in the county of Monmouth, are also in this Union. Hn-eford llnzon. (Population, 34~526 ; inhabited houses, 6,936 ; area, 70,074 acres; rateable value, £224,422.) Aeon bury, All Saints' (Hereford), Allensmore, Bartestree, Birch (Little), Birch (Much), Bolstone, Breinton, Bullingham (Lower), Burghill and Tillington, Callow, Clehonger, Credenhill, Dewchurch (Little), Dewchurch (Much), Dewsall, Dinedor, Dinmore, Dorrnington, Eaton Bisnop, Fownhope, Grafton, Hampton Bishop, Haywood, Holme Lacy, Holmer and Shelwick, Holmer (within), Huntington, Kenchester, Lugwardine, Marden, Mordiford, Moreton-on-Lugg, Pipe-cum-Lyde, Preston Wynne, St. John Baptist (Hereford), St. Martin (Hereford), St. Nicholas (Hereford), St. Owen (Hereford), St. Peter (Hereford), Stoke Edith, Stretton Sugwas, Sutton, Tupsley, Vineyard, Wellington, Westhide, 'iV eston Beggard, and Withington. Kzizgton Um.on. (Population, 12,197; inhabited houses, 2,575; area, 94,762 acres; rateable value [in I88r] £I I0,035·) Brilley, Byton, Corn be, Eardisley (Upper and Lower), Harpton (Lower), Huntington, Kington, Kinsham, Knill, Lingen, Lyonshall, Pembricige, Rodd Nash and Little Brampton, Staunton-upon-Arrow, Stapleton, Titley, Willersley, Willey, and Winforton. The following parishes in Radnorshire are in this Union : Colva, Ednol, Evenjobb, Gladestry, Glascomb, Harpton and Woolpits, Kinnerton, Llandegley, Llanfihangel, Nantmelan, Michaelchurch-on-Arrow, Newchurch, Re1dnor (New), Radnor (Old) and BurlingjobbJ Trewern and Gwithla, Walton and Womaston. LedbU1y U11ion. (Population, I 2,605 ; inhabited houses. 2,7 37 ; area, 48,783 acres ; rateable value, £92,802.) Ashperton, Aylton, Bosbury, Canon Frome, Castle Frome, Coddington, Colwall, Donnington, Eastnor, Eggleton, Ledbury, Marcle (Little), Marcle (Much), Munsley, Pixley, Putley, Stretton Grandison, Tarrington, Woolhope, and Yarkhill. The parish of Mathon, in the county of \V orcester, is also in this Union. Leominster U1ztrm. (Population, I 4,648 ; inhabited houses, 3, I 79 ; area, 64,416 acres; rateable value, £1o7,63I.) Aymestrey, Bodenham, Croft, Docklow, Eye Moreton and Ashton, Eyton, Ford or Fordbridge, Hampton 'Vafer, Hatfield, Hope-under-Dinmore, Humber, Kimbolton, Kingsland, Laysters, Leominster In-Parish, Leominster Out-Parish, Lucton, Luston, Middleton-on-the-Hill, Monkland, Newhampton, Newton, Orleton, Puddleston, Shobdon, Stoke Prior, Yarpole and Bircher. Ross Union. (Population, I 6,090; inhabited houses, 3,409 ; area, 55,517 acres; rateable value [in 1888], £12.2,414.) Ballingham, Brampton Abbotts, Bridstow, Brockhampton, Foy, Goodrich, Harewood, Hentland, Hope Mansel, How Caple, King's Caple, Lea,

6o HEREFORDSHIRE POOR-LAW UNIONS. Llandinabo, Llangarren, Llanwarne, Marstow, Pencoyd, Peterstow, Ross, St. W eonard's, Sellack, Sollers Hope, Tretire with Michaelchurch~ Upton Bishop, Walford, Weston-under-Penyard, and Yatton. The parish of Ruardean, in the county of Gloucester, is also in this Union. Weobley Union. (Population, 8,179; inhabited houses, 1,789; area, 48,959 acres; rateable value [in 188r], £66,456.) Almeley, Birley, Bishopstone, Blakernere, Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Brobury, Byford, Canon Pyon, Dilwyn, Eardisland, King's Pyon, Kinnersley, Letton, Mansell Gamage, Mansell Lacy, Moccas, Monnington-uponWye, Norton Canon, Preston-upon-Wye~ Sarnesfield, Stauntonon-Wye, Stretford, Weobley, Worrnsley, Yazor. Abergavenny Union (belonging to Mo1zmouthshire). (Population in Herefordshire, 89; inhabited houses, r8; area, z,roi acres; rateable value [in 1881], £579.) Fwthog (or Fwddog). Hay Union (belonging to Brecknockshz"re). (Population in Herefordshire, 2,032 ; inhabited houses, 479; area, r7,929 acres; rateable value [in r88r], £23,263.) Bredwardine, Clifford, Cusop, Dorstone, and Whitney. Knz"ghton Unio11, (belonging to Radnorshire). (Population itl Herefordshire, 841; inhabited houses, r67; area, 7,959 acres; rateable value [in r88r], [8,694-) Brampton Brian, Adforton Stanway Paytoe and Grange Walford Letton and Newton (in Leintwardine parish), and Buckton and Coxall (in the parish of Bucknell, Salop). Ludlow Union (belongz'ng to Shropshzre). (Population in Herefordshire, 2,68o; inhabited houses, 560; area, 17,963 acres; rateable value [in r881], £25,785.) Aston, Burrington, Downton, Elton, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine (part of), Ludford (part of), Richard's Castle (part of), and Wigmore. Monmouth Union (bel9ngz1zg to Monmozdhshire ). (Population in Herefordshire, r,855; inhabited houses, 410; area, 18,369 acres; rateable value [in r88r], £n,IS3·) Ganarew, Garway, Llanrothall, Welsh Bicknor, Welsh Newton, and Whitchurch. Newent Uizz"on (belonging to Gloucestershire). (Population in Herefordshire, 1,445; inhabited house~, 322; area, 5,153 acres; rateable value [in r88r]. £7,05I.) Aston Ingham and Linton. Tenbmy Unz"on (belongz"ng to Wo1'cestershire). (Population in Herefordshire, 1,306; inhabited houses, 286; area, 6,540 acres; rateable value [in r88r], £107185.) Brimfield, Hereford (Little), and Stoke Bliss. The rateable value as gt"vm above, is taken from the Annual Statements for r889 of the various Unions. When the figures were not obtainable in this way, they have been extracted from the "Poor Law Unions Blue Book," and the dates placed t"n brackets, tlzus [IJ'88].

HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COURTS. 61 HEREFORDSHIRE CouNTY CouRTS. Cz'rcuz't 23 (pm-t of.) Yudge. His Honour Sir Rupert Alfred Kettle, Merridale, Wolverhampton. The Superinte1ldent. County Court Department, Treasury, Whitehall, S.W. Towns. Registrars. High Bailiff. Bromyard ......... A. W. Knott, Esq ....... ·. F W D E L db G H P . E . . yer, sq. e ury ...... ... . . 1per, sq ........ .. Circuit 24 (part of.) :fudge. His Honour Judge W. S. Owen, Ty-Gwyn, Abergavenny. The Superz"ntendent. County Court Department, Treasury, Whitehall, S.W. Town. Registrar. High Bailiff. Ross ................ N. K. Collins, Esq ............ G. F. Watkins Esq. Czrcuit 27 (part of.) .Judge. His Honour Judge Robert Melville, The Weir, Hereford. The Superintendent. County Court Department, Treasury, Whitehall, S. W. Town. Registrars. High Bailiffs. Hereford ....... ].Carless, jun., Esq ...... ., ........ The Registrar. Leominster ..... George T. Robinson, Esq ......... The Registrar. C£rcuit 28 (part cif.) .Judge. His Honour Judge Bishop, Llandovery. The Szeper£ntendent. County Court Department, Treasury, Whitehall, S. W. Town. Registrar. High Bailiff. Kington ........ Anthony Temple, Esq ......... Edward Johnes, Esq. LIST OF THE COUNTY CoURT DISTIUCTS, WITH THE PLACES COMPRISED IN EACH, IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD :- Bromyard Dt'.strzct (part of). Avenbury, Bishop Frome, Bredenbury, Bromyard, Collington, Cowarne (Little), Cowarne (Much), Edwin Ralph, Evesbach, Felton, Grendon Bishop, Grendon Warren, Hampton Charles, Linton, Moreton Jeffries, Norton, Ocle Pychard, Pencombe, Sapey (Upper), Stanford Bishop, Stoke Lacy, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafer, Thornbury, Ullingswick, Wacton, Whitbourne, Winslow, Wolferlow. He1'eford District. Abbey Dare, Aconbury, Allensmore, All Saints' (Hereford), Bacton, Bartestree, Belmont, Birch (Little), Birch (Much), Bishopstone, Blakemere, Bolstone, Breinton, Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Brobury, Bullingham (Lower), Burghill, Byford, Callow, Canon Pyon, Clehonger, Credenhill, Dewchurch (Little), Dewchurch (Much), Dewsall, Dinedor, Dinmore, Dormington, Dulas, Eaton Bishop, Ewyas Harold, Fownhope, Grafton, Grosmont, Hampton Bishop, Haywood, Holmer and Shelwick, Holmer (within), Holme Lacy, Huntington, Kenchester, Kenderchurch, Kentchurch, Kilpeck, Kings Pyon, Kingstone, Letton, Llancillo, Llangua,

62 HEREFORDSHIRE COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS. Lugwardine, Madley, Mansell Gamage, Mansell Lacy, Marden, Michaelchurch Eskley, Moccas, Monnington, Mordiford, Moreton-onLugg, Newton (in Clodock), N orton Canon, Ode Livers, Orcop, Peterchurch, Pipe-cum-Lyde, Pontrilas, Preston-upon-Wye, Preston Wynne, Rowlstone, St. Devereux, St. John Baptist (Hereford), St. Margaret's, St. Martin (Hereford), St. Nicholas (Hereford), St. Owen (Hereford), St. Peter (Hereford), Staunton-on-Wye, Stoke Edith, Stretton Sugwas, Sutton, Thruxton, Tillington, Treville, Tupsley, Turnastone, Tyberton, Vowchurch, Wellington, Westhide, Weston Beggard, Withington, Wormbridge, Wormsley, Yazor. K£ngton Dzstr£ct (part of) A1meley, Brilley, Eardisley, Harpton (Lower), Huntington, Kington, Kinnersley, Lyonshall, Pembridge, Sarnesfield, Staunton-upon-Arrow, Titley, Willersley, Winforton. Ledb~try District. Ashperton, Aylton, Bosbury, Canon Frame, Castle Frame, Coddington, Colwall, Donnington, Eastnor, Eggleton, Ledbury, Marcle (Little), Marcle (Much), Munsley, Pixley, Putley, Stretton Grandison, Tarrington, Wellington Heath, Woolhope, Yarkhill. Leomznster D-istrict. Aymestrey, Bircher, Birley, Bodenham, Croft, Dilwyn, Oocklow, Eardisland, Eye, Eyton, Ford or Fordbridge, Hampton Wafer, Hatfield, Hope-under-Dinmore, Humber, Kimbolton, Kingsland, Laysters, Leinthall Earles, Leominster, Lucton, Luston, Middleton-on-the-Hill, Monkland, Moreton and Ashton, Newhampton, Newton, Orleton, Puddleston, Shobdon, Stoke Prior, Stretbrd, W eobley, Y arpole. Ross D£strzd. Ballingham, Bishopswood, Brampton A.bbotts, Bridstow, Brockhampton, Fawley, Foy, Goodrich, Harewood, Hentland, Hoarwithy, Hope Mansel, How Caple, King's Caple, Lea, Linton, Llandinabo, Llangarren, Llanwarne, Marstow, Pencoyd, Peterstow, Ross, St. Weonard's, Sellack, Sellers Hope, Tretire with Michaelchurch, Upton Bishop, Walford1 Weston-under-Penyard1 Yatton. Abergavemzy Dz"stnd ( pm·t of). Fwthog, Llanveyno, Longtown, W alterstone. Hay Dzstrict (pm·t of). Bredwardine, Clifford, Crasswall, Cusop, Dorstone, Whitney. Kn£ghton Distrzct (part of). Brampton Brian, Buckton, Leintwardine (part of.) Ludlow Dzstrzct (part of). Aston, Burr~ngton, Down ton, El ton, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine (part of), Li.J.dford, Richard's Castle, Wi,?;more. Jkfalvern D£strzct (part of). Cradley. Monmouth Dzstr£ct (part of). Ganarew, Garway, Llanrothall, Welsh Bicknor, Welsh Newton, Whitchurch. Newent Dzstnd (part 'Jf ). Aston Ingham. Prestei'gne D-istrict (part of). Little Brampton, Byton, Combe, Kinsham, Lingen, Rodd Nash, Rod Hurst, Stapleton, Willey. Tenbury Dzstr£ct (part of). Brimfield, Hereford (Little), Stoke Bliss.

HEREFORDSHIRE CORONERS' DISTRICTS. 63 CoRONERS' DISTRICTS. (Formed pursuant to 7 and 8 Vz'ct. cap. 92). Hereford Dz'strz'ct. Abbey Dore, Aconbury, Allensmore, Ashperton, Aston Ingham, Aylton, Bacton, Ballingham, Bartestree, Birch (Little), Birch (Much), Bishopstone, Blakemere. Bolstone, Bosbury, Brampton Abbotts, Bredwardine, Breinton, Bridge Solers, Bridstow, Brinsop. Brockhampton, Bullingham (Lower), Burghill, Byford, Callow, Canon Frome, Castle Frome, Clehonger, Coddington, Colwall, Crasswall, Credenhill, Dewchurch (Little), Dewchurch (Much), Dewsall, Dinedor, Gonnington, Dorrnington, Dorstone, Dulas, Ea[Qn Bi~hop, Eastnor, Eggleton, Ewyas Harold, Fownhope, Foy, Ganarew, Garway, Goodrich, Grafton, Hampton Bishop, Harcwood, Haywood, Hentland, Holmer and Shelwick, Holmer (within), Holme Lacy, Hope Mansel, How Caple, Kenchester, Kenderchurch, Rentchurch, Kilpeck, King's Caple, Kingstone, Lea, Ledbury, Linton, Llancillo, Llandinabo, Llangarren, Llanrothall, Llanwarne, Llanveyno, Longtown, Lugwardine, Madley. Mansell Gamage, Mansell Lacy, Marcle (Little), Marcle (Much), Marden, Marstow, Michaelchurch Eskley, Moccas, Monnington, Mordiford, Moreton-on-Lugg, Munsley, Newton, Ode Pychard, Orcop, Peterchurch, Pipe-cumLyde, Pixley, Pencoyd, Preston-upon-Wye, Preston Wynne, Peterstow, Putley, Ross, Rowlstone, Sellack, Solars Hope, St. Devereux, St. Margaret's, St. Weonard's, Stoke Edith, Stretton Grandison, Stretton Sugwas, Sutton, Tarrington, Thruxton, Tillington, Tretire with Michaelchurch, Treville, Turnastone, Tyberton, Upton Bishop, V<lwchurch, Walford, Walterstone, Welsh Bicknor, Welsh Newton, Westhide,· Weston Beggard, Weston-under-Penyard, vVhitchurch, Withington, Woolhope, Wormbridge, Wormsley, Yarkhill, Yatton, and Yazor. Leomi1lster District. Adforton, Almeley, Aston, Avenbury, Aymcstrey, Birley, Bishop Frome, Bodenham, Brampton Brian, Bredenbury, Brilley, Brimfield, Brobury, Bromyard, Buckton and Coxall, Burrington, Byton, Canon Pyon, Clifford, Collington, Combe, Cowarne (Little), Cowarne (Much), Cradley, Croft, Cusop, Dilwyn, Dinmore, Docklow, Downtnn, Eardisland, Eardisley, Edwin Loach, Edwin Ralph, Elton, Evesbach, Eye, Eyton, Felton, Ford, Grendon Bishor, Grendon Warren, Hampton Charles, Harpton (Lower), Hatfield, Hereford (Little), Hergest, Hope-under-Dinmore, Humber, Huntington, Kimbo1ton, Kington, Kingsland, Kings Pyon, Kinsham, Kinnersley, Knill, Laysters, Leominster Borough, Leominster Out Parish, Leinthall StarKes, Leintwardine (part of), Letton, Lingen, Linton Township. Lucton, Ludford (part of), Luston, Lyonshall, Middleton-on-thc-Hil1, Monkland, Moreton Jeffries, Newton, Norton with Brockhampton, Norton Canon, Orleton, Pembridge, Pencombe, Puddleston, Rodd Nash and Little Brampton, Richard's Castle (part of), Sapey (Upper), Sarnesfield, Shobdon, Stanford Bishop, Stapleton and Frog-street, Staunton-upon-Arrow, Staunton-on-Wye, Stoke Bliss, Stoke Lacy, Stoke Prior. Stretford, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafer, Thorn bury, Titley, Ullingswick, W acton, W alford, Wellington, vVeobley, Whitbourne, Whitney, Wigmore, Willey, Willersley, Winforton, Winslow, Wolferlow, and Yarpole.

64- HEREFORDSHIRE PE rTY SESSIONAL DIVISIONS. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF PARISHES AND PLACES COMPRISED IN THE SEVERAL PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISIONS:- Bredwardz'ne Dzvzszon. (Population, 2,735 ; area, 22,927 acres; inhabited houses, 646.) Bredwardine, Clifford, Cusop, Dorstone, Whitney, Willersley, and Winforton. Bromyard Dzvz"sion. (Population, 10,746; area, 59,047 acres; inhabited houses, 2,348.) Avenbury, Bredenbury, Bishop Frome, Bromyard, Brockhampton (Lower), Collington, Cowarne (Little), Cowarne (Much), Cradley, Edwin Ralph, Evesbach, Felton, Grendon Bishop, Grendon Warren, Hampton Charles, Linton, Moreton Jeffries, Norton with Brockhampton, Ocle Pychard and Livers Ode, Pen corn be, Saltmarshe, Sapey (Upper), Stanford Bishop, Stoke Bliss, Stoke Lacy, Tedstone Delamere, Tedstone Wafer, Thornbury Netherwood and Westwood, Ullingswick, W acton, Whitbourne, Winslow, and Wolferlow. Dare Dzvz"sion. (Population, 7,322 ; area, 67,082 acres; inhabited houses, r ,sRo.) Abbey Dore, Bacton, Crass wall, Dulas, Ewyas Harold, Fwthog, Kenderchurch (or Howton), Kentchurch Llanhz'thog, Kilpeck, Kingstone, Llancillo, Llanveyno, Longtown, Madley, Michaelchurch Eskley, Newton, Peterchurch, Rowlstone, St. Devereux, St. Margaret's, Thruxton, Treville, Turnastone, Tyberton, V owchurch, W alterstone, and W ormbridge. Harewood End Dz"vzsz'on. (Population, 8,517; area, 47,786 acres; inhabited houses, 1838.) Ballingham, Birch (Little), Birch (Much), Bolstone, Dewchurch (Little), Dewchurch (Much), Dewsall, Ganarew, Ganvay, Harewood, Hentland, King's Capel, Llandinabo, Llangarren, Llanwarne, Llanrothal, Marstow, Orcop, Pencoyd, Peterstow, St. Weonard's, Sellack, Tretire with Michaelchurch, Welsh Newton, and Whitchurch. Hereford Division. (Population, I 2,920 ; area, 54,988 acres ; inhabited houses, 2,640.) Aconbury, Allensmore, Bartestree, Breinton, Bullingham (Lower), Burghill and Tillington, Callow, Clehonger, Credenhill, Dinedor, Dinmore~ Dormington, Eaton Bishop, Fownhope, Grafton, Hampton Bishop, Haywood, Holme Lacy, Holrner and Shelwick, Holmer (\\·ithin), Kenchester, Lugwardine, Marden, Mordiford, Moreton-upon-Lugg, Pipe-cum-Lyde, Preston Wynne, Stoke Edith, Stretton Sugwas, St. ] ohn the Baptist (part of), Sutton, Tupsley (part of), Vineyard (The), Wellington, West hide, Weston Beggard, and Withington. K£11gton Dz"vt"sion. (Population, 8,252 ; area, 43,124 acres ; inhabited houses, I ,749.) Brilley, Byton, Corn be, Eardisley, Harpton (Lower), Huntington ; Kington, Old Kz"ngtnn, Ba1'ion, Chtckward, and Hargest; Kinsham, Knill, Lyonshall, Pembridge, Rodd Nash and Little Brampton, Stapleton, Staunton-uron-Arrow, and Titley. Lrdbury Dz1nsz"on. (Population, I I ,SOT ; area, 45,417 acres ; inhabited houses, 2,489.) Ashperton, Aylton, Bosbury with Upleadon, Canon Frome, Castle Frome, Coddington, Colwall, Donnington, Eastnor, Eggleton, Ledbury, Marcle (Little), Marcle (Much), Munsley, Pixley, Putley, Stretton Grandison, Tarrington, W oolhope, and Y arkhill.

COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. Leom£nster Dz"vz"sz"on. (Population, 9,031 j area, 54,482 acres; inhabited houses, r,987.) Bodenham, Brimfield, Croft, Docklow; Eye Ashton and Moreton; Eyton, Ford, Hampton Wafer, Hatfield, Hereford (Little) with Upton, Hope-under-Dinmore, Humber, Kimbolton and Hamnish Clifford, Kingsland and Longford, Leysters, Leominster (borough) : Leominster (out-parish), Ivingto11, Stagbatch, Wharton, Brz"erley, B~aton, Henner,and Hyde Mills; Lawton,Lucton, Luston, Middleton-on-the-Hill, Monkland, Newhampton, Newton, Orleton ; Puddleston, Brockmanton and Whyle; Richard's Cattle (part of), Risbury, Stoke Prior, Stockton, West Town, Westwood, W oonton, and Y arpole and Bircher. Ross Dz'vz"sio11. (Population,. 11,917 ; area, 42, I 8o acres ; inhabited houses, 2,506.) Aston Ingham, Brampton Abbotts, Bridstow, Brockhampton; Foy, Eaton Tregoes; Goodrich, Hope Mansel, How Caple, Lea, Linton, Ross, Sollers Hope, Upton Bishop, Walford, Welsh Bicknor, Weston-under-Penyard, and Yatton. Weobley Dz'vtsz"o11.. (Population, 7,604 ; area, 45,290 acres ; inhabited houses, r,655.) Almeley, Birley, Bishopstone, Blakemere, Bridge Solers, Brinsop. Brobury, Byford, Dilwyn, Canon Pyon, Eardisland, Kings Pyon; Kinnersley, Newchurch; Letton, Mansell Gamage, Mansell Lacy, Moccas, Monnington-on-Wye, N orton Canon, Preston-upon-Wye, Sarnesfield, Staunton-on-Wye, Stretford, Weobley, Wormsley, and Yazor. Wzgmore Divt"sion. (Population, 4,652 ; area, 37,540 acres; inhabited houses, 973.) Aymestrey, Adforton; Aston, Stanway,Paytoe and Gtange; Brampton Brian, Buckton and Coxall, Burrington, Downton, Elton, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine, Lingen, Ludford, Shobdon, Walford, Letton, Newton, Wigmore, and Willey. THE CoMMISSION OF THE PEACE FOR THE CouNTY oF HEREFORD. (Those marked thus * have not qualified. ) Bateman, the Right Hon. William, Lord, Keeper of the Rolls of the Peace of the County, Shobdon Court, R.S.O. Acton, Augustus \Vood, Acton Scott, Church Stretton, R.S.O., Salop. Alexander, Rev. Godfrey Edward, Stoke Bliss, Tenbury. Alien, Benjamin Haigh, Clifford Priory, Hay, R.S.O. Alien, Captain Evans Mynd"l, Manor HouRe, U pton Bishop, Ross. Arbuthnot, Colonel George, R.A., 5, Belgrave Place, S. \V. Arch dale, Audley Mervyn, U nderdown, Led bury. Arkwright, John Hungerford, Hampton Court, Leominster. Armitage, Arthur, Dadnor, Ross. A~twood·Mathews, Benjamin St. John, Pontrilas, R.S.O. Aynsley, Rev. John Crugar Murray, Great Brampton, Hereford. 13acon, Edward, Henley-on-Thames. Bailey, Sir Joseph Russell, Bart., M.P., Glanusk Park, Crickhowell. Bailey, Henry James, RowdPn Abbey, Bromyard. Baillie, Hamilton, Dowarrl House, Monmouth. *Baldwyn·Childe, Rev. E. G., Kyre Park, Ten bury. *Banks, Richard William, Ridgbourne, Kington. Ba.nnerman, J ames M urray, W yaston Leys, Monmouth. Barnehy, William, Saltmarshe Castle, Bromyard. Ba.rneby, William Henry, Bredenbury Court, Bromyard. Baskerville, Lieut .. Col. Herbert W. M., Clyro Court, Hay, R.S.O. *Baskerville, Waiter Thomas Mynors, Olyro Court, Hay, R.S.O.

66 COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. Benn, Anthony, Puddleston Court, Leominster. Berington, Charles Michael, Little Malvern Court. *Berington, Lieut.-Col. John, late Herefordshire Militia. Betton, Richard, Overton House, Lmllow. Biddulph, Michael, M.P., Ledbury. *Biddulph, Robert Middleton, Chirk Castle, Chirk. Blisset, Rev. Henry, Letton, Hereford. Bosanquet, Captain Day Hort, R.N. Boughton, Sir Charles Henry Rouse, Bart., Downton Hall, Salop. Boughton-Knight, Andrew Rouse, Downton OastlP, Ludlow. Boughton-Knight, Charle8 Andrew Rouse, Downton Castle, Ludlow. Bourne, Col. Robert, Cowarne Court, Ledbury. Bridgford, Colonel Robert, C. B., U pton Newton, Kinnersley. Broadwood, 'vValter t;tewart, Ferney. Malvern \V ells. Brown, Major John Michael, Hall Court, Bromyard. Browne, Rev. Henry, Eastham, Tenbury. Brydges, Sir Harford J ames J ones, Bart., Boultibrook, Presteign. Buckle, Rev. John, Ashperton, Ledbury. Burlton, Thomas, Eaton Hill, Leominster. Caldwall, Bonham, ~arsh House, Leominster. Capper, Richard Harcourt, Northgate, Ross. Chesterfield, The Right Hon. Henry Ji~dwyn Francis, The Earl of, IIolme Lacy, Hereford. Childe-Freeman, Arthur John, Ferney Bank, Sapey Bridge, Worcester. Olive, Major-Gen. EdwarJ Henry, 16, Ennismore Gardens, Princes' Gate, S. W. Clowes, John, Burton Court, Pembridge, R.S.O. Clowes, Major Peter Legh, Burt.on Court, Pembridge, R.S.O. Cockburn, Sir Edward Cludde, 8art., Pennoxstone, Ross. Coke, Major-Gen. Sir John, K.C.B., Lemore, Eardisley. Collins, Captain John Stratford, Wytball, Ross. Cooke, 0. W. Radcliffe, M. P., Hellens, Much Marcle, Gloucester. Cooke, His Honour .Judge \Villiam Henry, Q. C., 42, Wimpole Street, W., and Sufton Court, Hereford. Cornewall, Rev. Sir George Henry, Bart., .lnoccas Court, Hereford. *Cotterell, Sir Henry Geers, Bart., Garnons, Hereford. Cotterell, John Geers, Garnons, Hereford. Cox, Lieut.-Col. Richard Snead, Broxwood, Weobley, R.S.O. Cresswell, Oswald E., Morney Cross, Hereford. Cresswell, George, Stretton House, Hereford. Croft, Sir Herbert George Den man, Bart., Lugwardine Court, Hereford; Deputy Chairman of Qnarter Sessions, Herefordshire. Dansey, Richard Ingram, The Sheet, Ludlow. Davenport, Rev. Geor.;e Horatio, Foxley, Heref,)fd. Decie, Col. Richard Prescott, Bockleton Court, Tenbury. Dew, Major Frederick Napleton, St. Owen Street, Hereford. Dew, Rev. Henry, Whitney, R.S.O. Dew, Tomkyns, Whitney Court, R.S.O. de Winton, Robert Henry, Graftonbury, Hereford. Done, Richard Henry, The Moor, Hay. Doughty, Major Chester, Hampton Park, Hereford. Duckham, Thomas, Holmer Road, Hereford. Dunne, Thomas Russel1, Bircher House, Leominster. Ecroyd, William Farrer, Credenhill Park, Hereford. Enderby, Captain William, Munderfield Harold, Bromyard. Evans, Edward Bickerton, Whitbourne Hall, Worcester. Evans, .John Bowle, 6, l>ouro Villa<~, Cheltenham. Evans, Rev. Richard, Eyton Hall, Leominster. Evelyn, Frant.:is Lyndon, Corton, Presteign. Fitzmayer, Gen. Sir .Tames William, R.A .. K.C.B., The Chase, Ross. Fletcher, Major John Lynch, Tros-y-rabon, Beaumaris. Foley, Henry ,T ohn W entworth, Pre:;twood, Stonrbridge. Franklyn, Major-Gen. ~arles 'freg-ance, C. B., Wigmore, Kingsland, R S 0. Gillespie, Major-Gen. W'illiam Au~ustus, Trewyn House, Abergavenny. Gisborne, William, Lingen, Presteign. Godson, George Rushout, The Court, Tenbury. Green, Richard, The Whittern, Kington. Greenly, Edward Howorth, Titley C"urt, R.S.O. Griffin, George, Newton Court, Monmouth. Griffiths, Major Richard John, N ewcourt, Hereford.