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562 LYONS HALL. at 5.30 p.m. The wall letter-box near the school is cleared at 5.40 p.m. Kington is the nearest money order and telegraph office, and post town, Pansh Church (SS. M£chael and All Angels). Rev. Charles . Edward Maddison Green, M.A., Vicar_; Richard Green, Esq., and Col. Price, Churchwardens/ William Burgoyne, Sexton. Natz'onal School (boys and g£rls). Mr. Thomas Nixon, Master.; Miss Nixon and Miss Hayward, Assz'stant Mzstresses. Baptist Chapel. M£m'sters various. Pr£mifz've Methodist Chapel, Next End. M£msters various. Lyonshall Raz1way Station (Kington and Eardisley Razlway).- Henry Saxty, Station .lJ:faster. Tz'tley Railway Station ( Leomzizster and Kz1zgton Railway). Wm. Wathen, Station Master. · Deputy Steward of the .J.l.fanor of Lyonshall. Anthony Temple, Esq., Solicz'tor, Kington; Mr. William Bufton, H£gh Bazlijf. Ass£stant Overseer. Mr. William Bufton. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Addis Matthew, Brick house Bannister, Miss, Church house Beavan, J. G., Penrhos court Bennett, J ames, Woodlands Bryan, Miss, Church house Delfosse, Edw., The Ovals Fowle, Mrs., The Laurels Green, Rev. Prebendary Charles Edward Maddison, M.A. (vicar, surrogate for the diocese of Hereford, prebendary of Withington Parva in Hereford cathedral, and rural dean), The Vicarage Green, Richard, J.P., D.L., county alderman, The Whittern Hall, John, West field villa J ames, Lieut. -Col. John, J. P .,jBryn-curl Mackie, Mrs., Summer court Parkes, Mrs. S. A., Ashwood, Litfield Price, Colonel Robert H., (master of the Radnorshire and West Herefordshire hounds) Castle weir Ree, Miss Harnett, The Village Robinson, Stephen, J.P., D.L., county alderman, Lynhales W atson, William, Howe house Westerton, Mrs., Sydney villa COMMERCIAL. Addis, Joseph, wheelwright, carpenter, and cottage farmer Atkinson, S., Next end farm, farm bailiff to R. Green Ball, Wm., auctioneer and land agent, The Firs Beavan, J. G., farmer and landowner, Penrhos court Billing, Charles, farmer, Upper house Boore, Thomas, farmer, New house Britten, W. E., farmer, Elsdon Bufton, William, collector of taxes, assistant overseer, estate agent, and sanitary inspector to Kington Rural Sanitary Authority, Tan house Burgoyne, William, mason, &c., Park · cottage Caldicott, Henry, miller, Lord's mill, Titley Chandler, T., farmer & machinist, Rosehill farm Clarke, Thomas, gardener and freeholder, The Rhyse Cowles, C., Railway Tavern, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price lists and particulars on application Davies, Geo., carpenter, Maidenhead Inn. Duggan, :Mrs., miller, Bullock's mill Ed wards, J ames, farmer, Sheriffs Freeman, John, farmer, Lewiswych Greenway, Wm., carpenter and cottage farmer, Lewiswych Hadley, \Vm., police constable Hammond, David, auctioneer Hill, George, tailor Hobby, Mrs. & Son, farmers, Cotmore fm. Hughes, Thomas., farmer, The Little Holme Ties, Mrs. Mary, grocer, New street J enkins, Evan, farmer, Castle Weir farm Johnson, John N., farmer & horse dealer, Summer court J ones, William, farmer, W oonton's Ash Lee, William, gardener, &c., The village Lewis, ,John, farmer, Park gate Lewis, Thomas, farmer, and proprietor of agricultural machines, The Holme Lewis, Thomas, farmer, Hunton Lilwall, James, cottage farmer Mainwaring, Mrs., Moor court farm Morgan, David, farmer and cattle dealer, The Lower Holme Morris, George, carpenter, Corner house Morris, Thos., beer retailer, Holly Bush Inn, Next End Nixon, Thomas, schoolmaster Norgrove, William, farmer, Wood farm

LYONSHALL-MADLEY. OLD RADNOR LIME, ROADstone, and General Trading Company: coal, coke, slate, pipe, and builders merchants; head office, Kington ; agent, Ben. Arrowsmith, Lyonshall station Parker, George, carpenter Powell, Thos., cottage farmer, Waterloo Bridge Powell, Wm., cottage farmer, Sourbrook Price, Chas., shopkeeper, Holmes marsh PRICE, DANIEL, The George Hotel, good beds and every accommodation for tourists, stabling, &c., farmer and coal merchant Price, Mrs., Mary, blacksmith and subpostmistress Price, Thomas, farmer, Cmmp oak Ratcliffe, J., florist and seedsman, Crackdonia Ricketts, J., shoemaker Roberts, William, grocer and butcher Savigar, Joseph, carpenter and cottage farmer, The Rhyse Saxty, Henry, station master, J~yonshall Stephens, Thomas, cottage farmer, Coldhart farm Thomas, William, boot and shoemaker, Ivy cottage Wall, Geo., cottage farmer, Lewiswych W a then, William, station master, Titley station Watkins, Robert, cot. farmer, Old Shop Williams, John, tailor, Next end Woolley, Thomas, farmer and landowner, The Rhyse MADLEY. MADLEY is an extensive parish and village situated on the main road from Hereford to Hay, via Blakemere, distant 7 miles W. ofHereford, I 7 N. W. of Ross, and 2 I N. of Monmouth ; is in We btree hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Hereford county court district, and Kingstone polling district and electoral division of the _county council. The population in I87I was 9II ; in 1881, 841 ; inhabited houses, 178; families or separate occupiers, 195; area of parish, 5,238 acres; annual rateable value, £7,019. The parish is in several manors. The principal landowners are R. H. Lee-Warner, Esq., the Governors of Guy's Hospital, London, Mrs. Maddy, Rev. John Crugar Murray-Aynsley, and the Misses Morris. The soil is rich loam and gravel; subsoil, red sandstone and limestone; chief produce, wheat, barley, hops, roots, and fruit. In the village is a stone cross, consisting of a pedestal and shaft, and in the churchyard are the remains of another cross. In this parish was formerly a castle, the site of which is well indicated by a mound and a moat. The foundation of an ancient chapel was removed a few years since at Chilstone. Near to here are visible traces of a circular mound, supposed to be the remains of a tumulus, at which there is a very ancient yew-tree. Madley is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a vicarage, with the chapelry of Tyberton annexed ; joint value, £566, with residence and 3:!- acres of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Philip Edgar Pratt, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, who is a surrogate for the diocese of Hereford and who was instituted in 188o. The church, dedicated to the Natzv£ty of St. Mary, is a very ancient stone edifice in the Early English style of architecture. It consists of nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north porch, and square embattled tower containing six bells. There is a second south aisle called "The Chilstone Chapel." The restoration of this beautiful and interesting fabric was completed in I878, when it was re-opened on St. Mark's Day. The fine vaulted oak roof over the nave, arches, and porch, has been restored; much decayed stonework has been replaced, and the tower ,.

MADLEY. put in thorough repair. The edifice, capable of seating I,Soo persons, far exceeds the requirements of the parish, and was in former years partitioned so as to contain chapels for the chantry priests attached to it. There are three beautiful stained glass windows in the chancel, a crypt under the chancel, stone font, ten monuments, and several tablets. The earliest register is dated I 559· The charities belonging to the parish are of £42 yearly value. There is a national school for boys and girls with accommodation for 203 children ; average attendance, 93· The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here and also at Shenmore. PosTAL REGULATIONS. John Taylor, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Hereford at 6.40 a.m.; despatched thereto at 6 p.m. Money orders are granted and paid, and savings bank business transacted. The letter-box at Cublington Villa is cleared at 5.3o p.m., and that at Little Brampton at 5.50 p.m. Hereford is the nearest telegraph office and post town. Letters should be addressed Madley, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St .. ilfary's). Rev. Philip Edgar Pratt, M.A., Vicar~· Messrs. Thomas Powell and John Broad, Churchwardens/ Thomas Bennett, Parish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Mr. James Merrick, 1J£aster j Miss Ada A. Davies, Assistant Mistress. Prlmitive Methodist Chapel, Shenmore. Ministers various. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Madley. Mbtisters various. Registrar of Births and Deaths for Madley DistriCt of Dore Utzion.- Mr. John Taylor, Post-office. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Thomas Preece, Shenmore cottage. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at Willia m .Ariss Mrs. ]ones Mrs. Broad Mrs. Alcock Wed. & Sat. do. Stopping Place Butcher's Arms do. 4 0 4 0 4 0 4 0 do. do. Letters for Canon Bridge, Field's place, Field's mills, Swinmore farm, Swinmore villa, and W ormhill, should be addressed Eaton Bishop, Hereford PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Aynsley, Rev. John Crugar Murray, M.A., J.P., Great Brampton Lucas, Rev. Noel, B.A., Lulham court Pratt, Rev. P. E., M. A. (vicar of Madley with Tyberton, and surrogate for the diocese of Hereford), The Vicarage Price, N. G., Showell villa V aughan, Mrs. Margaret, Swinmore villa Wall, 1\Irs. Caroline, Yew Tree villa COMMERCIAL. Abercrombie, Thomas, farmer and county councillor, Castle farm Addis, John Edwd, shopkeeper, Shenmore Spread Eagle Butcher's Arms Addis, Price, farmer, Upper Cublington Alcock, Mrs. Betsey, carrier Ariss, John, shoemaker, Brampton Ariss, Wm., farmer & carrier, Blenheim Badham, Mrs. Ann, farmer, Town house Barnett, Arthur, police constable, Cross cottage Beavan, Arthur, castrator Beavan, John, farmer, Church house Beavan, John, mason, Shenmore Bennett, Thomas, parish clerk Bishop, J ames, blacksmith & implement maker Bosley, Richard, miller, Field's mill Bradley, Thomas, farm bailiff, Webton court Broad, John, farmer, Field's place Broad, Mrs. Emma, carrier, Shenmore Broad, Thos. B., farmer, Chilstone court Cla.rke, Henry William, carpenter and wheelwright

MADLEY MANSEL GAMAGE. Collins, William, threshing machine proprietor, Jitnel cottage Cooke, Jno., Comet Inn, Woodyatt'scross Davies, William, haulier, Folly Elton, William, mason EVANS, JAMES, tea dealer and provision merchant. Agent for the Trent V alley Brewery Co.'s far-famed Lichfield ales Evans, Thomas, farmer, Yew-tree cottage Garrett, Chas., farmer, Lower & Middle Cublington Hall, John Lister, farmer, Lulbam Handley, Tbos., farmer, Lower Lulbam Haynes, John, farmer, Shenmore Hewer, George, butcher, Madley Huggins, Charles, farmer, Bage farm Hughes, John, farmer, Little Brampton Hughes, William, threshing machine pro· prietor, Cublington villa J ones, Arthur, farmer, carrier & parish constable, Shenmore Jones, James, cottage farmer, The village Jones, John Charles, farmer, Upper Chilstone Jones, Mrs., farmer, Stoney street Jones, Reginald Dykes, farmer, Holstrey Jones, Richard Chas., farmer, Lower Wormhill Lewis, Francis, sawyer, Shenmore Llewellyn, Chas., farmer, Swinmore farm Lloyd, Mrs. Ellen, farmer, Canon Bridge Lloyd, Thomas, farmer, Withies Mellin, John, farmer, Broad green Meredith, J ames, farmer, Shenmore Merrick, George, cottage farmer, Withies Merrick, Jas., master of national school Morris, Henry, farmer, Shenmore MANSEL Phillips, Hy., shopkeeper, Froyland cot. Phillips, Thomas, cot. farmer, Castlebury Powell, John, farmer, Carwardine green Powell, Thomas, farmer and landowner, Bage house Preece, Edward, wheelwright, Woodbine cottage Preece, J ames, carpenter, farmer, and wheelwright, Jitnel Preece, Thos., carpenter, wheelwright, & assistant overseer, Shenmore cottage Price, N. G., farmer, Showell farm Pritchard, Henry, cot. farmer, Shenmore Pritchard, Wm., farmer, Red Lion Inn Probert, Thomas, farmer, Canon Bridge Ramsden, Arthur, H., farmer, Canon Bridge house Roberts, William, carpenter, Shenmore Rudge, Jno., blacksmith, LittleBrampton Skyrme, J ames, blacksmith, Handlands' Cross Smith, Thomas Pritchard, farmer, Church farm Taylor, John, tailor, sub-postmaster, and registrar of births & deaths for Madley district of Dore union, Post-office Taylor, William, mason, Withies Tristram, Geo., mason, Woodyatt's field V ale, 'l'homas, shoemaker Ward, James, farmer, Great Brampton W atkins, Thomas, farmer, Batcho Wheeler, Charles, miller & farmer, Bage mill (water) and Lower W ormhill farms Whiting, John, well sinker, Woodyatt's field Williams, Chas., cottage far., Church field Williams, J obn, farmer, Parkway Williams, William, tailor, Canon Bridge GAMAGE. MANSEL GAMAGE is a parish situated between the main road from Hereford to Hay, and the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway; is distant 8! miles W.N.W. of Hereford, 4! S. of Weobley, 12 E. of Hay, and I! from Moorhampton station ; is in Grimsworth hundred, Weobley union and petty sessional division, Moccas and Yazor polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 164; in 1881, 145; inhabited houses, 27; families or separate occupiers, 27; area of parish, 1,319 acres; annual rateable value, £1,766 ss. Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., of Garnons, who is lord of the manor, and the Rev. George Horatio Davenport, M.A., of Foxley, are the landed proprietors. The soil is stiff loam; subsoil, gravel,. with some limestone and frees tone quarries; chief crops, wheat, barley, beans, peas, &c. Mansel Gamage is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of \-V eo bley ; living, a vicarage annexed to Byford rectory; value, £u4, with one acre of glebe; patron, Sir Henry G. Cotterell, Bart.; vicar, Hon. and V en. Archdeacon Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Stanhope, M.A., of All Souls College, Oxford, who was instituted in r 866, and resides at Byford rectory.

566 MANSEL GAMAGE MANSEL LACY. The church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a stone edifice, chiefly in the Decorated style of architecture, with nave, chancel, south transept, and square tower containing three bells. It was restored and enlarged by the addition of a north transept in 1877, at a cost of [1,300, and re-opened February 26th, in the following year. Traces of an earlier church are still evident. The south door is Norman, and the timber porch is in good preservation. The register begins with the year I 664. The children from this parish attend the national school at Byford. Gartzons, the seat of Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., J.P., D.L., is a very beautiful castellated mansion finely situated on the south-western acclivity of Bishopstone hill. The grounds are ornamented with some extensive and flourishing plantations, and command various delightful and rich prospects, in which the river Wye forms a striking feature. The mansion is a very conspicuous object from the Hereford road. Sir H. G. Cotterell was M.P. for Herefordshire from 1857-59, and has served the office of high sheriff of the county. Parish Church (St. Gz1es'). Hon. and Ven. Archdeacon Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Stanhope, M.A., Vicar; Mr. Robert Leaper, Churchwarde1z / John Wootton, Parzsh Clerk. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Staunton-onWye about 8.15 a.m. Staunton-on-Wye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. John H. W ootton, Lower House, Byford. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Baskerville, John, butcher Cotterell, Sir Henry Geers, Bart., J.P., D.L., Garnons, & 22, Belgrave square, London, S. W. COMMERCIAL. Baker, William, blacksmith Leaper, Robert, farmer and hop grower, Mansel court farm Price, George, miller & farmer, Scutt mill Williams, James, farmer & hop grower, Shetton farms W ootton, Mrs. Ann, shopkeeper MANSEL LACY, WITH WESTMOOR AND BUNSHILL. MANSEL LACY is a parish and small village situated on the main road from Hereford to Kington, in a valley between the wooded heights belonging to the Foxley domain, and 2-f miles from Credenhill station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway. It is distant 7 miles N.W. of Hereford, 5 S.S.E. ofWeobley, 14 E. of Hay, and 13 S.E. of Kington; is in Grimsworth hundred, W eobley union and petty sessional division, Moccas and Y azor polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 263 ; in 1881 1 197 ; inhabited houses, 49; families or separate occupiers, 52 ; area of parish, 1,298 acres; annual rateable value, £2,059. By .orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Mansel Lacy known as "Bunshill" was amalgamated with Bishopstone. The Rev. George Horatio Davenport, of Foxley, is lord of the manor and owner .of most of the parish. The soil is loamy, clayey, and gravelly,

MANSEL LACY. producing wheat, barley, peas, and roots. Mansel Lacy is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a vicarage; value, £92, with 3§ acres of glebe; patron and vicar, Rev. G. H. Davenport, M .A., of Oriel College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1889. The living is about to be consolidated with Y azor into one benefice. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an old stone edifice possessing several interesting features. It consists of nave, chancel, side aisle, and square tower containing four bells and a clock. It was restored in 186o at a cost of £ 549· The chancel window is of stained glass. The earliest register is dated I7I4· In the churchyard is the pediment of a sundial upon which a cross was erected in 1866. The national school, for the combined parishes of Mansel Lacy and Yazor, is a commodious building in the Elizabethan style, with a residence attached; there is accommodation for 167 children ; average attendance, 66. There is a chapel for Primitive Methodists. The Rev. Reginald Remington, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, is the curate, and resides at Mansel Lacy house, which is situate close to the church, at the foot of the Foxley lawns. · Westmoor is a hamlet distant I mile W. from the church. Bunshill, formerly a detached portion of Manse! Lacy, lying between Kenchester and the river Wye, and intersected by the main road from Hereford to Hay, is, as above stated, now amalgamated with Bishopstone (for civil purposes). PosTAL REGULATIONS. William Hodges, Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received through Hereford, and arrive by mail-cart, at 8.15 a.m.; despatched at 5·I5 p.m. Letters can be registered here. Stauntonon-Wye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Michael s). Rev. G. H. Davenport, M.A., Vicar.; Rev. Reginald Remington, M.A., Curate.; Messrs. Robert C. Ross and William Hodges, Churchwardens/ William Powell, Parish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Mr. James Porter, Master. Primitive Methodist Chapel. Mz"nisters various. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at John Evans (Weobley) Mrs. Taylor Wed. & Sat. do. Stopping Place Maidenhead Red Lion 4 0 3 30 PRIV A.TE RESIDENTS. Remington, Rev. Reginald, M.A. (curate of Mansel Lacy & vicar of Wormesley), Mansel Lacy house Vaugban, Mrs. Ruth, Rose cottage W atkins, John, Rose cottage COMMERCI.AL. Brookes, Wm., police constable Davies, Edward, cot. farmer, Westmoor Davies, Mrs. Sarah, cot. far., I vorsbrook Elliott, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer, Bunshill Evans, George, blacksmith & wheelwright Hodges, Wm., farmer & provision dealer, Post office, and Oak house J ones, Wm., miller & farmer, Mansel mill Merrick, George, farmer & wood dealer Porter, J ames, schoolmaster Powell, Thomas, mason Powell, William, parish clerk & gardener Price, Hugh Morgan, Macklin's farm, res. Manse} Court farm Pritchard, Edwin Wm., far., Westmoor Stinton, Eliz., grocer & provision dealer Wintour, Edwin, and Ross, R. C. W., farmers and threshing machine proprietors, Parsonage farm

568 MARCLE (LITTLE). MARCLE (LITTLE). LITTLE MARCLE is a parish on the borders of Gloucestershire, distant 3 miles S.W. of Ledbury, 8 N.W. of Newent, and I2 E.S.E. of Hereford ; is in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Much Marcle and W oolhope polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I 871 was IS 9 ; in I 88 I, I46 ; inhabited houses, 32 ; families or separate occupiers, 36 ; area of parish, 1,2 I 7 acres; annual rateable value, £I,o88. The Right Hon. Lady Henry Somerset, of Eastnor castle, who is lady of the manor, the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the Governors of St. Katharine's Hospital (Ledbury), Rev. Edward Woodyatt, Mrs. Charles South, and Joseph Fleetwood, Esq., are the principal landowners. The soil is strong clay; subsoil, marly, and in some parts gravelly. This is a good cider and hop district; the chief crops are wheat, beans, roots, &c. Little Marcle is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery~{ South Frome ; living, a rectory ; value, £I99, with residence; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; rector, Rev. David Price, B.A., of Jesus Colleget Oxford, who was instituted in I865. The church, dedicated to SS. Mzchael and All Angels, was erected in I869 at a cost of £I,I37· It has accommodation for I22 persons. The site was presented by Earl Somers. The old church, which was removed from another site and re-built by the Hanbury family in the beginning of the last century, had fallen into a ruinous state, and was inconveniently situated. The parish registers commence with the year I 700. There is a charity of £4 yearly value, left by the late Rev. Thomas Hanbury, and now paid by Lady Henry Somerset to the churchwarden, who distributes the amount in clothing to the poor of the parish. The Rev. Mr. Hanbury, a former rector, left a library of books to the rector for the use of the inhabitants to the end of the world. There being no resident rector during the last century to take charge of them, they were taken away (except one book) by some dishonest parties who had access to them. The national school for boys and girls has accommodation for 64 children ; average attendance, 48. Lz"ttle Marcle Court, the property of The Right Hon. Lady Henry Somerset, was about 180 years ago, the residence of Sir John Hanbury. It is now in the occupation of labourers. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Emily vVatkins, Sub-Postmistress. Letters arrive by messenger from Ledbury, about 8.I5 a.m. ; despatched thereto at ~-SS p.m. Ledbury is the nearest money order and telegraph office, and post town. Parish Church (SS. Michael and All Angels'). Rev. David Price, B.A., Rector ; Mr. John Lloyd, Churchwarden,; George Pritchardt Par-ish Clerk. National School (boys and gi'rls). Miss Annie Meredith, Mistress. CARRIERS TO LEDBURY. Name Henry Cox (Woolhope) William Mattey (Putley) Day Tues. do. Stopping Place White Lion do. Return at I 0 2 0

MARCLE (LITTLE) MARCLE (MUCH). 569 PRIVATE RESIDENT. Price, Rev. David, B.A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Dobbs, Mrs. Hannah, farmer and hop grower, Ladding farm Lloyd, John, farmer and hop grower, The Brook & Little Marcle court farms MARCLE Meredith, Miss, schoolmistress Pritcha.rd, George, parish clerk Rudge, Charles, farmer, Lower house Skittery, William, farmer & hop grower, Lion's hall, res. Flight farm, Ledbury Stephens, Mrs. Mary, farmer, Tyrrell's frith Stephens, William, farmer & hop grower, Bargains and Putson farms (MUCH). (The Township of YATTON 'lllill be found under a separate head.) MUCH MARCLE is an extensive parish and village pleasantly situated on the main road between Ledbury and Ross, and extending to Gloucestershire; is distant 5 miles S.W. of Ledbury, 7~ N.E. of Ross, 8 N.W. of l'{ewent, 13 S.E. of Hereford, and 3 from Dymock station on the Ross and Ledbury railway; is in Greytree hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Much Marcle and W oolhope polling district and electoral division of the county council. Much Marcle and Yatton constitute the parish of Much Marcle, but the township of Yatton maintains its own poor, pays its own rates, and appoints its own officers. The population in 1871 was 867; in 188r, 858; inhabited houses, 172; families or separate occupiers, 189; area of parish, 4,289 acres; annual rateable value, £6,577· By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Much Marcle was amalgamated with Upton Bishop, in Ross union. There are two manors Marcle Audleys, belonging to C. W. Radcliffe Cooke, Esq., M.P., and Marcle Mortimers, to Lieut.-Col. Money-Kyrle. The principal landowners are Lieut.-Col. John Ernle Money-Kyrle, C. W. Radcliffe Cooke, Esq., M.P., Mrs. Chellingworth, Earl Beauchamp, Lord Ashburton, and Mr. Thomas Powell. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, beans, peas, roots, fruit and hops. Much timber is grown here. The ancient name of this parish was "Merchelay," and belonged to the king who bestowed it on Roger de Laci, banished by William Rufus, when the manor of Marcle Magna was given to Wynebald de Balun. Isolda, widow of Sir Waiter deBalun (daughter of Sir Edmund Mortimer) married Hugh de Audley, of Marcle, and died 1338. Their line merged in the Earldom of Stafford. Near the church stood Mortimer's castle; the mound within a few yards of the churchyard is still called the keep of Mortimer castle. According to Blount, there was another castle, perhaps more ancient, called "Ellingham castle," the site of which is now overgrown with wood, called the Quarry wood, at a little distance from the village. In the thirteenth year of Queen Elizabeth (1571) occurred a most remarkable landslip. It is reported that on the I 7th of February, at six o'clock in the evening, Marcle hill commenced moving, and in its progress overthrew the chapel of K ynaston, together with hedges and trees, and also destroyed many cattle, and finally rested at its present position on the 19th. Camden gives the following account of the 2 F

MARCLE (MUCH). phenomenon : ''The hill which they call ' Marcley hill ' did, in the year I 57 I, rouse itself as it were out of sleep, and for three days together moved on its vast body with an horrible roaring noise ; and overturning everything in its way, raised itself, to the great astonishment of the beholders, to a higher place." Fuller asserts that the whole field that moved was 20 acres, and that it travelled I4 hours, and ascended I I fathoms up the hill, leaving a chasm 400 feet wide, and 520 long. The chapel bell was dug up some years since. Philips, in his "Cider" poem, refers to the movement of Marcle hill; also Butler, in his "Hudibras." Much Marcle is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Ross; living, a vicarage annexed to Yatton chapelry; joint value, £719, with residence and 25 acres of glebe; patron, Lieut.-Col. John Ernle l\1oney-Kyrle .; vicar, Rev. Allen William Chatfield, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in I 84 7, and was rural dean of Ross for over 30 years, viz., from 1850 to I88I, when he resigned the office because of failing health. The parish church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, is one of the finest in the county. It stands on a hill, a short distance from the main road, and has a square castellated tower (containing six bells), nave, chancel, and aisles. It was restored in 1878 at a cost of over £3,000; three stained glass windows were inserted, an organ erected, the principal fittings renewed, and a reredos added. In a small chapel adjoining the church, founded by Sir John Kyrle, Bart., in 1628, is the tomb of himself and his lady Sybill (daughter and heiress of Philip Scudamore, Esq.). It is in excellent preservation. In the churchyard are the remains of a cross; also a yew-tree, with seats inside to accommodate ten or twelve persons. There is a reading room in the village, well supplied with newspapers and magazines, and a library of 200 books. An oak tree was planted in the centre of the village in 1887, as a memorial of Her Majesty the Queen's Jubilee, by Mrs. MoneyKyrle. The charities belonging to the parish amount to about £25 per annum. There is a national school for boys and girls, with accommodation for I 79 children ; average attendance, 84. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1863. The Primitive Methodists have also a chapel at Marcle hill. Homme House, the seat of Lieut.- Col. John Ernle Money-Kyrle, ].P., D.L., is a spacious red-brick mansion, surrounded by a thickly-wooded park, with fish-ponds, &c. Thomas Kyrle, Esq., fourth son of Robert Kyrle, Esq., of Walford court, who married Frances, daughter and heiress of John Knotsford, Esq., of Malvern, was the ancestor of the Kyrles of Much Marcle. His son was created a baronet in 1627. He/lens, the seat of Charles \Valwyn Radcliffe Cooke, Esq., M.P., ].P., is an ancient manorial residence of brick and stone, built temp. Henry VII., and pleasantly situated in spacious grounds, commanding a fine view of the Malvern range. The scenery of this district is romantic and pleasing, embracing the Malvern heights, the Cotswold range, Welsh mountains, &c. Rushall and Kynaston are hamlets of Much Marcle. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mrs. Eliza H. Baldwin, Sub-Postmzstress. Letters are received through Gloucester, and arrive, vz"a Dymock,

MARCLE (MUCH). 57 1 at 7·40 a.m. and s.rs p.m.; despatched thereto at 10.0 a.m. and 6.30 p.m. Money orders are granted and paid, and savings bank and license business transacted. The wall letter-box at Old Pike is cleared at 5.4o, and that at Rushall, at s.ro p.m. Dymock is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Gloucester. Par£sh Church (St. Bartholomew's ). Rev. Allen William Chatfield, M.A., Vicar; Rev. A. C. Dyer, M.A., and Rev. John Dunn, M.A., Curates). Mr. C. A. ¥lhatmore, Organist/ Messrs. William Smith and Thomas Charles, Churchwardens; George J ames, Parish Clerk. Natzonal School ( bo;•s and girls). Mr. Chas. A. Whatmore, Master; Mrs. \Vhatmore, Assistant Mistress. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Marcle hill. Ministers various. Wesleyan Chapel. /11inisters various. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Frederick ]. Dew, Harold. CARRIER TO LEDBURY. Name William Da vies Day Tues. Stopping Place Seven Stars Return at 2 0 CARRIER TO Ross. William Davies Thurs. New Inn 2 0 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. :Bennion, Mrs., The V ennings cottage Chat field, Rev. All en William, M. A. (vicar of Much Marcle with Y atton chapelry), The Vicarage Cooke, C. W. Radcliffe, M.P., J.P., Hell ens Dunn, Rev. John, M. A. (junior curate), The Vicarage Dyer, Rev. A. C., M.A. (senior curate), The Vicarage Holland, Miss, Claretnont house Money-Kyrle, Lieut.-Colonel John Ernle, J.P., D.L., Homme house Moulden, William, The Swan Powell, Thomas, The Hill Priestly, Mrs., Rye Meadows Tyler, John, Audley cottage COMMERCIAL. Baldwin, Charles, cider merchant, Stockend farm Bald win, Mrs. Eliza H., sub-postmistress, grocer, and draper, Post-office Bennion, Samuel Wm., farmer, Nuttalls Brookes, Charles, farmer, Kynastone Bullock, Edmund, beer retailer, Royal Oak Charles, Thomas, farmt>r, Caerswall Cox, Henry, wheelwright & beer retailer, New Inn, Watery lane Cox, Sydney, wheelwright and carpenter, Gamage villa Dew, li,redk. J., assistantoverseer,farmer, and tax collector, Harold Dyer, William, farmer, Bickerton court and Redlands farm England, George, hoot and shoe maker, Harold well Fawke, J ames, carpenter & wheelwright, Lady Croft Hall, Herbert Richard, farmer and county councillor, Hall court Hartland, J obn Henry, farmer, Gamage farm Hodges, Henry, blacksmith & machinist, Rushall J ames, George, parish clerk, Causeway J ones, Charles, shopkeeper, Lyne down J ones, Charles, sen., cottage farmer, Little Nuttalls J ones, Gabriel, cooper and farmer, Little Moor court Jones, William, farmer, Lower Reading· end farm Kingstone, Wm., farmer, Westnor's end Laight, G. R., farmer, Wallwyn court Load, William, sawyer, Grigs pit MAILES, RICHARD A., butcher and innkeeper ; good stabling ; horse and trap for hire; Walwyn Arms Inn Maxton, James (gardener to Lieut.-Col. Money-Kyrle, J.P., Homme house), Park cottage Moggridge, Jas., shopkeeper, Marcle hill Morris, Mrs., certified midwife & ladies' nurse, The village Powell, George, farmer, Lower W olton Powell, .J ames Cap le, farmer, Chandos Powell, J ames, farmer, Upper W olton Powell, John, South bank Powell, John Henry, farmer, Bodenham Powell, Richard (gamekeeper to Lt.-Col. Money-Kyrle, J.P.), Marcle street

MARCLE (MUCH) MARDEN. Powell, Thomas, farmer and landowner, The Hill farm, res. U pton Bishop Powell, Thomas J ames, farmer, The Hall end Powell, William, farmer, Huntleys ·Price, James, carpenter, Rye meadows Scrivens, John, farmer, Cherry Orchard Simmonds, Wm., mason, Old road Sirrell, Alfred, blacksmith and cottage farmer, Lyne down Smith, Richard, farmer, Stoney house Smith, William, farmer, Awnells and Wittocks end farms 'Tooby, William, farmer, New house Turner, George, blacksmith, The village Veale, Henry (farm bailiff for C. W. R. Cooke, :M.P.), Hellens farm Wainwright, 'Vm., farmer, Hill cottage WEAVER, WILLIAM, baker, grocer and provision merchant, corn, meal, and flour stores, The V enning W eston, Henry, farmer & cider merchant, The Bounds farm Whatmore, Charles Arthur, schoolmaster and organist, School house Wheeler, :F., constable, Chink robin White, Charles, miller and farmer, New house, res. Upper Readingend farm Whittaker, R., shoemaker, Marcle street Williams, Francis, farmer, Moor court MARDEN, WITH THE ToWNSHIP OF AMBERLEY AND CHAPELRY OF WISTESTON. MARDEN (anciently Mateurdin) is an extensive parish situated on the river Lugg, about I~ miles E. of the main road leading from Hereford to Leominster, and the same distance N. of Moreton station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint railway. It is distant 5! miles N. of Hereford, 9 S. of Leominster, and 14 S.W. of Bromyard ; is in Broxash hundred, Hereford union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Marden and Wellington polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 988 ; in r88r, 874; viz., Marden, 840, Amberley, 34· The number of inhabited houses was 206; viz., Marden, 199, Amberley, 7· The number of families or separate occupiers was 229; viz., Marden, 221, Amberley, 8; area of parish is now 3,744 acres; annual rateable value, £9,772. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, I 884, under the Divided Parishes Act, certain detached parts of Felton and Ullingswick, in Bromyard union, were amalgamated with Sutton and Marden, respectively ; detached parts of Marden were amalgamated with Sutton and Wellington ; detached parts of Sutton were amalgamated with Marden; and by orders of 28th March, 1887, the several parts of a township known asAmberley, with area of 377 acres, and rateable value of £725, were amalgamated with Bodenham, and Marden and Sutton. Mrs. Harriett Evans, of Moreton court, is lady of the manor. The principal landowners are Mrs. Evans, Edward Hodges, Esq., John Watkins, Esq., the Rev. H. Fleming St. John, H. Higford, Esq., Messrs. Thomas Grundy, and John Preece. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil, stone and gravel; chief produce, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, and pasture. The neighbourhood abounds with good orchards, and the cider made here is particularly celebrated. The river Lugg is famed for trout, grayling, and other fish. Sutton Wails, about one mile distant, are noted as the site of the palace of Offa, King of Mercia, where the unsuspecting Ethelbert was treacherously murdered, A. D. 782. This place continued to be the residence of the Mercian kings until Egbert united the kingdoms of the Heptarchy into one sovereignty, A.D. 827. Although the place bears the name of "Sutton Walls," there is not the least trace of building remaining. · Giraldus Cambriensis speaks of

MARDEN. 57'3 this place by the name of" King's Sutton," and '' Southtown Walls,'' and mentions some ruins of a castle which he saw here. Leland also notices the ''notable ruines of some auncyent and great building, sumtyme the mansion of King Offa, at such time as Kenchestre stood, or els Herford was a begynning. '' The spot comprehends a spacious encampment on the summit of a hill, surrounded by a single rampart about 40 feet high, with· entrances on the east and west ends, and north and south sides. The area includes about 30 acres, and is nearly level, except towards the centre, where there is a low place called Offa's Cellar. In digging on this spot an antique ring was found some years ago. This place is also celebrated as having been the position of the camp of Caractacus, and commands an interesting view of the surrounding country. Sutton is included in the extensive manor of Marden, which was an ancient demesne belonging to the Crown, but given by King Offa to the Canons of Hereford, then termed the Presbytery of Marden, in expiation of the murder of Ethelbert. Marden church was built over the spot where Ethelbert was first buried, and where a well, which still exists and is called St. Ethelbert's Well, is said to have miraculously sprung up at the time. His body was afterwards removed (and statue also) to Hereford cathedral. This edifice was dedicated to his memory, and stands on the banks of the river Lugg. The present noble structure is dedicated to the Vz"rg£nMary, and is in the Early English style of architecture, having a square tower, with four pinnacles and a spire, and containing six beautiful-toned bells. It consists of nave, two aisles (rebuilt in r86o), chancel (repaired in r86S), north and south porch, organ, font, and a brass monument to the memory of Lady Chute, formerly a resident of the parish. The living is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford ; it is a vicarage with the cha pelry of Amberley annexed ; value, £3101 with residence and 1 acre of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Thomas Henry Clutton-Brock, of the Theological College, Lichfield, who was instituted in 1875· The registers commence with the year 1612. The charities belonging to the parish amount to about £I2 yearly. The schools are under the management of a school board. The cost of building schools and teacher's residence was £1,478, and the site £II2. Accommodation is provided for 144 children; average attendance, 6o. The Vicarage House is adjacent to the church, on the N.E., and Mm·den Court, the property and residence of Edward Hodges, Esq., is on the E. Amberley is a chapelry, distant about I! miles E. of Marden, amalgamated for civil purposes with Marden and other parishes as given above. The greater part of the township belongs to Lady Lindsay, in whom the nomination to the chapelry is vested. The interesting little chapel had been roofless for many years, but in 1865 was thoroughly restored under the superintendence of Thomas Nicholson, Esq., of Hereford. The walls were very perfect; and new roofs, open sittings, and a handsome carved oak screen, have been added after the ancient type of a few existing remains. Wisteston is a chapelry in Weston rural deanery, distant about I mile N. E. of Marden. The chapel was restored in I 86o, and a stained glass

574 MARDEN. memorial window to the late William Chute Gwinnett, Esq., has been erected. The donative is worth about £s6 yearly, and is in the gift of trustees, and held by the Rev. John B. Vale, M.A., of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, appointed in 1869, and non-resident. Wzsteston Court, the property of John Watkins, Esq., is distant about It miles from Marden church, and is in the occupation of Mr. Humphrey T. Nott. Ash Grove Hz1l, about 3 miles distant, commands a delightful view of seven counties. PoSTAL REGULATIONS. Richard Knight, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford about 9.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 4 p.m. Sutton is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Pan"sh Church (Virg-in Mary). . Rev. Thomas Henry CluttonBrock, Vz"car; Messrs. John English and George J ones, Churchwardens ; Richard Knight, Sexton. ·Amberley Chapel. Rev. T. H. Clutton-Brock, Chaplain. Wzsteston Chapel. Rev.John Bartholemew Vale, M.A., Incumbent. Bom·d Schools (mixed). Mr. F. Mattey, Clerk to the Bom·d ,- Mr. William Mattey, Maste1·,; Miss A. Mattey, Assz"stant Mz"stress. Plymouth Brethren Meeting Room, Hawker's land. Ministers various. Steward of the mmzor of Marde1t. Henry Child Beddoe, Esq., Hereford. Ass£stant Overseer. Mr. William Mattey. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Mrs. Weaver Mrs. Taylor Days Wed. & Sat. do. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Clutton-Brock, Rev. Thos. Henry (vicar}, The Vicarage Hughes, John, Hebron house Parry, Miss, Hope Lodge Turner, Samuel, Hawker's Land Cross COMMERCIAL. Baggott, John, fal'mer, Berrington Bailey, J ames, farmer, Pikestye Barnes, Thos. H., farmer & hop grower, Lower Amberley Barrett, Joseph, farmer, Church hill Beaman, Henry, mason, Pikestye Bengough, George, farmer, Fromington Berrows, Thomas, farmer, Nine Wells Bray, Thomas, farmer, Venn's green Britain, Edward, cottage farmer, Venn's green Burnett, Daniel, farmer, Lakes & Franklands farms Burnett, Francis, farmer, The Lakes, res. Court House, Sutton Croft, Charles, farmer, Drakeley Daniel, John, farmer, I,akes Davies, J ames, cider dealer, Park lodge Dowding, William, baker, Lakes Stopping Place Royal George White Lion Return at 2 30 3 0 Dyer, John, cottage farmer, Bnrmarsh English, John, farmer, Pikestye Floyd, J ames, farmer, U rdimarsh Gailey, J ames, farmer, Stoney Cross Gailey, Thos., wheelwright, Franklands Griffiths, George, grocer and carpenter Griffiths, John Slade, .New Inn, Folly Grundy, Thos., farmer, New House farm Harding, Thomas, farmer, The Vauld Hill, George, farmer, Upper Paradise Hill, Mrs., farmer, Burruarsh Hodge~, Edward, farmer and landowner, Paradise farm, res. Marden court Hodges, J ames, farmer and hop grower, Amberley court Hodges, Lewis, cot. farmer, Venn's green Hope, James, cooper, Hawker's land Jay, William, farmer, Stoney Cross Jenkins, Mrs., farmer, Amberley cottage Jones, George, farmer, Lower Paradise Jones, Mrs. E., farmer, Hawker's land Knight, Richd., parish sexton, Post-office Lawrence, Wm., Venn's green Lewis, Lewis, cotttage farmer, King's field 1\'Iann, Thos., cottage farmer, Hatmarsh Mansell, Wm., mason, Momnarsh Martin, Henry, cottage farmer, Litmarsh Mattey, Wm., schoolmaster & assistant overseer, School house

• MARDEN MARSTOW. S7S Morgan, Mrs., farmer, Paradise Morvan, Richard, farmer, Pikestye Nott, Humphrey T., farmer, Brook farm and W isteston court Panniers, John, farmer, King's field Panniers, Thomas, farmer, Burling gate Parry, Jno., cottage farmer, Venn's green Powell, George, cottage farmer, Roods Powell, Thomas, farm bailiff for ,John W atkins, Brook farm Preece, John, farmer, Small Ashes, res. Woodbines Prosser, Thomas, farmer, Rose villa Prothero, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer, Upper Wisteston Pudge, Albert, farmer, V enn's green Reece, Wm., farmer, Frankland Ridgley, Benjamin, farmer, The Vauld Rudge, John. cott. farmer, Stone cottage Steadman, Robert, cottage farmer, The Vauld Steed, Thos., blacksmith, Walker's green Stokes, J osepb, cott. farmer, Brick house Sunderland, Frederick Henry, auctioneer and valuer, The Firs, and Newmarkeb street, Hereford Taylor, John, haulier, Monmarsh Taylor, Mrs. Eliza, shopkeeper & poultry dealer, Walker's green Taylor, Wm., beer retailer, Bannut-tree Vickress, Alfred, farmer, Litmarsh Walwyn, Henry, farmer, The Vauld Weaver, Arthur, farmer, Ashgrove Weaver, Charles, carrier, Litmarsh Wilson, John, farmer, Litmarsh W oodhouse, J ames, cottage farmer and shoemaker, Monmarah Wright, William, carpenter, Monmarsh Yarnold, Thos., Volunteer Inn, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application MARSTOW, WITH THE HAMLET OF PENCRAIG. MARSTOW is a small parish pleasantly situated between the main roads leading from Hereford to Monmouth, and Ross to Monmouth, and on the Garron brook, which runs through the parish and flows into the river Wye near the Old Forge. The village is distant 5 miles S.W. of Ross, 6 N.E. of Monmouth, and 15 S. of Hereford; is in Wormelow hundred (lower division), Ross union and county court district, Whitchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Harewood End petty sessional division. The population in 1871 was 16r; in 1881, 143; inhabited houses,29; families or separate occupiers, 33; area of parish, 1,935 acres; annual rateable value, £3,046. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, detached parts of Bridstow, Goodrich, Hentland, and Peterstow, comprising the hamlet of Glewstone, were united and amalgamated with Marstow. The civil parish having been considerably enlarged by these additions, now contains a population of 383. The parish is in the manor of Wilton-upon-Wye. The principal landowners are Lord Tredegar, W. H. Harford, Esq., and H. C. Moffatt, Esq. The soil is sandy and 1oamy; subsoil, sandstone and rock; produce, wheat, barley, roots, and pasture. Marstow is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield ; living, a vicarage consolidated with that of Pencoyd; joint value, £262, but no residence; patron, the Vicar of Sellack; vicar, Rev. W. S. Clarke, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1888. The church, dedicated to St. Matthew, was rebuilt in 1855, at a cost of £750. It is situate at Brelstone green, and is a small edifice of red sandstone with Bath stone quoins. The turret contains two bells. A district school was erected at Glewstone in 1873, for the accommodation of the children of this parish and the outlying portions of the parishes of Goodrich,

• MARSTOW. Peterstow, Bridstow, and Hentland. It is also used for divine service once on Sundays during the winter months. The cost of building was about £400 (exclusive of fittings) ; accommodation is provided for 82 children; average attendance, 45· Glewstone is a hamlet distant about 3 miles S.W. of Ross, partly in the ecclesiastical parishes of Hentland, Goodrich, Peterstow, and Bridstow. Glewstone Court is the property of Lieut.-Colonel C. H. Harrison, and the residence of C. Lee Campbell, Esq. Pencraig is a hamlet distant Ii miles N. It is partly in this parish and partly in that of Goodrich. Here is a meeting house for Primitive Methodists, erected in 1872. Pencra£g Court, the property of H. C. Moffatt, Esq., J.P., D.L., and residence of Robert Spelman Marriott, Esq., is one of the most beautiful residences on the banks of the Wye. Fairfield House is the property and residence of Mrs. Holt Beever. Trebandy House, the· property of W. H. Harford, Esq., and in the occupation of Mr. Edward Michael Davies, lies to the N.W., towards Llangarren. New Court Farm, in the occupation of Mr. Hugh Prewett, was extra-parochial. Mount Craig is the seat of Mrs. Edmund J ones. Brelstone is a hamlet. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Post office, Pencraig. Alfred Price, SubPostmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 7.30 a.m.; despatched thereto at 6.30 p.m. Letters can be registered here. Whitchurch is the nearest money order office. Ross is the nearest telegraph office and post town. The wall letter box at Marstow is cleared at 5·45 p.m. Parish Church (St Matthew's), Brelstone green .. -Rev. W. S. Clar ke, M.A., Vicar~· Messrs. H ugh Prewett and John Addis, Ohu1·chwardens; Albert Rudge, Par·z"sh Clerk. . D£strict School (boys and g-irls), Glewstone.-Miss Jessie Allon, Mistress. Congregational Chapel, Pencraig. Ministers various. Asszstaut Overseer. .Mr. Albert Rudge. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Beever, Mrs. Holt, Fairfield house, Pencraig Campbell, C. Lee, Glewstone court Clarke, Rev. William (vicar), The Thorne Davies, Edward Michael, Trebandy house Jones, Mrs. Edmund, Mount craig Marriott, Robert Spelman, Pencraigcourt COMMERCIAL. Addis, John, farmer, Breis tone Court farm Addis, Mrs., farmer, The Yeld farm, res. Whitfield court Allon, Miss Jessie, schoolmistress Banfield, Alien, cottage farmer, Pigeon house Banfield, John, farmer, Blacknoile Banfield, Thomas, farmer, Middle styles and Harbour farm, Pencraig Bull, Mrs. S. J., farmer, Marstow court Campbell, C. Lee, farmer, Glewstone court Cooke, George, farmer, Step house Davies, E. J\I., farmer, Trebandy farm Dew, ·waiter, shopkeeper, Glewstone Drew, George, farmer, Little Whitfield Floyd, J ames, gardener, Glewstone Green, Albert, blacksmith, Glewstone J ames, Thomas (farm bailiff to H. C. Moffatt), The Home farms and New house Lewis, Richard, cot. farmer, The Skakes Preece, Harry, farmer, Ash farm Prewett, Hugb, farmer, New court farm Price, Alfred, beer retailer (outdoor), grocer, and sub-postmaster Rudge, Albert, blacksmith and assistant overseer, Brelstone green Scudamore, Alfred, farmer, Ruxton, res. Llangarren Smith, Edward, carpenter, Glewstone Stock, Henry H., farmer, Daffaluke Williams, Mrs. E., farmer, Daffaluke

MICHAELCHURCH ESKLEY .. 577 ' MICHAELOHURCH ESKLEY.· MICHAELCHURCH is a parish ahd village situated on Eskley brook,and distant about 15 miles W.S.W. of Hereford, 7 N.W. of Pontrilas station on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford railway, and 3! miles from Vowchurch station on the Golden Valley railway; is in Ewyas Lacy hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Hereford county court district, and Longtown and Michaelchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council. Thepopulation in 1871 was 457; in 188r, 312; inhabited houses, 7 4 ; families or separate occupiers, 8 3 ; area of parish, 4,2 1 8 acres ; annual rateable value, £2,636. The Marquess of Abergavenny is lord of the manor of Ewyas Lacy, which includes Michaelchurch. The principal landowners are the Marquess of Abergavenny, and Miss Rawson. The soil is a sandy loam on the old red sandstone foundation; chief produce, wheat, barley, beans, roots, &c. Michaelch urch Eskley is in the · diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a vicarage annexed to that of St. Margaret's; joint value, £Ioo, and II7t acres of glebe; patroness, Miss Rawson; vicar, Rev. Frederick Trefusis Wybrow, B.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, who was instituted in 1878. The church, dedicated to St. 1Jf£chael, was restored in 1872-73 at a cost of about £6oo. The work was carried out with special attention to the style in which the church is built (Early English), the architect being G. F. Bodley, Esq., of London. The fabric consists of nave, chancel, porch, font, and tower containing five bells, which were in 1886 put in thorough repair at the expense of Miss Rawson. The earliest register is dated 1700. This parish is included in the Longtown district school board. The schools have accommodation for 1 o6 children, the average attendance is 32. Mzchaelchurch Court, the seat of Mrs. Trafford, is beautifully situated on a gentle eminence, and, like Urishay castle in the adjoining parish (Peterchurch), commands extensive views of the surrounding country. The mansion was considerably enlarged about twenty years ago. The interior is fitted up with great taste and elegance ; in various parts of the house are some fine specimens of old English oak wainscoting. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mrs. Mary Realey, Sub-Postm-istress. Letters are received through Hereford and arrive vta Peterchurch, at 10 a.m. ; despatched at 3.30 p.m. The wall box at Crossway is cleared at 3.50 p.m. Peterchurch is the nearest money order office. Pontrilas is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parzsh Church (St. Michael's). Rev. F. T. Wybrow, B.A., V£car,· Guy Trafford, Esq. and Mr. Isaac Pugh, Churchwardens/ Thomas Watkins, Par£sh Clerk. Board School (boys and gi'ds). Mr. W. H. Thompson, Maste1·. Assistant Overseer. Mr. James Munkley, Michaelchurch. Name Mrs. Jenkins Mrs. Lewis CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Day Sat. do. Stopping Place The Nelson The Plough Return at 3 0 4 0

578 MlCHAELCHURCH MIDDLETON-ON-THE-HILL. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Trafford, Edward Guy, J.P., Michaelchurch court Trafford, Mrs., Michaelchurch court Wybrow, Rev. Frederick Trefusis, B.A., (vicar), The Cottage COMMERCIAL. Ca.rberry, Wm., farmer, Ty-Craddock Christy, Christopher Wm., cott. farmer, Brighton camp Cobb, Edmund, cottage farmer, Browns Gwillim, Thomas, farmer, Maerdy Harris, Thomas, The Gate, innkeeper, New Inn Howard, William, farmer, Old house and Old Kates Howard, Wm. R., tailor, Crossway Howells, J., farmer, Kyron farm, assistant overseer for Crasswall Hughes, Charles, farmer and mason, Tan house Hughes, William, cottage farmer, Gliss James, Richard, farmer, Wilderness, res. The Firs James, Thomas, farmer, Bank farm Jenkins, Mary, farmer, Vicarage farm Jones, Charles, farmer, The Birches Jones, John, farmer, The Glebe Jones, Joseph, mason, cottage farmer, and parish constable, The Tump Jones, Noah, farmer, Cefnkest Jones, Thomas, farmer, Pen-y-park Jones, Thomas, cottage farmer, Pentwyn Jones, Thomas, farmer, Upper house Lewis, George, farmer, Lower House Lewis, William, farmer, Pucha Lewis, William, Grove farm Maddy, Benjamin, farmer, Great Cefn Maddy, Stephen, Ten-y-gwynt farm Mapp, William, farmer, Bridge farm Meredith, Aaron, farmer, Little Llanrosser Morris, John, farmer, Little Cefn Munkley, J ames, farmer and assistant overseer, Ty-mawr Munkley, John, farmer, New house Munkley, Mary, cottage farmer, Powells Parry, Richard, cottage farmer, Wern- • gum ea Parry, Thomas, fanner, Llanbadon Phillips, Charles, cottage farmer, Little Hill Philiips, Isaac, farmer, New house Phillips, John, farmer, Coed-Robin Phillips, Mrs. Sophia, farmer, Ty-ucha Powell, Phillip, farmer, Rhydynog Price, J ames, farmer, Llanrosser farm Price, John, farmer, Quaker's farm Price, William, farmer, Gregland Pritchard, James, cottage farmer, New house Pritchard, William, threshing machine proprietor, Yew tree cottage Prosser, Enoch, farmer, Old Hay, res. Stensley, Peterchurch Pugh, Isaac, mason, Bridge Inn Realey, Mrs. Mary, miller, shopkeeper, & sub-postmistress, Michaelchurch mill Roberts, Joseph, farmer, Rocky-fold Rudge, Thomas, blacksmith Thompson, W. H., master of board school W atkins, John & Thomas, farmers, Old House W atkins, John, grocer & provision dealer, &c., Church house W atkins, John, farmer, White house Watkins, Richard, carpenter, Village W atkins, 'fhomas, parish clerk Watkins, William, farmer, The Wern Whistance, Ed ward, farmer, Blaenau Williams, J ames, farmer, Castell Williams, Thomas, farmer, Gig Fron MIDDLETON ·ON· THE· HILL. MIDDLETON is a parish and village situated on an eminence N.W. of the main road between Leominster and Tenbury, and on the borders of Worcestershire. It is distant about 6 miles N .E. of Leominster, 5 S.W. of Tenbury, and 19 N.N.E. of Hereford ; is in Wolphy hundred, Leominster union, petty sessional division, county court district, and Docklow and Kimbolton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The Berrington and Eye station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint railway is distant about 4 miles west. The population in 1871 was 382 ; in 188r, 392 ; inhabited houses, 69 ; families or separate occupiers, 69 ; area of parish, 2,919 acres; annual rateable value, £2.390. The Rev. Eusebius Andrewes Uthwatt, B.A., of Buckingham, Messrs. Edmunds, George Rushout Godson, Esq., J.P., of Tenbury, and Mr. Charles Postans, are the principal landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil, clay and stone. The chief crops are wheat, beans, hops, and fruit. Middleton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery ofLeominster;

MIDDLETON-ON-THE-HILL. 579 living, a vicarage with that ofKimbolton annexed; joint value, £350; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in r841, and resides at Grantsfield, near Leominster. The church, dedicated to St. Ma1')'1 is of theN orman and Early English styles, and has a large tower (containing three bells), nave, chancel, porch, font, old register chest, &c. There are charities of IOS. yearly value, and an estate producing about£ 40 a year, which is managed by trustees under a scheme lately propounded by the Charity Commissioners of England. The church has been partially restored; chairs have taken the place of the pews ; two new Early English windows have been inserted, replacing large unseemly ones ; the walls inside have had the coating of mortar removed, and the exquisite chancel arch has been cleaned and above this another arch has been exposed to view. The national school, with accommodation for 48 children, was erected in 1874 at a cost of £2ro, the average attendance is 30. Moor Abbey, the seat of Messrs. Edmunds, Esqrs., is situated where buildings of some antiquity previously stood. Here are some remains of a moat, which surrounded the original buildings. A chapel of ancient date formerly stood a short distance from here; its remains were taken down about the year 18oo. At Old Wood, in the adjoining parish of Tenbury, distant about 2 miles S.W. from that town, and 3 N.E. from Middleton, stands the handsome pile of buildings comprising the church and college of St. Michael an institution founded by the late Rev. Canon Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, Bart., M.A., Mus. Doe., at an outlay of nearly £3o,ooo. The ecclesiastical parish of SS. Michael and all Angels, Old Wood, comprises (in Herefordsh-ire) parts of the civil parishes of Laysters and Middleton-on-the-Hill, and (in Worcestershz"re) part of the civil parish of Ten bury. The church, dedicated to SS. Mz"chael and All Angels, is a magnificent structure of stone, in the Middle Pointed style of architecture. The interior is adorned with beautiful stained glass, especially in the east and west windows, which represents figures of angels, the Crucifixion, and our Lord in glory; Messrs. Hardman & Co., of Birmingham, were the artists. Splendid lamps for chancel (by Skidmore), were presented by the Rev. Richard ,V. Norman; those for the nave were the gift of the Hon. Miss .Rushout, who also gave the Communion plate, &c. The north transept is used as a baptistery, where is a well of water. It is said there are only two of its kind in the kingdom. The pulpit, a beautifully carved one, was the gift of Captain Otley. The organ, a remarkable instrument, having 64 stops and 4 manuals, with many novel and effective features, was erected by Messrs. Flight & Son, under the direction of the late Rev. Sir Frederick A. Gore Ouseley. The college was founded to carry out the musical, classical, and religious education of young gentlemen in the principles of the Church of England, after the manner of Radley, Bradfield, and other places. There are foundation scholarships attached to this college, for which there is an election as vacancies occur. The pupils are prepared for the upper forms of public schools and for the university. The vicarage of St. Michael's and the wardenship of the college are now held by the

s8o MIDDLETON-ON-THE-HILL MOCCAS. Rev.]. Hampton, M.A., who was for many years Sub-Warden under the illustrious founder. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive at I I a. m. by messenger from Tenbury. The wall letter-box is cleared at 3.15 p.m. Brimfield, R.S.O. is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Ten bury. Parish Church (St. Mary's). Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, M.A., Vicar.; Rev. C. Harington, Curate~· Mr. John Oliver, Churchwarden/ George Bowdler, Parish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Miss Rosa J amison, Mistress. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Edmunds, Messrs., Moor Abbey Harrington, Rev. C. (curate of Kimbolton with Middleton-on-the-Hill) COMMERCIAL. Bayliss, Gilbert, Little Redwood Bennett, John, farmer, Church house Blake, Chas., wheelwright & carpenter Bowdler, George, pari~>h clerk Cook, George, farmer, and boot and shoe maker Da vis, John & Aaron, farmers, Town farm Evans, Daniel, farmer and hop grower, Nurton Gittens, William, farmer and hop grower, The Ford Gough, Richard, farmer, landowner, and hop grower, Big Redwood Haines, William, farmer and landowner, The Hundred Rall, Abraham, farmer, Astley field Holt, John, shopkeeper Horsnet, Henry, farmer & carrier, Pool farm Jamison, Miss Rosa, schoolmistress J ones, John, cottage farmer Jones, Mrs. Ann, cot. farmer, Yew tree Jordan, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Lower Easton Lewis, Mary, farmer, The Hills Maund, William, blacksmith and cottage farmer, Five Ashes Medlicott, Wm., farmer, Upper Withers Meredith, Mrs., shopkeeper Oliver, Mrs. W., farmer & hop grower, Middleton farm Oliver, Rd., frmr. & hop grower, .Bull field Palmer, George, farmer, Upper Easton Parker, William, farmer, Sunny bank Partridge, Mrs. & Ohas., farmers and hop growers, Miles hope Postans, Charles, farmer, landowner, and hop grower, Miles hope Postans, Charles, farmer, The Ash Powell, Herbert, farmer, Wood farm Powell, Thomas, farmer, The Pole Price, William, blacksmith, Gorsty Rogers, George, farmer, The Rock Shenton, Richard, farmer, The Birches Tippins, Wm., carpenter, Pasture close Turford, John, farmer, W oodsutton Went, ,John, Duke of York Inn Went, Joseph, blacksmith Winnall, Mrs., Lower Withers Y a pp, George, farmer and hop grower Rattle bank MOCCAS. MOCCAS is a parish and small village situated on the south bank of the river Wye, and on the main road between Hereford and Hay. It is distant I2 miles W.N.W. of Hereford, 9 E. of Hay, and 7 S.W. of Weobley; is in Webtree hundred, Weobley union, Bredwardine petty sessional division, Moccas and Yazor polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 2I6; in 188r, I77; inhabited houses, 40 ; families or separate occupiers, 40 ; area of parish, I, I 5 I acres; annual rateable value, £1,440. The Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is sandy and loamy; subsoil, clay and sandstone; chief produce, wheat, beans, barley, roots, &c. This parish is surrounded by a lovely combination of woodland, water, and rich pastoral and mountain scenery. There is a private bridge over the W ye, erected by the late Sir Velters Cornewall, Bart., and completed by the present baronet. Foot passengers are permitted to pass over free, and

MOCCAS .. s8r vehicles on payment of toll. Moccas is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley ; living, a rectory; value, £209, with 125 acres of glebe; patron and rector, Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., M. A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in r858. The Rev. G. 0. Kildare O'Neill, M.A., Queen's College, Cambridge, is the curate.. The church, dedicated to SS. Michael and all Angels, is one of the oldest in the country; the main portions appear to belong to the 11th century. It consists of nave, chancel, circular apse, porch, small bell-tower (containing two bells), font, and several monuments and tablets; and the interior has been restored entirely in oak at a cost of about £2 1 ooo, under the superintendence of Mr. G. G. Scott, jun. There is a handsome twomanual organ by Kemp, with pedal organ. The two great arches which form the main feature inside the building are round and covered over with zigzags, the doorways are the same. The date of building was no doubt within 50 years of the landing of \Villiam the Conqueror. The large windows have pointed arches which were no doubt put in afterwards. Here are some good stained glass windows. Over the north door there is a carving representing the beast eating the Tree of Life; over the south door the beast devouring man who is holding on to the Tree of Life, the branches of which are in the shape of a cross. The tufa of which the church is built, contains more calciferous than earthy or sandy matter, and is of a durable nature. It is supposed that the greater portion of the stone was obtained near the dripping wells and petrifying springs which are distant about a mile from the church. The earliest register is dated 1220. The national school, to accommodate 64 children, was erected in 1872. It is supported by the Rev. Sir G. H. Cornewall and has an average attendance of 3 7. Moccas Com·t, the delightful seat of the Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., M.A., ].P., D.L., and Lady Cornewall, is a handsome modern mansion, beautifully situated in a verdant and luxuriant vale, and on an easy ascent near the banks of the Wye. Its terraced walks and esplanades, intersected by greensward and richly blooming parterres, run down to the river brink, where the stream flows deep and majestically in splendid reaches both to and from the mansion. The view on the left terminates at the wood-crowned height of ''The Scar," and on the right at the Monnington rocks, between which and the building lies as sweet a snatch of pastoral scenery (slightly but agreeably relieved by the elegant private iron bridge that crosses the river in the middle distance) as any in the country. The park, which ranges to the south-west, is :finely wooded, and well stocked with deer ; it includes a large portion of the neighbouring eminence, the summit of which is remarkable for the variety and extent of its prospects. The ancient mansion was at a small distance below the site of the present, and part of the materials used in building it was brought from the ruins of Bredwardine castle. It was a place of note at a very early period, being the palace of the kings of the district in the sth century. The family of Cornewall trace their descent to Richard, second son of King John, Earl of Poictiers and Cornwall, and King of the Romans.

MOCCAS MONKLAND. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive from Hereford at 9 a.m. The letter box is cleared at 2.30 p.m. Staunton-on-Wye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Church (SS. Mz'chae! mzd All A11gels). Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., M.A., Rector; Rev. G. 0. K. O'Neill, M.A., Curate; Mr. John Blenkin, Churchwm·den _; John Davies, Parish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Miss Elizabeth Page, Mistress. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. Albert Parry, School house, Blakemere. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Joshua Jenkins ·william Powell Wed. & Sat. 'Ved. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cornewall, Miss, N ewcote Cornewall, l~ev. Sir George Henry, Bart., M.A., J.P., D.L., county councillor, (rector and patron), Moccas court O'Neill, ltev. G. 0. Kildare, M.A. The (curate), Rectory COMMERCIAL. .. Blenkin, John, farmer, The Standard Bubb, Edward, farmer, W oodbury farm Davies, John, parish clerk Davis, Henry, Lower Moccas Davis, Mrs., shopkeeper Davis, William, farmer, Cross end Gwynne, George, The Hill Harper, James, farmer, Court farm Stopping Place Return at West End Stables Horse & Groom 3 30 4 0 Hicks, William, head gamekeeper for Rev. Sir G. H. Cornewall, Bart. J ones, David, farmer, Rollsford Page, Elizabeth Miss, schoolmistress PARRY, ALBERT, New House, agent for Webb & Sons' Royal Seed Establishment, W ordsley, and artificial manures ; works, Widnes, Lancashire Parry, George, carpenter Parry, Samuel, farmer, New house Powell, John, mason Rogers, Gilbert, sawyer Rudge, Benjamin, Daw Inn, and blacksmith Talbot, Charles, head gardener for Rev~ Sir G. H. Cornewall, Bart. Yeomans, John, farmer, Lower Moccas, res., Kinley, Blakemere MONKLAND. MONKLAND is a parish and village situated on the river Arrow, and on the main road between Leominster and W eobley; is distant nearly 3 miles S.W. of Leominster, 5 N.E. of Weobley, and 13 N.N.W. of Hereford ; is in Stretford hundred, Leominster union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Kingsland and Aymestrey polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I 87 I was 249 ; in I 88 r, 206 ; inhabited houses, 52 ; families or separate occupiers, 52 ; area of parish, 1,052 acres; annual rateable value, £I ,929. John Charles Bengough, Esq. (who is lord of the manor), John Wood, Esq., of Glossop, the Representatives of the late W. Perry, Esq., Mrs. Beard, and Miss Price, are the principal landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, red sandstone ; chief produce, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, and roots. The river Arrow is noted for trout and grayling fishing. A small cell of Benedictine monks formerly existed here, subordinate to St. Peter's abbey, at Conches, in Normandy, to which the manor and church had been given by Ralph Toni, the elder, in the time of William Rufus. On the suppression of the alien priories this estate was granted by Henry V. to

MONKLAND. Sir Rowland Lenthall (the then possessor of Hampton court, near Leominster) and Edward Windsor. Monkland is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster ; living, a vicarage ; value, £250, with 3l acres of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor; vicar, Rev. John Padfield, M.A., who was instituted in 1888. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was beautifully restored and partly rebuilt in 1865 at a cost of £2,155· It is in the Early English style, and consists of nave, chancel, vestry, south porch, and western tower containing four bells. The tower has a timber-framed spire covered with oak shingle. The greatest care was taken to restore this church to exactly its original condition. The interior is very gorgeous; the chancel is entirely new, and was the gift of the late Rev. Sir Henry W. Baker, Bart., who was vicar for 2 5 years ; the eastern window is of stained glass by Hardman, of Birmingham ; below the window is a very effective reredos, which has in the centre a crucifix sculptured in alabaster, under a canopy of Purbeck marble, and on either side two figures the Blessed Virgin Mary and "the other Mary" on the north, and St. John and St. Mary Magdalene on the south; the ground is Salviati's mosaic. There is a sedilia and a double piscina ( on~-half being used as a credence table) in the south wall with simple bold moulding; there is also a piscina in the sill of the south-western window near the chancel - arch, showing there once had been an altar against the chancel screen; the roof of the chancel is boarded and panelled, and covered with painted decorations, executed from Mr. Street's designs, by Harland & Fisher ; at the north side of the chancel the vestry has been lengthened, so as to afford space for an organ, as well as for the choir and clergy, and an arch opened in the wall, which the organ front fills, just over and behind the stalls ; the organ was designed by the late Rev. Canon Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley, Bart., Mus. Doe., and built by Mr. J. W. Walker, of London, for the late vicar, who presented it to the church; its tone and quality are exceedingly effective, and it is admirably adapted for the building. The pulpit is of oak, with tracery panels of walnut, with statues of the Four Latin Doctors at the angles, and a richly carved cornice; both it and the reredos were executed by Mr. Earp. The pavements are all of Godwin's encaustic tiles. The parish registers begin with the year 1590. The national school for boys and girls, situated adjacent to the church, was built in 1853 of the stone of the neighbourhood, with Bath stone dressings and high pointed open roof. It has accommodation for 6o children, with an average attendance of 31. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Leominster at 8 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 5 p.m. Leominster is the nearest money order and telegraph office, and post town. Pansh Church (All Saznts'). Rev. J. Padfield, M.A., Vicar; l\fr. John Fletcher Lewis, Chut·chwat·den.; Richard Woodhouse, Parish Clerk and Sexton. National School (boys and gz'rls). Miss Mary Johnson Duffield, Mzstress. Assistant Ove1·seer. Mr. James Wilkes, 6, High street, Leominster.

584 MONKLAND MONNINGTON-UPON-WYE. CARRIER TO LEOMINSTER. Name Dav John Evans (Weobley) Fri. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Baker, Miss, Horkesley house Edwards, Thomas Downes, The Castle Lewis, Mrs., Mill house Pa.dfield, Rev. J., M. A. {vicar), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Bond, J ames, boot and shoe maker Bond, Miss Mary, dressmaker Brown, Sarah E., Red Lion Inn Cave, John, farmer, hop grower, Hereford cattle breeder, and landowner, Wall end, and Upper Wall end farms Duffield, Miss M. J., schoolmistress Stopping Place White Horse Return at 3 0 FERGUSON, DAVID, New Inn. Good accommodation for tourists, &c. Best wines and spirits only sold. Good stabling. Gailey, Richard, wheelwright Hull, Tracey, farmer, Little Wall end J ones, Michael, blacksmith Lewis, George, farmer, Yew tree farm Lewis, John Fletcher, miller and farmer~ Monkland mill, and Brick house farm Lewis, Thomas, farmer, and landowner, Pleck farm Millichap, Wm., carpenter Price, Mrs. Mary, tea & provision dealer Pu~h, Wm., carpenter Sm1th, Wm. J ames, farmer & hop grower, The Farm, res. Gattertop, Hope-underr Dinmore W oodhouse, Richard, parish sexton MONNINGTON- UPON- WYE. MONNINGTON (anciently Manitune and Monyton) is a small parish situated near the main road between Hereford and Hay, and on the northern bank of the river Wye; is distant 9 miles W.N.W. of Hereford, 12 E. of Hay, 12 S.E. of Kington, I5 S.W. of Leominster, 6 S. of Weobley, and about 3 S. of Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon railway; is in Grimsworth hundred, Weobley Union and petty sessional division, Moccas and Yazor polling district and electoral division of the county council ; and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 102; in I 881, 89 ; inhabited houses, 20; families or separate occupiers, 20 ; area of parish, r ,on acres; annual rateable value,£ I ,296. The Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., of Moccas court (who is lord of the manor), and Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., of Garnons, are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and loam, with a gravelly subsoil; chief produce, wheat, beans, barley, roots, and pasture. Monnington is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a rectory; value, £227, with residence and 3ot acres of glebe; patron, the Rev. Sir George H. Cornewall, Bart.; rector, Rev. James W. Douglas, B.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, who was instituted in r889. The register begins with the year I 710. The church, dedicated to St . .frimy, is a stone edifice, erected in the reign of Charles II. It consists of nave, chancel, and tower with four bells, and is in substantial repair. The children from this parish attend the school at Staunton-upon-Wye. Tradition affirms that the celebrated Owen Glen dower died at Monnington court, and that he was buried in the churchyard. Monnington was the property and seat of an ancient family of that name, who derived it from their residence on this spot, and one of whom married a daughter of Owen Glendower.

MONNINGTON-UPON-WYE MORDIFORD. s8s PosTAL REGULATIONS. Tracey Preece, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive from Hereford at 8.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 5.30 p.m. Staunton-on-W ye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Mary's). Rev. James W. Douglas, B.A., Rector; A. T. James, Esq., Chu1·chwarde11; E. Partridge, Pan"sh Clerk. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Days Stopping Place Return at Joshua Jenkins (Blakemere) PRIVATE RESIDENT. Wed. & Sat. West End Stables 3 30 Douglas, Rev. James W., B.A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Jones, Frederick Dyke, farmer, Monnington house J ames, Mrs., farmer, Monnington court MORDIFORD, WITH THE HAMLETS OF CHECKLEY, FROOME1 AND SUTTON. MORDIFORD is a parish and pleasant village situated on the old road from Hereford to Gloucester (by Newent), and on the river Lug, about a quarter of a mile from its junction with the Wye. It is distant 4:! miles E.S.E. of Hereford, 10 N. of Ross, and II W. of Ledbury; is in Greytree hundred, Hereford union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Mordiford polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 187 r was 6o8; in 1881, 570; inhabited houses, 136; families or separate occupiers, 144; area of parish, 1,383 acres; annual rateable value, £2,314. James Tudor Hereford, Esq., of Sufton court, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The Right Hon. Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith park, is lady of the manor of Prior's court, and also a landowner here. The soil on the western side of the hill is a red loam, and that on the eastern side a brown clay. There are large limestone quarries at Scutterdine in this parish, where numerous fossils are found. The principal crops grown here are hops, wheat, beans, fruit, and pasture. The river Lugg, which the poet Drayton terms "more lovelie" than the Wye, is crossed by a stone bridge on entering the village, and adds greatly to the picturesque scenery of the locality. There is a curious tradition connected with this parish, namely, that a large and fierce dragon which lived in Haughwood used to devour the inhabitants and their flocks, and the supposed effigy of this serpent or dragon, painted on the west wall of the church, was to be seen until I8II. The name Serpent's lane still serves to keep in remembrance the tradition. Mordiford is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Ross ; living, a rectory; value, £310, with residence and 16 acres of glebe; patroness, the Right Hon. Lady Emily Foley; rector, Rev. Robert Hereford, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1875. The earliest register is dated 1621. The church, dedicated to the Holy Rood, is an ancient edifice with nave, chancel, south transept (rebuilt in 1852), 2 G

5s6 MORDIFORD. porch, and square tower containing five bells. It was completely restored and a new north aisle and vestry added in r 869, at a cost of £1,771; architect, F. R. Kempson, Esq., F.I.B.A. The east window of stained glass is of three lights, and contains tastefully executed representations of the Nativity, the Crucifixion, and the Ascension of ()Ur Lord. The transept contains a memorial window to Harriet, eldest daughter of the late Richard Hereford, Esq., of Sufton court. In the chancel is a tablet bearing the signature of a former rector, the Rev. Charles J. Bird, giving an account of a tremendous storm which visited Mordiford on the 27th May, 181 r. The national school has accommodation for ISO children; average attendance, II6. Children from the adjoining parishes of Hampton Bishop and Fownhope are allowed to attend this school. There are a few small charities belonging to the parish. Upon an eminence ad joining the village is Sufton Cou1·t, the seat of J ames Tudor Hereford, Esq., and occupied by His Honour Judge Cooke, Q.C., J.P. The present mansion is of brick, faced with Bath stone, erected at the latter end of the I8th century, a few hundred yards from the site of the old house ; the grounds, tastefully laid out by Mr. Repton, command sbme beautiful and extensive prospects. Sufton has been the residence of the ancient family of Hereford from the beginning of the reign of Henry III., holding the manor by the service of presenting the king with a pair of gilt spurs of the value of six pennies annually, in lieu of all services appertaining to a feudal tenure. Froome hamlet is distant I mile N.; Checkley is distant 2 miles N.E. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mr. George ] ay, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford at 7.30 a.m.; despatched thereto at 5.30 p.m. Fownhope is the nearest money order office. Holme Lacy is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parz"sh Church (Holy Rood). Rev. Robert Hereford, M.A., Rector; Messrs. Peter Pitt and William George Sexty, Churchwardens; Alfred Brooks, Pa1·zsh Clerk ; Alfred Meek, Or ganz''st. National School (boys and girls). Mr. Alfred Meek, Master .i Mrs. Meek, .ll:fistress .; Miss Williams, I11Jants' Mistress. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. Starling, Widemarsh street, Hereford. CARRIERS To HEREFoRD. Name Days Stopping Place Return at Mrs. Morris Mrs. Bailey Wed. & Sat. do. Booth Hall ditto White Lion Booth Hall White Lion 3 30 3 30 3 0 2 30 3 0 William Bagley Peter Oakeley Henry Cox (Woolhope) PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Cooke, His Honour Judge Wm. Henry, Q.C., J.P., Sufton court Hereford, J ames Tudor do. do. do. Hereford, Rev. Robert, M.A., (rector) The Rectory Morga.n, Mrs. COMMERCIAL. Badham, Robert, plumber, painter, &c., New house, Froome Bailey, Luke, cottage farmer and shopkeeper, Froome Bailey, Richard, carpenter, Froome Brooks, Alfred, parish clerk at Mordiford, Fownhope

MORDIFORD MORETON JEFFRIES. Clutterbuck, Thos., farmer, The Orchards, res. City Arms Hotel, Hereford Frazer, Alexander, farmer, Checkley Garstone, Wm., cottage farmer, Checkley Gaydon, George, police constable Goodman, John, Moon Inn Green, John, cottage farmer, Checkley Griffiths, Richard, farmer, Froome Harris, Richard, woodman Huff, Charles, Yew Tree Inn, Froome Humphreys, Richard, farmer, Checkley Jay, George, estate mason and sub-post· master Lewis, Misses E. & M. R., shopkeepers, Village Meek, Alfred, master of national school & organist of parish church Morgan, Miss, farmer, Checkley Morgan, Thomas, farmer, W arslow MORETON Parker, J ames, farmer and shopkeeper, Back bury Parker, Mrs., cottage farmer, Froome Perkins, Mrs. Ann, laundress, Village Pitt, Peter, farmer & hop grower, Larport court Powell, William, carpenter Price, David, carpenter on Sufton estate Sexty, William George, farmer and hopgrower, Old Sufton Shepherd, Thos., cot. farmer, Backbury Taylor, H., farmer & hop grower, Prior's court Thomas, Arthur Jas., blacksmith, Village Titcombe, John, farmer, Froome Weaver, Mrs Emma, beer retailer, Checkley Weaver, Thomas, farmer, Checkley Williams, Mrs., farmer, Little Sufton JEFFRI:ES. MORETON JEFFRIES is a small parish situated about half a mile W. of the main road between Hereford and Bromyard, and distant 8~ miles N.E. of Hereford, 5! S.W. ofBromyard, and 12 N.W. of Led bury; is in Radlow hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Stoke Lacy polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in r87r was 47; in 1881, 43; inhabited houses, 9; families or separate occupiers, 9 ; area of parish, 697 acres ; annual rateable value, £951. Mrs. Higgins, of Thing-hill, near Hereford, is the owner of the parish. The soil is clayey; subsoil, limestone; chief produce, wheat, hops, beans, fruit, &c. The parish comprises three farms, of which Moreton Jeffries court, situate near the church, is the principal. The scenery in this neighbourhood is very picturesque. Moreton Jeffries is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frome ; living, a vicarage; value, about £6o, {derived fromrent-charge,£24; Queen Anne's Bounty, £12 17s. Iod.; and the rent of 16! acres of glebe); patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Henry George Morgan, M.A, of Merton College, Oxford, who was instituted in I 884, and who is also rector of, and resides at, Stoke Lacy. The register begins with the year I7II. The church is a small stone edifice, with nave, chancel, open porch on the south side, and small tower containing two bells. There are three monuments to the Westwood family, who were formerly owners of the parish. The east window was filled with stained glass by the late John Morley, Esq., as a memorial to the late vicar (the Rev. Thomas Hugh Bird). A monumental brass to the memory of John Morley, Esq., was presented in 1872 by the late Henry Higgins, Esq., who likewise gave handsome books for reading desk, &c. There is also a monumental slab to the Derry family. The children from this parish attend the national school at Burley Gate (Ode Pychard), which is mainly supported by Mrs. Higgins. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Worcester, and are delivered by messenger from Bromyard about 10.30 a.m.;

s88 MORETON JEFFRIES MORETON-ON-LUGG. despatched at 4 p.m. Bromyard is the nearest money order and telegraph office, and post town. Pan"sh Church. Rev. Henry George Morgan, M.A., Vicar./ Mr. James Sirrell, Churchwarden,; William Bowler, Part'sh Clerk. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Henry Davis James ]ones PRIVATE Days Wed. & Sat. do. RESIDENT. Kempson, Mrs., Moreton J effries cottage COMMERCIAL. Bowcott, Thomas, Claypits, and Burley Gate Inn Stopping Place Hop Pole Coach and Horses Return at 4 0 4 0 Leake, Henry, farmer and hop grower, Moreton J effries court Robinson, J ames, farmer and hop grower, The Farm Sirrell, J ames, farmer and hop grower, Tack farm MORE TON -ON -L UGG. MORETON is a parish and railway station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, and on the river Lugg, distant about a quarter of a mile E. of the main road between Hereford and Leominster, 4 miles N. of Hereford, 9 S. of Leominster, and 12 S.W. of Bromyard, is in Grimsworth hundred, Hereford union, county court district and petty sessional division, and Marden and Wellington polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 85 ; in 1881, 83 ; inhabited houses, 16 ; families or separate occupiers, 18; area of parish, 879 acres ; annual rateable value, £2,II4. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Pipe and Lyde was amalgamated with Moreton-on-Lugg. Mrs. Evans, of Moreton court, is lady of the manor and owner of the soil. This property (with lands in adjoining parishes) was purchased in r864, by the late Thomas Evans, Esq., a gentleman of ancient Welsh ancestry, who was for many years resident at Sufton court, in this county. Moreton formerly belonged chiefly to the two prebendaries of Moreton Magna and Moreton Parva, as shown by Domesday Book. It was purchased in 1851 by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners from the two prebendaries and their lessees, and also from William Chute Gwinnett, Esq. (since deceased), who served as high sheriff of the county in 1823, and was famous at Moreton court, as an agriculturist, and for his celebrated breed of Herefordshire cattle ; and also from the representatives of the late John Keysall, Esq., banker, of London, who formerly resided at Moreton court, and who likewise served as high sheriff in the year I 794· Amongst the nobility and gentry of England in the time of Charles II., the name of Peter Dancer, of Moreton-on-Lugg, appears, as extracted from Blame's "Britannia," folio, London, 1673, and he was Lord Farmer at that time. Afterwards, Mansell Powell, Esq., who served as high sheriff in 1734, appears to have been owner of Moreton manor and estates, and resident there. The soil is a rich deep loam, producing excellent crops of wheat, hops, roots, fruit, and pasture. The river Lugg affords some good fishing. Moreton is in the diocese, archdeaconry,

·MORETON-ON-LUGG. and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a rectory; value £212, with residence; patron, the Lord Bishop of Worcester; rector, Rev. Charles Henry Taylor, B.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1875· This parish was formerly exempt from episcopal and archidiaconal visitation. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, was beautifully restored in I 867, mainly through the exertions and liberality of the late Thomas Evans, Esq. Before its restoration the church was in a sad state of dilapidation and decay, so that it became necessary to well-nigh rebuild the fabric. It is in the Early English style of architecture, and consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, north porch, and south tower and spire, with a peal of six bells. The chancel, which is small, was re-constructed and lengthened about nine feet. It is separated from the nave by a handsome screen with gates of polished brass (by Messrs. Hodgkinson & Co., of Coventry), the gift of Mrs. Evans, being a portion of the work executed in memory of her husband. Above rises a spacious chancel arch of moulded stone, springing from corbels, supported by double shafts ; and the floor of the chancel, which is raised considerably above that of the nave, by marble steps, is paved with Godwin's encaustic tiles. The east wall on each side of the altar, is also faced with these tiles, bearing the sacred symbols of the seven lamps of holy scripture, being a portion of the design prepared by Mr. Seddon, and manufactured by Mr. Godwin, for the Paris Exhibition. The reredos consists of an arcade of three compartments, filled in with alabaster bearing jleur de lis, which have been lately gilded, and give it a good effect. The shafts of the arcade are of marble with foliated capitals of Derbyshire spar. In the centre compartment is a cross of white marble, studded with carbuncles. The altar rails are of polished brass. On the south side is the sedilia, or priest's chair, carved in stone, also the credence; on the same side is an ancient aumbrye, near to this aumbrye is a small ancient window fitted with stained glass. The pulpit, which is furnished with a desk and candle standards of polished brass, is placed against the north wall, near the entrance of the chancel, and is of Bath stone, with small open arches, over which runs a deep alabaster moulding. Opposite to it, on the south side, is an elaborately carved oak lectern. A carved oak litany desk stands at the foot of the chancel steps. The church contains about roo sittings. The font of plain Bath stone, has a magnificent spiral cover of painted and gilt metal work with oak base surmounted by a polished brass cross, the work of Messrs. Hart & Co., of London, and the gift of Mrs. Evans. The organ, by Bevington, also the gift of Mrs. Evans, is placed at the south-western end of the nave (it being impossible to place it in the chancel), near which is the vestry, which stands immediately beneath the tower. The church is heated by means o£ hot water coils, at the expense of Mrs. Evans. This work was carried out by Messrs. Weeks & Co., of Chelsea. The eastern end of the south aisle (as is the case with so many of the Herefordshire churches) appears to have been used for the service of a chantry, the stone slab beneath the eastern window apparently having been used

MORETON-ON-LUGG. as an altar. It is rudely marked with five crosses, and near it, on the south side, is an oblong cavity in the wall, which was probably used as a credence or aumbrye. The eastern end of this aisle was formerly separated from the nave by a screen or partition of oak, with bunches of grapes and vine leaves, now removed to a position in front of the organ. The belfry is approached by steps from the outside. The bells are six in number, the heaviest weighing about 8 cwt., and were cast by Messrs. Mears & Stainbank, and hung by Messrs. White & Son, about the beginning_ of the year 1872. The first and second bells were given by Mr. and Mrs. Evans, and the cost of the third, fourth, and fifth, was collected in part amongst their friends, the deficiency at the last being most generously defrayed by Mrs. Evans. In 1874, a sixth bell was presented by the ringers. The churchyard was levelled, and enlarged at the western end, by a gift of land by the late Mr. Evans, who at the same time, at his own expense, enclosed it with a wall. The dean and chapter of Hereford very kindly presented the stone from their quarries for rebuilding the church. The architect was W. H. Knight, Esq., of Cheltenham, and the contractors were Messrs. Collins & Cullis, of Tewkesbury. The church was re-opened in 1867. Since that time, besides the new peal of bells, the church has been enriched with many costly gifts, the principal of which are a new silver gilt and jewelled service of communion plate, presented by the parishioners ; font cover, pair of massive seven-branched polished brass candle standards for the chancel, altar candlesticks, flower vases, altar linen, alms bags, a complete set of altar frontals, books, cushions, hangings, &c., and a chiming apparatus, all presented by Mrs. Evans ; a litany desk presented by the late Mr. Dawe, of the Lower House farm; and a polished brass enamelled altar desk, and brass mounted litany book, by the late curate, the Rev. W. R. Shepherd. In 1887, Mrs. Evans erected a memorial of her only son, Thomas Percival Evans, consisting of a new stained glass east window, and the decoration of the chancel with mosaics, both being the work of Dr. Salviati & Co., of Venice and London. The chancel roof has also been decorated in blue and gold by the same eminent artists. The east window is of three principal lights, the central light containing the Crucifixion, the side lights, St. Mary and St. ] ohn. In the smaller lights above, in the centre one, angels bearing the instruments of the Passion, the crown of thorns, the spear, the sponge, the scourge, etc., while in two small side lights, angels "each with six wings," in illustration of Isaiah VI., 2. On either side of the east window are figures of St. An drew, (the patron saint) and St. Peter, in coloured and gold enamels, forming portions of the mosaic work already mentioned. This mosaic work is that which is known as enamelled glass mosaic, and is of a very beautiful, elaborate, and costly description. The general design represents "The Heavenly Jerusalem," as described in Rev. xxi., more especially the " River of the water of life proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb," "The tree of life bearing the twelve fruits on either side of the river," and figures of angels with various musical instruments. Underneath is the legend, "And he

MORETON-ON-LUGG MUNSLEY. shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb," "There is a river the streams whereof make glad the City of God, the Holy Place of the tabernacle of the Most Highest." The national school, with accommodation for 7 5 boys and girls, was built and furnished by the late Thomas Evans, Esq., in 1872, at a cost of about £400 ; average attendance 36. Moreton Court, the seat of Mrs. Evans, is an elegant mansion in the Italian Elizabethan style. It was built near the site of the old mansion house by the late Thomas Evans, Esq., the architect being Mr. ]. H. Knight, of Cheltenham. It stands in a very quiet secluded spot. To the east rises Sutton walls, the site of the palace of Offa, King of Mercia; to the west the picturesque summits of "The Pyons," Foxley, &c.; to the north the wooded range of Dinmore; on the south-west it is hidden from Hereford by the eminences stretching from Holmer to the Lugg valley, on whose rich soil, and amidst whose pleasant meads it lies, surrounded by a land of trees. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive from Hereford, at 7 .40. The letter-box is cleared at 4.30 p.m. Hereford is the nearest money order and telegraph office and post town. Par-ish Church (St. Andrew's). Rev. Charles Henry Taylor, B.A., Rector/ Mrs. Evans and Mr. Maurice Hart, Chu1·chwardens,; William Dawe, Sexton. Natz''onal School (boys and gt"rls). Mrs. Louisa Dawe, M£stress. Moreton-on-Lugg Ra£lway Statz(m (Shrewsbury and Hereford raz'lway, G. W. and L. & N. W. jo£nt). John Smith, Stat£on Master. Asszsta11t Overseer. Mr. Thomas Lane, Jun., 3, Gordon villas, Ryelands, Hereford. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Evans, Mrs., 1\Ioreton court Taylor, Rev. Chas. Henry, B.A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Bentley, William, coachman to Mrs. Evans Dawe, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer and hop grower, Lower house Dawe, Mrs. Louisa, schoolmistress Da.we, William Henry, blacksmith and sexton, The Beeches Hart, Maurice, farmer and hop grower, Church house Pantall, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Upper house Parker, Thomas George, head gardener and steward to Mrs. Evans Powis, Robert, mason, Marsh cottage Ralph, Preece, Davies & Co., coal, coke, and lime merchants, depot at the Railway station, Edward Davies, sales· man. Head offices, 138, Widemarsh street, Hereford Smith, John, station master W alters, Charles, farm bailiff to Mrs. E vans, The Brook MUNSLEY. MUNSLEY is a small parish adjacent to Ashperton railway station, and is distant 4~ miles N.W. of Ledbury, II E. of Hereford, and 10 S. of Bromyard; is in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Ashperton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 186; in 1881 1 172; inhabited houses, 31; families or separate occupiers, 31 ; area of parish, 1,432 acres; annual rateable value, £2,970. By provisional orders which came into operation on :zsth March, 1885, under the Divided Parishes Act, changes were

MUNSLEY NEWHAMPTON. made in the areas of this and adjoining parishes. John Hopton, Esq., of Canon Ffroome court, Mr. Edwin Gibbs, and Mr. Waiter Pitt, are the principal landowners. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, hops, beans, roots, and fruit. Munsley is in the diocese and arch deaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a rectory, united to Canon Frame vicarage; joint value, £407, with residence and 54 acres of glebe; patron, John Hopton, Esq.; rector, Rev. Michael Hopton, B.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1877, and resides at Canon Frame. The Rev. Philip S. Cook, B.A., Queen's College, Oxford, is curate of Munsley. The church, an ancient edifice, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, was restored by rate and private benefactions in 1863, at a cost of £750. It consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret and two bells, and possesses some interesting features. The children from this parish attend the district school at Ashperton. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Ledbury, and arrive by messenger from Parkhold post office about 8.o a.m. The wall box at Upper court is cleared at 4.50 p.m. Parkhold is the nearest money order office. Ashperton railway station is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Ledbury. Partsh Church (St. Bartholomew's). Rev. Michael Hopton, B.A., Recto·r,; Rev. Philip S. Cook, B.A., Curate; Mr. William Harris, Churchwarden/ J ames Austin, Parish Cle1·k. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Wm. Edward Mills, New House, Yarkhill. CARRIER TO LEDBURY. Name J ames N ewman PRIVATE RESIDENTS. J?ay Tues. Cook, Rev. Phillip Smith, B.A., (curate), The Rectory Forbes, Mrs. J. R. Stuart, Gazerdine Hickman, Mrs. Ann, Little V erzons Knapp, Rev. Arthur Henry (rector of Aylton, and curate of Pixley), The Verzons Pritchett, Edward, The Castle COMMERCIAL Austin, J ames, parish clerk :Barrett, Richard W illiam, farmer and hop grower, White House farm :Berry, Geor~e, police constable Chadd, Wilham, letter carrier Stopping Place New Inn Return at 4 0 Cotton, George, farmer and hop grower, Paunceford court Cowell, Henry, farmer and hop grower, Callow hills Dance, William, farmer, Mainswood Dew, Henry John, Lower Court farm Fowler, Edward, blacksmith Gibbs, Edwin, farmer and hop grower, Upper court Gibbs, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Moor end farm Smith, Albert, The Verzons farm, res. The Grove, Yarkhill Smith, John, dealer, The V erzons Spencer, Richard, Royal Oak Inn and butcher V ernall, Thomas, farmer, The N upend NEW HAMPTON. NEWHAMPTON, formerly extra-parochial, has become a parish for the purposes of the Act of 20 Vict., c. I 9· It adjoins Hatfield parish, and is distant about 6! miles E. of Leominster, being near the main road between that town and Bromyard ; is in W olphy hundred, Leominster union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Docklow and Kimbolton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was ro; in 188I, Il ;.

. NEWHAMPTON NEWTON. 593 inhabited houses, 2 ; area of parish, 147 acres; annual rateabJr value, .£I 64. Mr. Richard W oodhouse is the owner and occupier of the parish. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Leominster. Bredenbury is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Leominster. RESIDENT.-Woodhouse, Richard, farmer. NEWTON. NEWTON is a township and ecclesiastical parish formerly in the parish of Clodock, situated on Eskley brook, about 12 miles N. of Abergavenny, 12 W.S.W. of Hereford, 10 S.E. of Hay, and 3 miles from Vowchurch station on the Golden Valley railway. It is in Ewyas Lacy hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Longtown and Michaelchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 248; in 1881, 192; inhabited houses, 51; families or separate occupiers, 56; area of ecclesiastical district, 1,691 acres; annual rateable value, £r~20I. The Marquess of Abergavenny is lord of the manor of Ewyas Lacy. Newton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a perpetual curacy; value, £8o; patron, the Vicar of Clodock ; vicar, Rev. George John Tuck, M.A., of University College, Durham, who was instituted in I 888. The church, dedicated to St John, is a plain stone edifice erected in 1844 at a cost of about £1oo, raised chiefly through the exertions of the late Mr. John Powell, a farmer, who resided in the township. The church was restored in 1869 at a cost of £127, and it was thoroughly repaired and renovated in 1888; it has nave, porch, font, belfry, and one bell. The seats are all free and unappropriated. The register begins with the year 1848, the date of the formation of the ecclesiastical district. Newton is included in the Longtown district school board. New schools to accommodate roo children have been erected; average attendance, 57. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received, vz'a Pontrilas and Bacton. Ewyas Harold is the nearest money order office. Pontrilas is the nearest telegraph office. The wall letter box near the chapel is cleared at 3·45 p.m. Letters should be addressed Pontrilas, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Pm--ish Church (St. john's). Rev. George John Tuck, M.A., Vzca1· / Messrs. John Lewis and William Morgan, Chu1·chwa1·dens / Joseph Higley, Parzsh Clerk. Board School. Mr. William Morgan, Master. Przm£live Method-ist Chapel. Ministers varz'ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. William Preece. Name Mrs. Jackman CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Days Wed. & Sat. Stopping Place Nelson Inn Return at 3 0

594 NEWTON NORTON CANON. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Tuck, Rev. George John, M.A. (vicar), Marlborough court COMMERCIAL. Farr, William, farmer, Lower Newton Gwillim, Ebenezer, frmr., Wain Herbert Gwyn, John, shopkeeper, Newton Higley, J oseph, tailor, shopkeeper, and parish clerk Jackman, Richard, farmer, Square house Jenkins, Richard, farmer, Quarrelly Lewis, David, farmer, Pool house, Lower Maescoed Lewis, John, farmer & landowner, Gilvah Lewis, Philip, farmer, Far house Lloyd, \Villiam, farmer, Great house, Lower .1.\'Iaescoed Morgan, Willia.m, schoolmaster, School house Powell, Charles, farmer, Woodlands Preece, William, farmer and assistant overseer for Newton and St. Margaret's, Nantyrust Price, James, farmer, New house Pritchard, Thomas, cottage farmer and mason, Gil vah Rogers, W., farmer, Cwm Clead Sanders, Thomas, carpenter and wheel· wright, Ma.rlborough Seaborne, Cha.s., farmer, Maescoed fann Seabourne, George, farmer, Burnt house Shaw, William, farmer, Castle farm Smith, Thomas, farmer, Upper Newton Thomas, J ames, farmer, The Palace Watkins, Da.vid, shopkeeper, Gilvah W atkins, George, farmer, Gwerlody fann W atkins, George, farmer, Old house W atkins, William, farmer, The Green Williams, Aaron, farmer, 'fhe Cottage Williams, John H., farmer, The Yatt and Dingle farms Williams, Mrs. M., cottage farmer, Yew tree cottage, Gilvah NEWTON, near LEOMINSTER. (See CROFT). NORTON CANON, WITH THE HAMLETs oF EccLES GREEN, PIG STREET, AND CAL VER HILL. . NORTON CANON is a parish situated on the road from Hereford to Kington, distant 1 mile N. W. of Moorhampton station on the ·Midland railway, 10 N.W. by W. of Hereford, 9 S.E. of Kington, 12 E.N.E. of Hay, and I It S.W. of Leominster; is in Grimsworth hundred, Weobley union, petty sessional division, Kinnersley and W eobley polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 3I 7 ; in I 88I, 326 ; inhabited houses, 72; families or separate occupiers, 74 ; area of parish, 2,079 acres; annual rateable value, £2,979· The Dean and Chapter of Hereford are lords of the manor, and Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., of Garnons, D. Henry P. Peploe, Esq., of Garnstone, Mr. John Smith, of Thing-hill, and Mr. John T. Pearce, are the principal landowners. The soil is a strong loam on the red sandstone formation; chief products, wheat, beans, hops, roots, and fruit. N orton, together with Hope, Preston, and Pyon, were given to the cathedral church of Hereford hy Wulviva and the celebrated Godiva her sister, wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. The living is a vicarage in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; value, £162, with residence and 3o! acres of glebe ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Henry Bernard Derham Marshall, M.A., of Worcester College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1877· The church, dedicated to St. N-icholas, is a brick structure with stone quoins and dressings, and a stone tower, containing five bells. It has nave, chancel, and transepts, and was partially restored in 1868, at a cost of £825,

NORTON CANON. 595 chiefly raised in the parish. The work included an entirely new roof, pavement, and internal fittings. In I 869, the chancel was lowered, paved, and repaired, by the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The porch was restored and a new reredos erected in I 87 5 by private subscription, and the tower and belfry re-roofed and repaired at a cost of £2o, in 1883. The church contains one or two floriated crosses, and some monuments to the families ofWhitney and Carless; but most of its ancient features disappeared in the reconstruction of the fabric in I 706. The church also contains a suspending lamp, by Pratt & Son, of London, in memory of Harold and Gurth DerhamMarshall, also an oak litany desk, by Wippell, of Exeter, in memory of Louise Alberta Hope Smith. The register begins with the year 1716. The national school provides accommodation for 54 children; the average attendance is 42. There is a residence for the master attached. The parish enjoys several charities of an aggregate value of more than £so per annum, a moiety of which is devoted to educational purposes. The W esleyans have a small chapel at Eccles green 1 erected in I846. The Primitive Methodists have also a chapel at N orton Wood, erected in I 864. Eccles Green is a hamlet distant nearly 1 mile N. ; Pig Street and Calver Hill are hamlets on the W. side of the parish. Calver Hill House, the seat of John Tunstall Pearce, Esq., is pleasantly situated on an eminence commanding extensive and beautiful views. PosTAL REGULATIONS. William Maddox, Sub-Postmaste1·. Letters are received through Weobley, R.S.O., and are delivered about 9.15 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 4.40 p.m. Staunton-on-W ye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Letters should be addressed, Norton Canon, Weobley, R.S.O., Herefordshire. Part"sh Church (St. N£cholas). Rev. Henry Bernard DerhamMarshall, M.A., Vi"car; Messrs.]. W. F. Pearce and Jeremiah Roberts, Churchwardens; Charles Ayrton, Deputy Parish Cle1·k. National School (boys and girls). Mr. Charles Ayrton, Master. Ebenezer Prt"m:itt"ve Method£st Chapel, N orton wood. M£msters • va1·zous. Wesleyan Chapel, Eccles green. Ministers vart"ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. William Maddox. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Days Mrs. Taylor Wed. & Sat. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ga.Iliers, Miss, Eccles Green Marshall, Rev. Henry Bernard Derham, M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Pearce, John 'l'unstall, Calver Hill house COMMERCIAL. Ayrton, Charles, schoolmaster Barnes, Samuel, Eccles Green farm Baynham, J ames, Yew tree cottage Griffiths, Benjamin, gardener, Farm hane Stopping Place Red Lion Return at Griffiths, Hy., wheelwright, Eccles Green Hargest, James, freeholder, Norton wood Higgins, John, farmer, The Rowls Howells, Charles, boot and shoemaker Jenkins, William, farmer & hop grower, Hyatt Sarnesfield Lane, Francis, butcher, New house Maddox, William, sub-postmaster, grocer and provision dealer, and assistant over· seer, Eccles Green Merrick, S. Thos., farmer, Brick house fm Morris, Edward, farmer, Calver hill Neville, Mrs. L., 'l'he Wood

NORTON CANON OCLE PYCHARD. Powell, Edwin, cottage farmer & mason Powell, Mrs. Jessie, Railway Inn, Upper Norton Price, George, farmer, N orton house Pritchard, Elizabeth, freeholder Roberts, Jeremiah, farmer, Upper N orton Roberts, William & Thomas, farmers, Hinton farm Rogers, Rowland, farmer Rudge, James, Three Horse Shoes Inn, and blacksmith Stead, Thomas, gardener and farmer Taylor, Catherine, carrier to Hereford, The Parks Vaughan, William, farmer, The Cross W atkins, J ames, cow keeper, Darkley OCLE PYCHARD, WITH LIVERS OcLE. OCLE PYCHARD is a parish situated on the main road between Hereford and Bromyard, distant 7-! miles N.E. of Hereford, 7 S.W. of Bromyard, 10 N. W. of Led bury, and 3i N.E. of Withington station on the Worcester and Hereford railway. It is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Stoke Lacy polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 319 ; in 1881 1 291; inhabited houses, 54; families or separate occupiers, 6o; area of parish, 1,878 acres ; annual rateable value, £2,821. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1887, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of this parish was amalgamated with Sutton, in Hereford union. H. J. Postlethwaite, Esq., Rev. J. Glossop, Mrs. Higgins, and Mrs. Mary Morris, are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, beans, hops, fruit, &c. Ode is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frome ; living, a vicarage ; value, £191, with residence and 6-! acres of glebe; patroness, Mrs. W. W. Hill, widow of the late vicar; vicar, Rev. Henry Longueville Graham, B.A., of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1889. The church, dedicated to St. james, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, aisle, south porch, and square tower containing three bells. The interior was restored in 1869 at a cost of £620. The east window is by Clayton & Bell, and represents the two St. ] ames's. There is also a window of painted quarry glass in the south side of the chancel. The earliest register is dated 17 54· The day school at Burley Gate in this parish, was built by the late John Morley, Esq., and is now the property of, and mainly supported by, Mrs. Higgins, of Thing-hill. It is for the joint use of the parishes of Ocle Pychard, Moreton ]effries, and Cowarne. The present average attendance is 73· There are charities belonging to the parish of £1 15s. yearly value. Ocle CoU?-t, at present unoccupied, is a modern mansion, pleasantly situated on an eminence near the church. The Vicarage has been recently rebuilt. Livers Ocle, formerly an extraparochial place, containing 16 inhabitants in 1861, has been annexed to Ocle Pychard parish under the Act 2oth Vict., c. I 9. In the farmyard are the remains of an old Roman Catholic chapel, now converted into an outhouse. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Burley gate Post office. Miss Emma Derry, Sub-Postmistress. Letters arrive from Hereford at 9 a.m.; despatched thereto at 4.30 p.m. lVithington is the nearest telegraph office. Hereford and Bromyard are the nearest money order offices. Post town, Hereford.

OCLE PYCHARD ORCOP. 597 Part'sh Church (St. james' s). Rev. Henry Longueville Graham, B.A., Vz'car / Messrs. Philip Pound and Charles Bufton, Churchwm-dens ~· Thomas Adams, Parish Clerk. Natz'onal School, Burley gate. Miss Sarell, Mz"stress. Ass£sta1zt Ove1'Seer. Mr. T. G. Bufton. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at William Boseley Wed. & Sat. Henry Davis (Stoke Lacy) do. James Jones (Much Cowarue) Stopping Place Coach & Horses Hop Pole Coach & Horses 4 0 4 0 do. 3 3° PRIVATE RESIDENT. Graham, Rev. Henry Longueville, B.A. (vicar), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Adams, Thos., parish clerk & shoemaker Benbow, Tiers F., farmer, Lower house Bowcott, Thomas, Burley Gate Inn Bufton, Charles, builder and contractor, The Orchards Bufton, Thos. G., carpenter & assistant overseer Hankins, Wm. Rich., Middle House farm Hill, John, shopkeeper, Kymin Hodges, George, blacksmith, Burley gate Morris, Mrs., farmer and hop grower, Lower Castleton Pantall, Mrs., farmer, Upper Castleton Pearson, J ames Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Livers Ocle Pearson, Robert B., Monkton & Quickset farms Pound, Philip, farmer, Moor house Powell, J ames, carpenter and farmer, White house PRITCHARD, JAMES, butcher and farmer, grocer & provision dealer, High house Prosser, James, farmer, Upper house Sarell, Miss Alice, schoolmi"ltress Sherratt, Alexander, farmer, Holdbury barn Symonds, Thomas, shoemaker, Kymin ORCOP. ORCOP is a parish and straggling village situated about I~ miles W. of the main road between Hereford and Monmouth, 9~ miles S.S.W. of Hereford, 9 W.N.W. of Ross, and 4t E. of Pontrilas station on the West Midland section of the Great Western railway. It is in Wormelow hundred (upper division), Dore union, Harewood End petty sessional division, Pontrilas and Orcop polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was 637; in 1881, 554; inhabited houses, 133 ; families or separate occu iers, I so ; area of parish, 2,319 acres; annual rateable value, 1,890. Thomas Raymond Symons, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey and loamy ; subsoil, sandstone and limestone ; chief crops, wheat, oats, barley, roots, &c. Orcop is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield; living, a vicarage; value, £220; patron, Rev. Arthur Gray, M.A. ; vicar, Rev. J oseph Bartholomew Davey Hopgood, M. A., of Hertford College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1889. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was restored in 1863 at a cost of £749· The restoration included reseating after the model of the old benches, opening to view the timber roofs, re-slating, rebuilding the tower (containing four bells), steeple, and porch, constructing new chancel and tower arches, adding a vestry, removing all exterior and interior plaster and whitewash, pointing the walls, repairing the general fabric, inserting

ORCOP. four or five new windows, and forming an open drain round the exterior. A text, in blue with gold letters, was placed over the chancel arch by R. H. Capper, Esq., who also presented the altar cloth. An American organ was provided by subscription in 1878. The registers go back to the year r672. The school is under the management of a school board. It has accommodation for 95 children; average attendance, 59· There are chapels for the Baptists and the Primitive Methodists. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Orcop Hill Post Office, Charles Burleigh, Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received through Hereford, vza Tram Inn, at 9·55 a.m.; despatched at s.o p.m. Much Dewchurch is the nearest money order office. Tram Inn is the nearest telegraph office. Letter-box at School wall is cleared at '4.30. Post town, Hereford. Post office, Garway hill. George Baker, Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received through Ross, v-ia St. Weonards, at 9.15 a.m.; despatched at 4·35 p.m. St. Weonards is the nearest money order office. Pontrilas is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Ross. Parish Church. Rev. J. B. D. Hopgood, M.A., Vicar/ Messrs. Charles Burleigh and George J ones, Churchwardens ~· Francis Rowland, Sexton. Board School. Rev. J. B. D. Hopgood, M.A., Cha£rman and Clerk to the Board.; Mr. Henry Sargant, Master. BapNst Chapel, Orcop Hill. Mz"tlisters varz'ous. Prz'mitive Mtthodist Chapel. Garway Hill. Minz'ste1·s various. Assz'stant Overseer. Mr. Thomas Arthur, Quarry farm. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Stopping Place Return at Charles Burleigh Wed. & Sat. Black Lion 3 0 Mrs. Beavan Wed. Nelson 2 30 Chas. ]ones Wed. & Sat. Plough 3 0 John Waite Wed. & Sat. Oak Stables 2 0 Charles Burleigh CARRIER TO Thurs. Ross. The George 3 0 Mm·ked thus * postal addre::s Boss; t postal address Hereford; ::::postal address St. Weonards, Ross. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Hopgood, Rev. J. B. D., M.A., (vicar), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. tArtbur, John, farmer and threshing machine proprietor, Quarry farm *Baker, Alfred, cot. farmer, Bank farm *Barrell, Richard, farmer, Church farm, res. Garway *Barrell, Wm., farmer & dealer, Garway bill and Burnt house *Beavan, William, farmer, Stoney house, res. Fare house *Beavan, William, grocer and provision dealer, and farmer, Baggalydiatt tBurleigb, Chas., shopkeeper, carrier to Hereford and Ross, & sub-postmaster, Post office, Orcop bill *Davies, J., blacksmith, Hendra Lyons t Evans, E., cabinet maker and cottage farmer, The Laundry tGazzard, Henry, butcher & beer reta.iler, Fountain Inn *George, Artbur, Cherry Orchard farm *Harper, Allan, farmer, Old Hall tHarris, Benjamin, farmer, New Castle tHugbes, John, farmer, Old shop tJ enkins, Jas., cottage farmer, Pool field, Little hill tJ enkins, John, farmer, The Great Y nys *Jones, Cbas., wheelwright, shopkeeper, and carrier tJ ones, George, farmer, The Green

ORCOP ORLETON. 599 tJ ones, Thomas, farmer,. The Moat tJ ones, William, farmer, Burnett *Lewis, Edw., cottage farmer, The Ruff *Lewis, John, beer retailer, Rising Sun tMathews, Edward, farmer, Lower Mill farm *Mead more, George & J ames, farmers, Hollings Gate tMeadmore, John, farmer, The Butts, re&. Much Dewchurch tl\Ieadmore, John, farmer, Pennant tMeadmore, J. E., farmer, The Meadows tMeadmore, J. & J., farmers, Stradway tMorris, Mrs. Estber, cottage farmer, Little Stradway *Porter, Mrs. Ann & Thomas, farmers, White house farm tPowell, J., New Inn •Preece, Mrs., Globe Inn *Pritchard, William, cottage farmer, Garway hill *Rogers, Jas., cottage farmer, Garway hill • •Rowlands, Abigail, cottage farmer, Ga.rway hill *Ruck, Jas., farmer, Tuft tSargant, Henry, schoolmaster, School house •Sayee, Henry, farmer, Upper Moors *Seaborn, Wm., cottage farmer, Pigeon house tSymonds, William, farmer, Hendra *Wa.in, David, cot. farmer, Crerwendy, Phenantnore *W aite, John, carrier *W aite, Wm., farmer, Three Chimneys and Middle barn *Washer, James, farmer, Burrup, f"U. Great Camdore farm *W atkins, David, farmer, Lower Moors tWhite, George, cottage farmer, Little Ynys :f:Whitehorn, Thomas, blacksmith & inn• keeper, Maltstera' Arm& Inn tWoodhill, George, farmer, New house ORLETON, • WITH THE HAMLET OF CoMBERTON. ORLETON is a large parish and picturesque village, situated on one of the main roads between Leominster and Ludlow, and about It miles S. '\V. of W oofferton station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford, and the Leominster and Tenbury, railways. It is distant Si miles S.S.W. ofLudlow, st N. ofLeominster, 7 W. ofTenbury, and 18 N. of Hereford ; is in W olphy hundred, Leominster union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Yarpole polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 591 ; in 1881, 575; inhabited houses, 134; families or separate occupiers, I 37 ; area of parish, 2,547 acres ; annual rateable value, £4,590. The parish is 3 miles long and 2! wide. Henry Archibald Blount, Esq. (who is lord of the manor), Charles W. Greenly, Esq., Mr. W. Bright, Mrs. O'Connor, Thomas Edmunds, Esq., Miss Foster, Thomas Farmer, Esq., Governors of Lucton School, Joseph Rogers, Esq., and Mrs. Yapp are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and sand ; subsoil, chiefly rock ; products, wheat, barley, beans, roots, and fruit. The manor of Orleton was given by William the Conqueror to Ranulph de Mortimer, whose descendant1 King Edward IV., held it distinct from the crown lands, and had a particular seal, even a:fter he was a king, for the concerns of the Earldom of March, as appears from a charter of manumission, granted to a villain of this place, bearing date 2oth August, eighth of Edward IV., the seal of which is preserved entire, bearing the arms of Mortimer and Burgh quarterly, supported by lions rampant, and surmounted by a crown; with this inscription: Si'gr.1/um Edward£ Quarti Dei Gra. Regis Anglia:, Francia: Domini, Hibemie, Comitatus sute M ardria:. After Ed ward's death, this manor was annexed to the Crown, and was granted by 1 ames L to George Hopton, from whom it passed through several families to the Blounts, of whom

6oo ORLETON. Thomas Blount, Esq., was the author of the "Fragmenta Antiquitatis, or, Ancient Tenures and Customs of Some Manors," republished by Mr. ]osiah Beckwith in 1784. He also wrote several other works, and made two folio volumes of MS. collections for a History of Herefordshire. He died in December, 1679, and was buried in Orleton church with others of his family. This parish was the birthplace of Adam de Orleton, who was promoted successively to the sees of Hereford, Worcester, and Winchester, on account of his great literary attainments. He was author of the following famous enigmatical line, the meaning of which is completely altered by punctuation :- "Edwardum occidere, nolite ; timere bonum est." "Edwardum occidere, nolite timere ; bonum est." He was appointed ambassador to Philip, King of France, with whom he became a great favourite, and was by his interest with the Pope translated to the see of Winchester contrary to the wishes of his own sovereign. He died at his palace at Farnham, A.D. 1345, and was buried in Winchester cathedral. Orleton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster; living, a vicarage; value, £129, with residence and II5i acres of glebe; patrons, the Governors of Lucton school ; vicar, Rev. William Edward Edwards, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1853, and who is also rural dean of Leominster. The church, dedicated to St. George, is a very ancient edifice, with nave, an old porch looking towards the north, a handsome old font, two very remarkable chests hewn out of the solid timber, piscina, and some remains of good stained glass. The nave was entirely restored in 1865 at a cost of £750 6s., of which £300 was raised by a rate. The seats were then made free, and accommodation provided for more than double the number of attendants. The chancel was rebuilt in 1867 at a cost of £376 12s. 6d., nearly the whole of which was given by the patrons. The tower contains three bells ; the spire is covered with oak shingles ; the base is in the Norman style, and the rest Early English. Good oak choir stalls have lately been erected. A new clock has been placed in the tower as a memorial of the] ubilee of Her Majesty. In the churchyard is a very ancient stone cross. The register dates from a very early period. The charities belonging to the parish amount to about £5 12s. yearly. The national school has accommodation for 126 children ; average attendance, 69. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Plymouth Brethren, have places of worship here. Orleton Common was enclosed in the early part of the present century. From the summit of the hill a most extensive and magnificent view is obtained. "Palmer's Cairn" or "Churn," in this parish was a cleft in a rock forming a narrow passage through which a child could pass. It was quite underground and about 30 feet long, and in the centre about I 5 feet deep. It is now grown together and not passable. The village is conspicuous for its timber-framed houses, gables, &c. A cattle fair is held yearly, on the 23rd of April. Orleton Court, the manor house, is the residence of John Richard Hill, Esq., and is a

ORLETON . 6ot . very curious old timber building. In removing the oak panellings a curious inscription was found written on the wall over the fireplace in the state bedroom so called from its being supposed that Charles II. slept there after the battle of Worcester ; it is as follows: '' Honner Him In Heart That souffered on the crosse for Thee, and Worship Him." Also, in removing the staircase, a cannonball (three-pounder) was found lodged in the wall. Ashley Moor is the property of Mrs. O'Connor. It is at present occupied by Sir Richard M. Brooke, Bart. A portion of the Ashley Moor estate is the property of Joseph Rogers, Esq.; the farm-house being in the occupation of Mr. William Cadmore. Comberton is a hamlet distant half a mile N .E. of the village, on the road to W oofferton railway station. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Frederick Brace, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive at 5 a.m. ; despatched at 7·45 p.m. This is a money order office. Letters can be registered here. Brimfield is the nearest telegraph office. Letters should be addressed, Orleton, R.S.O., Herefordshire. Parish Church (St. George's). Rev. William Edward Edwards, M.A., Vz"car.; John Richard Hill, Esq. and George Griffiths, Esq., Churchwardens.; John George, Part"sh Clerk. Natio?Zal School (boys and g·z'rls). Mr. J. Whitworth, Master~· Miss Whitworth, Mistress. Plymouth Brethren Meetz"ng House. Mz1nsters varz"ous. Przmitive Methodist Chapel. M£nt'sters various. Wesleya1t Chapel. Mz"nzsters van'ous. Steward of the Ma1Zor of Orleton. John Lambe, Esq., 35, Bridge street, Hereford. (A court baron of this manor is held in April and October). John Jones, Manor Bailiff. Assistant Overseer. Mr. John Jones. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bright, William, Comberton house Brooke, Sir Richard M., Bart., Ashley Moor Edwards, Rev. William Edward, M.A. (vicar of Orleton, and rural dean of Leominster), The Vicarage Edwards, Thos., Comberton Griffiths, George Hall, William, Marsh hall Hill, John Richard, Orleton court Y eld, Richard H., Kitchen hill COMMERCIAL. Baynham, J ames, Police-sergeant, Mill Brook Booth, Richard, miller & baker, Orleton mill Brace, Frederick, sub-postmaster, Post Office Cadmore, William, farmer, Ashley moor Derry, Richard William, farmer, Lower house, Orleton Edwards, Benjamin, farmer, Church House farm Evans, Samuel, mason, builder, &c. Faulkner, Mrs., cottage farmer, Cu11is Croft Fletcher, Benjamin, farmer Gent, Thomas, tailor, Maidenhead George, Charles, farmer, Liners, Orleton common George, John, parish clerk Hughes, Joseph, carpenter and wheelwright, Maidenhead James, Edwin, farmer, Overton farm J ames, Thomas, timber dealer & fanner, Comberton Jones, John, farmer, Townsend J ones, William, boot and shoe maker Lawrence, Geo., butcher, The Boot Inn Leek, William, farmer Longville, Arthur, farmer, Orleton corn. Ma.und, Thomas, shopkeeper N ewman, G. W., blacksmith N ewman, Mrs., carrier Phillips, John, cider retailer, The Folly Postans, John, mason Powell, Benjamin, carpenter and wheelwright, Millbrook Price, John, mason 2 H

6oz ORLETON PEMBRIDGE. Price, Mrs. J anns, farmer & landowner, Spout house Proctor, Henry, farmer, Orleton common Radnor, William, butcher and farmer, Tower hill Sanders, Philip, farmer, Green lane Tanner, James Alberf, farmer, Portway Wall, Mrs. Sarah, beer retailer, The ]lolly Webb, Arthur, Maidenhead Inn White, F. R., grocer & provision dealer Yeld, Richard H., farmer, Kitchen hill PEMBRIDGE, WITH THE HAMLETS OF BROXWOOD1 MARSTON AND WESTON. PEMBRIDGE (anciently Penebruge), is an extensive parish and village, situated in a very picturesque and fertile district, on the river Arrow, and on the main road between Leominster and Kington. It has a rail way station on the Great Western Rail way (Leominster and Kington branch), and is distant 7t miles W. of Leominster, 7 E. of Kington, 7 S.E. of Presteigne, 5 N. of Weobley, and 15 N.N.W. of Hereford; is in Stretford hundred, Kington union, petty sessional division, and county court district, in Lyonshall and Pembridge polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 1,535; in 1881, 1,318; inhabited houses, 286; families or separate occupiers, 292; area of parish, 7,077 acres; annual rateable value, £II,2I5. Courts leet and baron are held here. There are two manors, under different lords viz .. Pembridge Borough and Pembridge Foreign; John Bowle Evans, Esq., being lord of the former, and Thomas de Calthrop, Esq., of the latter. The principal landowners are the Right Hon. Lord Bateman, Lieut.-Col. Richard Snead Cox, James Henry Davies, Esq., John Bowle Evans, Esq., Miss Bannister, Edward Coates, Esq., "\V. E. King King, Esq., E. Howorth Greenly, Esq., C. ]. Bengough, Esq., Theodore Rathbone, Esq., Thomas de Calthrop, Esq., William Langston, Esq., Francis Edwards, Esq., Francis Lyndon Evelyn. Esq., and John Charlton Parr, Esq. The soil is clayey; subsoil, chiefly old red sandstone; produce, wheat, barley, hops, fruit, roots, and excellent pasture. This parish has long been famed for its superior breed of Herefordshire cattle. A pleasure fair is held here on May 13th yearly, which is also a hiring fair. The river Arrow affords some trout and grayling fishing. Pem~ bridge gave name to the ancient and honourable family of Pembruge, Pembridge, or Brydges, ancestors of the Lords Chandos, of whom Henry de Pem bruge was High Sheriff of Herefordshire in the 42 nd and 43rd of Henry III., and Sir Richard de Pembruge, who lies buried in Hereford cathedral, was made Knight of the Garter by Edward III. This was part of the estate of the Mortimers, who procured the privilege of a market for this place, and Henry I. granted it a charter of liberties : the market has long been disused. In the early part of the I sth century, the terrible battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought in this neighbourhood between the royal forces and those of Owen Glendower. Some very interesting discoveries were made some years since by the late Mr. T. N. Alford, in one of his fields, called the Lower Field, or 11 Church Gobbetts," a quarter of a mile east from Pembridge. where there are the remains of a camp of an oval shape, surrounded by trenches which are 6 feet deep and 7 feet wide. In the trenches (the soil of which is quite

PEMBRIDGE. black) he found the bones of men and horses in large quantities, within about 20 inches of the surface. He also found several "steen graves," formed of stones and mortar, and containing large human bones, some of which were quite perfect. The graves contained the bodies of the chieftains. Horses' teeth are here in great quantities. In the trenches were also discovered some fluted brick tiles, a very strong and curious brass spur, and other relics. Pembridge is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster; living, a rectory; value, £I,oo7, with residence and 33! acres of glebe; patron, John Whitehead, Esq.; rector, Rev. Francis Whitehead, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1889. The Rev. Frederick Melior, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Rev. Chaloner Greville are the curates. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large stone edifice, and is an excellent specimen of 14th-century work. It consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and transepts. and has accommodation for 900 persons. It underwent repair in 1842 at a cost of £685, in 1858 at a cost of £180, and in 1871 at a cost of £soo. Detached, about 2 5 yards from the church, on an octagon stone basement, is the curiously-shaped old wooden belfry, containing a clock and five bells. The parish registers go back to the year I 564. About twenty-five years ago the late Rev. James Davies erected an iron church upon his estate, which is used as a chapel of ease to the parish church. A reading and recreation room near the school was erected by subscription, in 1887, at a cost of over £2oo. There is a national school for boys and girls, endowed by William Carpenter in 1650, with accommodation for 244 children; average attendance, g6. A branch national school was erected in 1872, at Broxwood; average attendance, 45· There are almshouses for six poor aged women, founded by the Rev. Thomas Trafford, D.D. (rector of this parish), finished and endowed according to his design by Alice, his relict, in 1686. Bryan Duppa, Bishop of Winchester, also founded and endowed six almshouses for poor women in x661. The charities belonging to the parish, including the school and almshouses, produce upwards of £180 yearly. There is a Congregational chapel in the village and one at Broxwood. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Marston, erected in 1836. Broxwood Court, the seat of Lieut.-Colonel Richard Snead Cox, ].P., D.L., stands in a conspicuous position, being on an eminence, and commands extensive views of a gently undulating country. A new Roman Catholic church, with house for priest, has lately been built, about a quarter of a mile from the court, near the burial ground, and was opened in x886; Father Contrin is the resident priest. Lieut.-Colonel Richard Snead Cox, Esq., is a J.P., and D.L. for the county, and served the office of high sheriff in 1858. The Roman Catholic schools at Broxwood (~/. Aloysius) have accommodation for 127 children; average attendance, 39· On the western side of the village is The Bvletts, the seat of John Bowle Evans, Esq., J.P., D.L., who is lord of the manor of Pem~ bridge borough. It was once the residence of the Lockards, ten brothers of which family were engaged at the same time in the civil

PEMBRIDGE. wars of Charles I., and three of them were slain in endeavouring to support the drooping cause of royalty, in the defeat at Richard's castle. It is now occupied by Lt.-Col. Davies. The other principal residences in the parish are MoorcoU1'1, the seat of J ames Henry Davies, Esq., and in the occupation of the Rev. Chaloner Greville ; The Court of Noke, George Child, Esq. ; Weston House, the residence of Richmond John Penhall, Esq. ; Westo1zbury, Henry Freeman Russell, Esq. ; and The Rectory, Rev. Francis Whitehead, M.A. Marston is a hamlet, distant It miles W.S.W.; Weston hamlet is distant 2 miles S.W. ; Broxwood hamlet is distant about 3 miles S.W. of Pembridge and 5 N. of Kinnersley railway stations. Lieut.- Colonel Richard Snead Cox is lord of the manor of Broxwood. PosTAL REGULATIONS. • Arthur William Ovens, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by rail at 6.25 a.m. and at 6.30 p.m.; despatched at 7.30 p.m. This is a money order; savings bank, and telegraph office. Six messengers leave this office daily at 6.30 a. m. for Weobley, Norton Canon, Eardisland, Cholstrey, Barewood, Luntley, Brox)Vood, Newton, and Hardwick; returning at 6.35 p.m. The pillar-box at Marston is cleared at 6.15 p.m. Letters should be addressed, Pembridge, R.S.O., Herefordshire. PosT OFFICE, Broxwood. John Powles, Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received through Pembridge, and arrive about 8.20 · a.m. ; despatched thereto at 5.15 a.m. Pembridge is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Letters should be addressed Pembridge, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St. Mary's ). Rev. Francis Whitehead, M.A., Rector_,. Rev. Frederick Melior, M.A., and Rev. Chaloner Greville, Curates_,- Messrs. Arthur Philip Turner and John Price, Chu1·ch~ wardens_,· William Hall, Parish Clerk. . Moor court Chapel of Ease. Rev. Chaloner Greville, M.A., Offidatz'ng Minister. · National Schools, Pembridge. Mr. William Thomas B. Burnett, Master ; Mrs. Milliachap, Mistress. . National School, Broxwood. Mr. David Williams, Master,- Mrs. Williams, Mistress. . Roman Catholz'c Church, Broxwood. Rev. Father T. Contrin, Pri'est~ Roman Catholic Schools, Broxwood. Miss Laura Smith, Mistress. Congregational Chapel, Broxwood. Rev. J. Phelps, Mz'"n£ster. Congregational Chapel, The Village. Rev. J. Phelps, Minister . . Primitive Methodz'st Chapel, N oke lane head. Mz'nz'sters various. Wesleyan Chapel, Marston. · Ministers 1.1arious. Railway Station (Leominster and Kington branch of G. W.R.) Mr. Edwin Manaton, Station Master. Assistant Overseer. Mr. George Joseph ]ones, Church house PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Child, George, The Court of N oke Contrin, Rev. Father Thomas Cox, Lt-Col. Richard Snead, J.P., D.L., Broxwood court Davies, Lt.-Col., The Byletts Greville, Rev. Chaloner (curate), Moor court Harrington, J ames, West End villa Langston, Wm., Marston green Leigh, Wm., West street Melior, Rev. Frederick, M.A. (curate) Penhall, R. J., Weston house

PEMBRIDGE. 6os Phelps, Rev. John (Congregationalist), Bridge street Price, John, county alderman, Court house Russell, H. F., county councillor, W estonbury Whitehead, Rev. Francis M.A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Abell, John, cottage farmer, Blunt's house Bassett, Miss Emma, dressmaker, Market place Beaumont, Geo., cottage farmer, Moorcott Billings, Adam, painter, &c., West street Bounds, John, farmer, Lowe farm Brassington, Daniel, farmer, Upper Mars ton Bridges, John, chimney sweeper Burnett, William T. B., master of National school Cave, J. M. P., farmer, Lower Barewood CHANDLER, JOHN, New Inn, and cottage farmer. Comfortable accommodation for travellers. Good stabling. Headquarters of 0. T.C. Corns, John, miller, W estonbury mill Cross, George, mason Davies, John, blacksmith Davies, Peter, farmer, Barrowleasow Davies, William, blacksmith, \Veston Davies, Willia.m, farmer, Pitfield farm Daymond, Henry, constable, West street Edwards, Benjamin, wheelwright, carpenter, & shopkeever, 1\Iarstoncommon Edwards, Wm. James, farmer, Marston court Evans, J ames, cot. farmer, Man ton corn. Evans, Samuel, mason, West street Exton, John, estate bailiff to Lieut. -Col. Richard Snead Cox, Broxwood court FIELD'S MERCANTILE Co., limited, coal factors, brick and pipe manufacturers, burners ofthecelebrated Old Radnor lime ; head office, Shrewsbury; dep6t at Railway station; agent, William Pinches Fletcher, Wm., blacksmith, :Broxwood Fowler, Wm., farmer, Sherrington farm Greenly, C. E. & M., grocers, East street Hall, William, cottage farmer, sexton, and haulier Harris, George, farmer, Sherrington Hobby, Bros., farmers, Cotmore Hope, Alfred, farmer and hop grower, Bare wood Jackson, Wm. Henry, farmer, North wood James, Thos., farmer, Upper Broxwood James, William Thomas, cottage farmer, Brook house Jones, George .Joseph, assistant overseer, Church house Jones, Mathew,fa.rmer, Lower Wheatens, Broxwood Jones, Mrs., farmer and dealer, East st. Jones, William George, tax collector and beer retailer, Swan Inn Langston, Henry, farmer, Marston Lloyd, John, farmer, Upper Wheatens, Broxwood Lloyd, Thomas, cottage farmer, Butts Ash, Marston Lloyd, Thomas, cooper, East street Mamwaring, Mrs., farmer, Moorcottfarm J\fainwaring, William, tailor, West street Manaton, Edw., station master, Railway station Milliachap, Louisa, scooolmistress Morgan, Thos., head gardener to Lt.-Col. S. Cox, Broxwood court Morris, Samuel, farmer, Bolton Morris, Samuel, wheelwright, Weston Morris, Thomas, farmer, Weston court Morris, Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Court house, Broxwood Mntlow, Wm., bailiff for Mr. Langston OLD RADNOR LIME, COAL, coke, slate, pipe, and builders' merchants, agent, John Hall, Railway station OVENS, ARTHUR WILLIAM, sub-postmaster, post and telegraph office, coal and lime merchant, depot, Railway station, orders received at Pembridge Post office, East street Owens, Mrs., farmer, East street PARKER, FRANCIS & Co., drapers, grocers, and provision dealers, 1'he Steps (and at Kington) Pember, James, farmer, Townsend PHILLIPS, WM. MEREDITH, family butcher, nurseryman, and fruit dealer. Families supplied with meat, &c., at moderate prices. Agent for the Here ford Journal Pope, Ed., general stores, East street Poulton, Henry, butcher, West street Powell, Chas., carpenter & beer retailer, Gorsty common Powles, John, carpenter, shopkeeper, and sub--postmaster, Post-office, Broxwood Price, John, farmer, Clear brook, Red Barn, Barewood, Middlebrook, & Court house farms Price, 'fhomas, West street Price, Thomas, farmer, Crump Oak, Broxwood Ray, Mrs., grocer and provision dealer Roberts, Richard, farmer, :Marston l{ogers, Benjamin, farmer, The Grove Rollings, Richard, cottage farmer, The Forge Rowlands, George, farmer, saddler, and Assurance agent, Queen's Head Rowlands, Mrs. Mary, beer retailer, Lion Inn Russell, Charles, baker and grocer Russell, Henry F., farmer & auctioneer, Westonbury SAUNDERS, ARTHUR RICHD., boot and shoe manufacturer, leather seller, &c. ; commission agent ; The Greyhetund Commercial, Hotel

6o6 PEMBRIDGE PENCOMBE. Sheers, J ames, farmer, Collier's farm Shipton, John, cottage farmer, Broxwood Smith, Miss Laura, schoolmistress, Broxwood Stedman, Jas., farmer, Hardwick farm Symonds, W., farmer, Lower Wheatens, Broxwood Taylor, John, cottage farmer, Moseley Turner, Arthur Philip, farmer and stock breeder, The Leen Wall, J ames, wheelwright, &c., East street Warner, F., maltster, Arrow cottage and Leen mills Went, Mrs., miller, New mill Williams, David, schoolmaster, Broxwood Winney, William, farmer & hop grower, Lower Green, Broxwood Wright, John, farmer, Croome's house PENCOMBE, WITH MARSTON STANNETT CHAPELRY. PENCOMBE is a large parish and village, situated between the Bromyard and Leominster and the Bromyard and Hereford roads. It is distant 4 miles S.W. of Bromyard, 9 S.E. of Leominster, 12 N.E. of Hereford, and 6 E.N.E. of Dinmore station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway; is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Bredenbury and Bromyard polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 394; in 1881,258; inhabited houses, 58; families or separate occupiers, 58 ; area of parish, 3,973 acres; annual rateable value, £3,372. John Hungerford Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton Court, who is lord of the manor, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners are landowners here. George R. Godson, Esq., ].P., of Ten bury, is owner of the Great Hegdon estate. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, beans, hops, fruit, and pasture. There are three quarries from which stone for road material is obtained. By an ancient custom the lord of the manor claims a pair of gilt spurs, as an heriot, from the estate of every mayor of Hereford who dies in his mayoralty. Pencombe is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frome ; living, a rectory ; value, £490, with residence and I oil acres of glebe; patron,]. H. Arkwright, Esq.; rector, Rev. James Hiley Lambert, M.A., ofMagdalen College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1890. The church, dedicated to St. John, was entirely rebuilt in 1864-65 at a total cost of £3,6oo. It is built after the plan of the old church, and comprises nave, chancel, sanctuary apse, organ chamber, vestry, south porch, and tower to the south-east of the nave. A new bell was placed in the tower in 188I, to the memory of the Rev. George Arkwright; the three old bells were recast at the same time, and all were hung on a new oak bell-frame, with ringing and chiming apparatus. Two new bells are now (July, 1890) being placed in the belfry, to the memory of the late rector, the Rev. R. Burroughes. The style is Transitional Norman richly treated. An arch divides the nave and chancel, and another of more elaborate design the chancel and apse. The apse is groined and vaulted in stone. The interior facings throughout are of stone-ashlar, relieved with bands and dressings of blue stone. The works were carried out from the designs, and under the superintendence, of T. Nicholson, Esq., F.I.B.A., of Hereford, diocesan architect and surveyor. The pulpit, value £3o, was presented by Oxford and London tradesmen ; the organ cost about 200 guineas ; a set of communion plate

PEN CO MBE. was given by the Lady Kenyon, and an altar-cloth by the Hon. Mrs. Lloyd Kenyon. The stained glass windows are from the old church. There are brass monumental tablets to the memory of Rev. George Arkwright, Louisa Margaret Domvile, and others. The church was re-opened October 19th, 1865. The earliest register is dated 1565. The Rectory House, in the Elizabethan style, is pleasantly situated about half a mile from the church. The national school for boys and girls has accommodation far about ur children, and an average attendance of 41. It was erected in 1862, and is a neat building in the Gothic style, with residences for the master and mistress attached. Marston Chapel, or Marston Stannett, is a chapelry and small hamlet of Pencombe, situated on the old road from Leominster to Bromyard, about 4i miles from Ford Bridge station, 6 miles E.S.E. ofLeominster, 6 W. of Bromyard, and 12 N.N.E. of Hereford. The area is 520 acres. J. H. Arkwright, Esq. (who is lord of the manor), Thomas Davies Burlton, Esq., and John Wood, Esq., are the landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil, marl. Marston is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster; living, a perpetual curacy derived from 43 acres of land; patron, the Rector of Pencombe; incumbent, Rev. J ames Hiley Lambert, M.A., who was instituted in 1890. The church has been entirely rebuilt, and is a neat stone building with bell-turret and one bell. The chancel contains some stained glass windows. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mrs. Lawrence, Sub-Postmistress. Letters a~e received through Worcester, vt"d Bromyard, at 8.30 a.m. ;' despatched thereto at 5-IS p.m. Bromyard is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Worcester. . Pansh Church (St. John's). Rev. James Hiley Lambert, MA., Rector/ Messrs. Benjamin Bishop and George Beamand, Churchwardens/ Miss M. A. Poynter, Organist./ Richard Hall, Parish Clerk and Sexton • .!Jfarston Stannett Chapel. Rev. James Hiley Lambert, M.A.f Incumbent. National School (boys and girls). Miss M. A. Poynter, Mtstress. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Benjamin ]ones, Burghope Inn. CARRIER TO BROMYARD. Name William Fletcher · (Little Cowame} PRIVATE RESIDENT. Day Thurs. Lambert, Rev. Jas. Hiley, M.A. (rector), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Aylett, Chas., farmer, Rectory farm and Great Hegdon farm Bayliss, John, bricklayer Beamand, Geor~e, farmer, New house Bishop, Benjamm, farmer & hop grower, Pencombe Mill farm • • Stopping Place Queen's Arms Return at 3 0 Bishop, Charles, farmer, Heath farm Bishop, Edwin, farmer and hop grower, TheNash Burnett, Mrs. M. A., dressmaker Burton, Thomas Davis, farmer & hop grower, Little Marston Davis, John, fann bailiffforGeo. Thomas Dent, Banst.one Davis, J oseph, farmer and hop grower, Durstone fann Dent, George Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Banstone, ru. Stoke I.acy

6o8 PENCOMBE PENCOYD. Dyke, John, farmer, Grendon \V arren farm Eckley, Albert, farmer, Sparrington Eckley, Arthur, farmer, Hennerwood Eckley, Henry, farm bailiff for J. H. Arkwright, J.P., D.L., Stone lodge Hall, Richard, parish clerk and sexton J ones, Benjamin, farmer and assistant overseer, Burghope Inn Lawrence, Mrs., blacksmith & shopkeeper Mason, Nicholas, farmer, Bitterley Hyde Nicholas, John, farmer and hop grower, LowerEgdon Parker, Thomas, farmer, Upper Sidnal Pitt, John, farmer & hop grower, Pencombe Court farm Pointer, Miss, schoolmistress Powell, George, stonemason Prosser, Job, farmer and hop grower, Churchyard farm Riley, John, farmer & hop grower, Great Mars ton 'l'homas, Richard, cooper & shopkeeper W elling-s, C., Wheelwrights' Arms, agentfor ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application 'Vinney, Joseph, farmer, Maidenhead fm W oodhouse, John Ricketts, farmer and hop grower, Day house PENCOYD, WITH NETHERTON HAMLET AND PART OF HAREWOOD END. PENCOYD is a small parish intersected by the Ross and Hereford road, and distant 5 miles N.W. of Ross, 9 S. of Hereford, and 9 N. of Monmouth; is in Wormelow hundred (upper division), Ross union and county court district, Harewood and Peterstow polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Harewood End petty sessional division. The population in 187 I was 21 I ; in 188r, r68 ; inhabited houses, 36 ; families or separate occupiers, 36 ; area of parish, 861 acres; annual rateable value, £r ,203. Lady Vincent, of Harewood house, is lady of the manor, and S. Courthorpe Bosanquet, Esq., of Dingestow court, near Monmouth, is the principal landowner. The soil is sandy ; subsoil, chiefly sandstone and rock ; products, wheat, barley, roots, &c. Pencoyd is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield ; living, a vicarage, consolidated with that of Mars tow; joint value, £262 ; patron, the Vicar of Sel1ack; vicar, Rev. W. S. Clarke, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in r888, and resides at The Thorn, Marstow, Ross. The arrangements are all but completed for the ecclesiastical union of this parish with that of Llandinabo. Meanwhile, at the request of the present vicar of Marstow, the Rev. William Heber Wright, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin (rector of Llandinabo), takes over the pastoral charge. The church is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, south porch, and small square tower containing three bells. It was restored in 1877, at a cost of over £7oo, which included a new chancel and porch, added from the designs of Thomas Nicholson, Esq., F.I.B.A., architect, of Hereford. In the churchyard is a very fine yew tree. The registers go back to the year 1563. The school is under the management of a school board, and accommodation is provided for 68 children ; average attendance, 35· The charities belonging to the poor amount to IOs. yearly. N etherton is a hamlet and farm distant half a mile E. Harewood End is partly in Harewood and partly in Pencoyd. The post office is in the latter parish, and the police station is in Hentland parish. PoSTAL REGULATIONS. George Wm. King, Sub-Postmaster, Harewood End. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 7.40 a.m. and

• PENCOYD PETERCHURCH . • 1.30 p.m.; despatched thereto at 4.20 p.m. and 7 p.m. This is a money order and savings bank office. Inland Revenue licenses may be had. Fawley is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Ross. Parish Church. Rev. William Heber Wright, M.A., Incumbeut; Messrs. Burton Parry and J ames Miles, Churchwm·dens ~· Henry Barrett, Pan'sk Clerk. Board School. Mrs. Leech, M£st7·ess. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. James Prichard, Newton farm, New Inn, near Ross. CARRIERS To Ross. Name Charles Burleigh (Oroop) Henry Hall (St. W eonards) Day Thurs. do. Stopping Place Castle Inn do. Return at 3 0 4 0 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sergeant, Mrs., New hall . Wright, Rev. Willia.m Heber, M.A. (rector of Llandinabo), The Rectory COMMERCIAL. Barrett, Henry, parish clerk Bayley, George, cot. farmer, Netherton Coleman, Raynon J osiah, farmer, Lenastone Edwards, James, cot. farmer, The Marsh Hyett, Alfred, mason Inns, George, farmer, Red House farm J enkins, Phillip, carpenter & wheelwright Treberran King, George Wm., sub-postmaster and assurance agent, Harewood End Leech, Henry Wm., builders' materials agent, School house Miles, James, farmer, Netherton Moseley, Miss Martha E., shopkeeper, Harewood End Parry, Burton, farmer and landowner, Pencoyd court Powell, Robert, blacksmith, Harewood End · Powell, Thomas, mason and farmer, The Marsh Preece, Thomas, fanner, Old Ha.ll V aughan, Samuel, tailor W ebb, James, cottage farmer, Fish pond PETERCHURCH. PETERCHURCH is an extensive parish and picturesque village, the centre of the Golden Valley district, situated on the river Dore, with a station on the Golden Valley railway, and on the main road leading from Hay to Ross and Monmouth. It is distant 12 miles W. of Hereford, 9 S.E. of Hay, 14 S. of Kington, and about 17 N. of Abergavenny. It is in Webtree hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Hereford county court district, and Vowchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 665 ; in 1881, 639; inhabited houses, 136; families or separate occupiers, 158; area of parish, 4,969 acres; annual rateable value,£ 4,968. The Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., The Rev. Thomas Presser Powell, Robert Henry LeeWarner, Esq., Edward Lewis Gavin Robinson, Esq., T. Vulliamy, Esq., Mrs. Barton, Mr. James Medlicott and the Representatives of the late Richard de la Hay, are the principal landowners. The soil is a rich loam; subsoil, clay and sandstone ; chief produce, pasture, cider apples, wheat, barley, oats, roots, &c. A cattle fair is held here six times in the year, and on May 16th, a pleasure and hiring fair. In this parish, about .2 miles N.W. of the village, is the ruined castle of Snodhill. It must have been habitable and defensible in the I Ith century, for William the Conqueror bestowed the castle and demesne on one H ugh de 1' Asne, a Norman follower.

PETER CHURCH. • In the reign of Stephen it stood as one of the twelve hundred castles in England. In the reign of Henry VI., the great Earl of Warwick possessed the castle and manor of Snodhill. Queen Elizabeth granted it to Sir Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and about 1655 it was purchased by William Prosser, citizen of London, in whose family it still remains. It is described by Leland (rs6o) as "somewhat in ruine" in his day. The same writer mentions "a Fre chappell" here. At Urishay castle, also in this parish, is a disused chapel and portions of the moat which formerly surrounded the building. It is now a farmhouse. The original castle and demesne was granted by William the Conqueror to a Baron de la Haye, and through all the vicissitudes of time, the owner has always borne the name. St. Peter's wells are in this parish, the water of which was formerly extensively used for the cure of rheumatism and sore eyes. Peterchurch is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley ; living, a vicarage; value, £384, with residence and 2 acres of glebe; patron, Percy Davies, Esq.; vicar, Rev. Willis Fleming Aston Lambert, M.A., of vVadham College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1887. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an interesting and ancient edifice in the Norman style, consisting of apse, double chancel, nave, and tower (with spire) containing six bells. It was restored in 1869-70 at a cost of £1,76o, and a north porch, completing the restoration, was erected in 1888, at a cost of £190. The old stone altar has the five crosses on its surface, perfect. In the churchyard is a fine old yew tree, about 9 yards in circumference. The charities belonging to the church amount to £15 yearly. The endowed national school for boys and girls is a neat building, erected in 1856. It has accommodation for 133 children, with an average attendance of 61. There is also a free school in connection with the Baptist chapel, founded and endowed by Gaff's charity, with an average attendance of 56. The Wesleyan chapel was erected in 1862. There are almshouses for six aged women, supported by Smith's charity, and, with the national schools, under the management of the Peterchurch and Clifford charity. The follow-ing gentleme1Z are trustees of the Peterchurch and Clifford Chanty: Benjamin Haigh Allen, Esq., Clifford Priory; Herbert Howorth Wood, Esq. (Chai1·man), White House, Vowchurch; Rev. Sir George Cornewall, Bart., Moccas Court; Rev. Thomas Prosser Powell, Dorstone Rectory; Rev. T. W. W. Trumper, Clifford Vicarage; Rev. Willis F. A. Lambert, Peterchurch Vicarage; E. L. G. Robinson, Esq., Poston. Clerk to the Trustees, Mr. Charles Griffiths, Hay. PosTAL REGULATIONS. John Appleyard, Sub-Postmaste1'. Letters arrive from Hereford at 8 a.m.; despatched thereto at 4· so p.m. Money orders are granted and paid, and post office savings bank business transacted. Wall letter box near vicarage cleared at 4·35· Pontrilas is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Pete1'1 s ). Rev. Willis Fleming Aston Lambert, M.A., F.L.S., Vz'car.; Messrs. John Appleyard and Henry Medlicott, Churchwardetzs .i \Villiam Howard, Parish Clerk.

PETERCHURCH PETERSTOW. 6II Natz'rmal School (boys and g£rls). Mr. Thomas Withers, Master; Mrs. Withers, M-istress. Baptist Endowed School. Mrs. Emma Beard, Mzstress. Baptzst Chapel. Rev. Joseph Beard, Minister. Wesleyan Chapel. Ministers various. Assz"stant Overseer. Mr. Isaac Hughes. PRIVATE RESIDENTS Applewhaite, Mrs., Fairfield Beard, Rev. Joseph (Baptist minister), British School house Davies, Mrs. Robert, Village Garratt, Charles, The Cottage, Hinton Lambert, Rev. Willis F. A., M.A., F.L.S., F.R.G.S. (vicar), The Vicarage Powell, J ames, The Palace Price, Miss, Hinton Wilding, J ., Yew Tree cottage Williams, J., Long lane Williams, T. E., Crossway house COMMERCIAL. Alien, John, farmer, Urishay villa Andrews, J abez, shopkeeper, Hinton Appleyard, J., sub-postmaster, Post office Bowyer, Elijah, mason, Long Lane Bowyer, ,J ames, mason Brown, William, Prospect farm Davies, John, Greenway farm Davies, William, boot & shoe maker Davis, Thomas, farmer, New Enclosure Espener, William, valuer G ARRETT, MRS. ANN, The Boughton Arms Hotel. This Hotel affords accommodation to the public. Wines and spirits of the best quality. Well-aired beds. Goodwin, Edward, farmer, Wilmastone and Godway farms Hamer, Henry, farmer, Lower Wilbrook Harris, John Hy., tailor, Prince's cottage Howard, Robert, threshing machine proprietor, New House, Crossway Howard, Wm., carpenter & parish clerk, Hinton Howells, Richard, farmer, Cwm crown Hughes, Isaac, farmer and assistant overseer, Old Tay J enkins, John, chemist, Crossway J enkins, Samuel C., shoemaker, }"'oily Jones, John, cattle dealer, ~Iowbage lanA J ones, John Charles, Plough Inn LANCASTER, CHAS., saddler & harness maker. All stable requisites kept in stock, and repairs promptly executed. Lane, Charles Edwin, grocer, provision dealer, and general stores Lee, Geo., police constable, Police station Llewellyn, George, blacksmith & farmer Maddox, Charles, beer retailer, New Inn M a pp, ,John, shopkeeper Mapp, Wm., coal & lime mrchnt., Hinton Mathews, Enoch, far., Upper Wilbrook Medlicott, J ames, farmer, Lion's-hall farm, res. Mowbage Morgan, George, wheelwright, carpenter, and beer retailer, Nag's Head Morgan, Mrs., Park farm Norman, William, butchPr and farmer Pearce, J ames, farmer, Snodhill court Phillips, Joseph, farmer, The Slade Pike, John, carpenter, Village Powell, J ames, New Lodge farm, res. Upper house, Abbeydore Price, Charles, farmer, Cwm Price, Charles, farmer, Oatley farm Price, Henry, farmer, U rishay common Price, J ames, farmer, New house, res. Penland Price, J ames, jun., farmer, Dragon's pool Price, Wm., frmr, Lower house, Snodhill Pritchard, Thomas, blacksmith Prosser, Enoch, farmer and landowner, Stensley and Barley Knapp Prosser, Henry, farmer, W ern-ir, res. Dorstone Reece, Thomas, farmer, Hinton court Sherratt, William, farmer, Trenant Shipton, R. P., farmer, Hinton Thomas, James, farmer, Hinton farm Williams, Davey, miller, Trenant mill Williams, George, farmer, Gobbets Williams, Henry, farmer, Urishay castle Williams, James, farmer and landowner, Pool farm, Snodhill Williams, John, farmer, Snodhill Withers, Thos.,,masterof National School PETER STOW. PETERSTOW is a parish and village situated on the road from Ross to Hereford, nearly 3 miles W. of Ross, 10 N.N.E. of Manmouth, and I 2 S.S.E. of Hereford ; is in Wormelow hundred (lower division), Ross union and county court district, Harewood End petty sessional division, and Harewood and Peterstow polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was