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WALFORD-ON-WYE. Bishopswood is a separate ecclesiastical district formed in 1845 out of portions of the parishes of Walford, and Ruardean in Gloucestershire. It is delightfully situated on the river W ye, and is distinguished for great natural beauty, being surrounded by woodland, hills, and rocks. The population in 187I was 446; in 1881, 405 ; inhabited houses, g6 ; area of ecclesiastical district, I ,400 acres. The greater part of the land has been recently purchased by Harry McCalmont, Esq. The church, dedicated to All Sa-ints, was erected in 1841, and consecrated in 1845· It was built and endowed by John Partridge, Esq., and is a stone building, with nave, porch, organ, small belfry, and two bells. The living is a vicarage; value, £28, without house ; patron, H. L. B. McCalmont, Esq.; vicar, Rev. Frederic H. Aldrich-Blake, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1889. The school in this parish was erected (and since enlarged) by the late patron, John Partridge, Esq. It has accommodation for r6o children; average attendance, 103. Bz'shopswood House is the property of Harry McCalmont, Esq. This beautiful mansion was partially destroyed by fire, but is now restored. Immediately above the mansion is a keeper's tower, in the Gothic style, which forms a handsome feature in the pleasure grounds, and commands many extensive views, taking in Garway hill, above the Mynde and Kentchurch parks, also the Craig, the Gadder hill, the Skirryd, the Blorenge, the Sugarloaf, and the Black mountains ; and to the extreme north, the Clee hills, in Shropshire. From the upper Summer-house, about one mile and a half from Bishops wood house, is obtained a prospect, varied and magnificent, extending over May hill, the Malvern hills, and the obelisk, in Eastnor park. Hazelhurst is the property of Miss Philips. Hill Court, the seat of Manley Kingsmill Manley Power, Esq., J.P., is a spacious brick mansion, erected in the year 1700. Wythall is the property and residence of Major John Stratford Collins, B.A., ].P., D.L. Walford House is the property and residence of William Alia way, Esq. The Old Hill is in the occupation of Mrs. Power. The Wyelands is the property of William Partridge, Esq., B.A., J.P., D.L. Cob1·ey Pm·k is in the occupation of J. L. Piddocke, Esq. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Walford Henry Holder, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 7.10 a.m. and 12.15 p.m.; despatched thereto at 5·5 p.m. and 6.35 p.m. Sundays, arrive at 7.10 a.m.; despatched at I2.5 p.m. This is a money order and savings bank office. Kerne Bridge railway station is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Ross. Post office, Bishopswood Mrs. Rodman, Sub-Postmistress. Letters arrive at 7·55 a.m. and LIS p.m.; despatched at 4.20 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sundays, despatched at I 1.30 a. m. Post office, Cough ton Thomas Hargest, Sub-Postmaste1·. Letters arrive at 6.50 a.m. and I 1.50 a.m.; despatched at 5.30 p.rn. and 6.55 p.m. Sundays, despatched 12.25 p.m. Post office, Lime Tump Richard Young, Sub~Postmaster. Letters arrive at 7·45 a. m.; despatched at 5·55 p.m. The wall letter~box near Kerne Bridge station is cleared at 4·45 p.m. and 6.20 p.m., and at I 1.50 a. m. on Sundays. There is also a wall letter-box near Cobrey, and another at Forest Green.

W ALFORD-ON-WYE. 7 1 3 Par£sh Church (SS. Mzchael and All A1zgels'). Rev. Kentish Bache, Vi"cm· / Rev. William Richard Shepherd, M.A. (St. John's College, Cambridge), Curate J. Mr. Henry Holder, Churchwarden/ William Howls, Parz'sh Clerk. Bi'shopswood Church (All Sa£nts'). Rev. Frederic H. AldrichBlake, M.A., Vicar/ Colonel Currie and A. J. Russell, Esq., Churchwardens J. William Williams, Parish Clerk. Chapel of Ease, Walford (St. :fohn the Evangelz"st's). The Vicar of Walford or hz"s Curate o.fficz"ates. Board School (boys and gi'rls), Walford. Mr. James Rowel, Master; Mrs. Rowel, Mistress. Nati'onal School (boys and gz'rls}, Bishopswood. Mr. Robert Goodacre, Maste1· _; Mrs. Goodacre, Mistress. Baptist Chapel. Mini'sters various. Plymouth Brethren Meeting House (with school attached). Wesleya11: Chapel. Min£sters varzous. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. Henry Phelps. Kerne Bridge Ra£lway Stat£on ( Ross and Monmouth branch of Great Western Raz?way ). ] ohn Hunt, Statz'on Master. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Allaway, William, \Valford house Bache, Rev. Kentish(vicar), The Vicarage Child, 0. F., The Eyrie Cockshott, Miss Harriet, Hazelhurst Collins, Major John Stratford, B. A., J.P., D.L., Wythall Crockett, Edwin .Arthur, The Paddock Currie, Col. Albert Percy, The Queach Harvey, Mrs., Purland Chase Jacoby, Julius, Springherne Logan, Major Albert, The Hill McCalmont, Harry, Bishopswood house Pashley, Robert, Kerne lodge Philips, Miss, Hazelhurst Piddocke, John Leonard, Cobrey park Power, Manley Kingsmill Manley, J.P., county councillor, Hill court Power, Mrs., Old Hill Ricketts, Capt. Wm. Loftus, Coughton cottage Russell, A. J., Dry brook Shepherd, Rev. W. R., M . .A., Old Vicarage W allis, Frederick Valentine, Cough ton house COMMERCIAL. Ashley, Mrs., laundress, Walford Bennett, J obn Leonard, farmer, Walford conrt Bodenham, Henry, shopkeeper and pig dealer Brown, Jas., cottage farmer, Atlas farm Brunsdon, Benjamin, farmer, Howle Hill farm, res. Ashfield, Ross Burnett, Robt., farmer, Upper W arryfield Carpenter, John, mason, Tan house Cawthorne, Thos., carpenter and farmer, Coughton Cowley, George, cot. farmer, Forest green Dampier, Robert, farmer and auctioneer, Bollin Gatfield, Henry Phillips, farmer, Callow farm Goodacre, Robert, schoolmaster, Bishopswood Gwatkin, John, carpenter and quarry proprietor Hargest, Thomas, grocer and sub-post· master, Post office, Coughton Holder, Henry, boot and shoe maker, shopkeeper and sub-postmaster, Post office, W alford Rowel, J ames, schoolmaster, Walford Howls, Wm., blacksmith & parish clerk J ones, William, cot. farmer and haulier, Edge hill Kemp, J. B., brickmaker, Forest green Kerr, Wm., farmer, The Coppice farm Little, Thomas, cot. farmer, Beeches Marfell, Henry, farmer, Vine Tree farm Meredith, Thos., cot. farmer, Quabb's fm. Morgan, George, beer retailer, Grown Inn, Howle hill M organ, John, grocer, W alford Partridge, W alter, steward for Harry McCalmont, Bishopswood parsonage Pbelps, Henry, farmer & assistant overseer, Bull's hill Phillips, Wm., jun., Walford mill, bailiff to C. F. Sims Phillips, Wm., farmer, Coughton Preece, J obn, threshing machine proprietor Pritchard, Mrs. Mary, cottage farmer, Bishopswood Robbins, Mrs., shopkeeper, Bull's hill Scudamore, Mrs., cot. farmer, Warren fro. Sillett, Mrs., Keme Bridge Hotel, and coal merchant 2 0

714 WALFORD-ON-WYE WALTERSTONE. ' Sims, Charles Frederick, wood turner and tiro her dealer, W alford mill ; re8. Flanesford Priory Smith, Robt., beer retailer & machinist, Spread Eagle Smith, Thos., cottage farmer, Kiln Green Smith, Wm., far. & miller, Coughton mill Stephens, J oseph, farmer, Lower Wythall Taylor, George, carpenter Tomkins, James W., butcher, Rock villa, Walford Turner, Edmund, shoe manufacturer, Holcombe house Vaugban, Edwin, farmer, Labour-in-Vain Webb, Henry, carpenter & wheelwright, Glebe cottage Wheeler, William Henry, farmer and timber haulier Whittingham, \Villiam, farmer and lime kilner, Fir tree, Coughton W oolfe, George, beer retailer, The Albion Inn, Kerne Bridge Young, Gilbert, roadman, Howle hill Young, Richard, farmer and lime burner, Rowle hill W ALTER STONE. W ALTERSTONE is a parish and village situated on the river M on now, which here divides the counties of Hereford and Monmouth. It is distant 7 miles N.N.E. of Abergavenny, 16 S. W. of Hereford, 3l S.W. of Pontrilas, and about I mile N. of Pandy railway station on the West Midland section of the Great Western railway. It is in Ewyas Lacy hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Abergavenny county court district, and Longtown and Michaelchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I 8 7 I was 144 ; in I 88 I, 144 ; inhabited houses, 33 ; families or separate occupiers, 3 7; area of parish, 2,204 acres; annual rateable value, £2,162. The Marquess of Abergavenny is lord of the manor of Ewyas Lacy. The principal landowners in Walterstone are Messrs. David Morgan Jones, John Rogers, Aaron Rogers, Jeremiah L. Rosher, Esq., and the Scottish Union Assurance office. The soil is red clay on a red sandstone formation ; chief produce, wheat, barley, oats, &c. Walterstone is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of W eobley; living, a vicarage ; value, £so, with 66 acres of glebe; patron, William Barneby, Esq., of Saltmarshe castle, Bromyard; vicar, Rev. Plaskitt Charles Lewis, Queen's College! Birmingham, and 2nd cl. Cambridge Theol. Exam. 1879, who is also rector of Oldcastle, and who was instituted in 1887. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone edifice, in the Early English style of architecture, consisting of nave, chancel, porch, and small tower containing two bells. It was restored in 1865, under the superintendence of Thomas Nicholson, 'Esq., F.I.B.A., of Hereford, the diocesan architect. In the eastern wall of the porch, is part of the lavacrum for holy water. Near the south door is the base and portion of the shaft of an ancient stone cross. The parish registers commence with the year 1761. Here ·is a board school for the united district of Walterstone, Rowlstone, and Llancillo, with accommodation for 6o children ; average attendance, 38. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here. There are two camps in the parish, one Norman, the other supposed to be Roman ; there is also a circular moat near the church, in the centre of which it is possible there was once a castle, but there are no traces remaining to show that such was the case. Altyrnnz's, the principal .farm-house in the parish, now the residence of Mr. John Rogers, was ·formerly the property and seat of the Cecils, from whom descended

WALTERSTONE WELLINGTON. Lord Burleigh (the celebrated minister to Queen Elizabeth), and the present premier, the Marquis of Salisbury, also the Marquis of Exeter. This estate became the property of the Cecils by the marriage of Robert Sitsilt with an heiress about the year 109I. This ancient mansion is situated near the junction of the rivers Monnow and Honddu, the latter nearly surrounds it; both streams are clear and rapid, and the scenery on their banks is very picturesque. It still retains some of the remains of its ancient grandeur, and had, until the last few years, the arms of Burleigh in painted glass in the window ; they were purchased and presented to the church by Mrs. Rosher., now of Glanhonddu, who formerly lived at Trewyn, and were placed in the small south window of the chancel. Near the Black mountains, in the hamlet of Bwlch-Trewyn, and parish of Cwmyoy, Monmouth· shire, and on the verge of Herefordshire, is Trewyn House, the pleasant seat of Lilburn Rosher, Esq., and occupied by General Gillespie. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received from Abergavenny vt'd Llanfihangel. The wall letter-box near the church is cleared at 3·5 p.m. Pandy is the nearest money order office, and Llanvihangel is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Abergavenny. Pansh Church (St. Mar_lsJ. Rev. Plaskitt Charles Lewis, Vicar/ Mr. James Morgan ]ones, Churchwarden; William Pritchard, Parzsk Clerk. Dzstrzct Board School. Mr. Thomas Henry Pugh, Master. Primz'tive Methodist Chapel. Mimsters various. Asszstant Overseer and Attendance Officer. Mr. John Parry . • COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS. Farr, Edward, farmer, Coed-y-gravel Farr, Mrs., farmer, Palisades .J ones, .J ames l\lorgan, farmer & churchwarden, New buildings .Jones, .John, farmer, The vineyard .Tones, John, farmer, The common Jones, Mrs. Jane, farmer, The common Lewis, John, farmer, Cwm farm Parry, John, shoemaker and assistant overseer, Carpenters' Arn~s Inn Pritchard, William, parish clerk & mason, res. Pandy Pugh, Thomas Henry, schoolmaster Rogers, .John, farmer and landowner, Altyrnnis & \Valterstone Court farms Strachan, David, farmer, Goitry and Dairy farms W atkins, .John, farmer, Pentwyn Welson, Wm. Eckley, frmr., Lower house • WELLINGTON . WELLINGTON is a parish and village pleasantly situated in a valley on the Leominster and Hereford road, distant about 5-! miles N. of Hereford, 7 S. of Leominster, and 8 E.S.E. of vVeobley; is in Grimsworth hundred, Hereford union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Marden and Wellington polling district and electoral division of the county council. The Shrewsbury and Hereford railway passes through the parish; the Moreton and Dinmore stations on that line are within 2-! miles of the village. The population in 187r was 651; 1881, 6o7; inhabited houses, 136; families or separate occupiers, I 5 I ; area of parish, 2, 53 8 acres ; annual rateable value, £6,348. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, r884, and 25th March, 1887., under the Divided

p6 WELLINGTON. Parishes Act, a detached part of Marden and a detached part of Dinmore were amalgamated with this parish. The Rev. Williarn Trevelyan Kevill Davies, of Croft castle, near Leominster, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Rev. W. T. Kevill Davies, J. H. Arkwright, Esq., J. C. Clarke, Esq., J. J. Bush, Esq., Rev. H. F. St. John, Messrs. R. Gravenor, W. Hayes, J. Turner, and T. Lane. The soil is red loam, with a gravelly subsoil ; chief produce, wheat, barley, beans, fruit, and roots. Wellington is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weston; living, a vicarage; value, £285, with residence and I2 acres of glebe j patron, the Lord Bishop of Worcester ; vicar, Rev. George Wailer Voysey, B.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, who was instituted in I 884. The church, dedicated to St. Mar gm-et, is an old stone edifice in the Norman and Early English styles of architecture, and consists of nave, chancel, north transept, north aisle, south porch, and fine Norman square tower containing five bells. The chancel was restored by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners in I884, and the other parts of the church, with the exception of the tower, in I887, at a cost of £r,4oo, raised by voluntary subscriptions. In the chancel is a brass monument to the memory of Sir Herbert Perrott. The schools, to accommodate I I 6 children, were erected in r872, by voluntary gifts, and are under the management of a school board j average attendance, 8o. There are six almshouses, founded by Sir Herbert Perrott in 1682, for aged men and women; with an endowment of £rs per annum for the occupants, and £12 a year for the education of twelve poor children. These houses having fallen into a state of ruin, were substantially rebuilt and improved in the Jubilee year of Her Majesty, the two central compartments, formerly the charity school and teacher's residence, now being used as laundries by the inmates. There are additional charities amounting to £rs yearly belonging to the parish. The Plymouth Brethren have a meeting house here. Burghoje, now a farm-house in this parish, was formerly the seat of the ancient families of Goodyere and Dinely. It was a fine mansion having ancient mullioned windows, with projecting pointed gables, and curious picturesque chimneys. Sir John Dinely, the last baronet of the family, sold it to Governor Peachey, afterwards Lord Selsea, about a century ago. Amborough, or Auberrow, and the Marsh, are hamlets. • PosTAL REGULATIONS. J ames Whitman, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford at 8.40 a.m.; despatched thereto at 3.30 p.m. This is a money order and savings bank office. Hereford is the nearest telegraph office and post town. Parish Church (St. Margaret's). Rev. George Wailer Voysey, B.A., Vicar,; Messrs. James Alien and Ferdinand D. Fifett, Church~ wardens/ A. H. Wall, Par-ish Clerk. Board School (boys and gz"rls). Honorary Clerk to the Board, The Vie m·./ Mr. Alfred Willis, Schoolmaster. Plymouth Brethren Meeti1zg House. Mz"nz"sters various. Surveyor to the Hereford H-ighway Dzstrzct (Northern Dz'vzsion). -Mr. Henry Bishop.

WELLINGTON WELLINGTON HEATH. 717 Assistant Overseer. Mr. Thomas Lane, jun., 3, Gordon Villas, Ryelands, Hereford. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at Miss Morris Mrs. Harris Wed. & Sat. do. Stopping Place Royal George do. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Alien, James, Water villa Clayton, John, The Old Vicarage Day, Mrs., Marsh house Fifett, Ferdinand D., Wellington villa. Graves, Wm., East cottage Hill, Misses, Cave house Howells, John Wainwright, Village Munn, Mrs., Harbour house Pitt, Henry, Auberrow Tunstall, Miss, N orton cottage Voysey, Rev. Geo. Wailer, B.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Watkins, Eliza, Village COMMERCIAL. Adams, George, The Village Adams, Thomas, farmer, The Court Badham, Thomas, farmer, Marsh farm Ballinger, Bakewell T., farmer, Green farm Ballinger, Thos., farmer, Kipperknowle Bethell, Mrs., carrier & cottage farmer, Moor Croft Bethell, Thomas, The Village Bowen, Thomas, farmer, The Farm; res. Rose cottage Bowen, William, junr., cottage farmer Chivers, David, coal merchant, Tan house Daniel, Arthur, farmer and beer retailer, The Plough Daniel, J oseph, farmer, The Row DAVIES, DAVID, miller, corn merchant, and farmer, Wellington mill Deykes, Richard Albert, farmer, Adzor Fox, John, carpenter, Laurel cottage George, Thomas, farmer, Bridge farm Gravenor, Richard, farmer, Church house Gregg, J ames, cottage farmer Griffiths, Henry, Village Hayes, William, farmer, Burghope Holborow, William, cottage farmer Jones, Mrs. Hannah., farmer & haulier, Corner's end J ones, Mrs. Martha, Bridge Inn Langford, John, Auberrow Langford, Richard, farmer, The Village Mace, J ames, wheelwright Maund, Richard, blacksmith JHorgan, George, cider retailer, New Inn Morris, Mary Ann, Holland Page, Mrs., Auberrow Parsons, Geo., farmer, Amborough farm Phillips, Stephen Thomas, surgeon, The Vinery Preece, William, The Village Prothero, Andrew, Police station, The Marsh Reece, William, shopkeeper, The Marsh Rogers, John, haulier, The Hill Thomas, Philip, farmer, W ootton Turner, John, farmer, Stock's house Turner, Mrs. Elizabeth, shopkeeper and beer retailer, Rose & Crown Wall, A. H., parish clerk, The Village W atkins, John, carrier, Bridge lane Whitman, J ames, shopkeeper and sub· postmaster Williams, Carolina, shopkeeper, The Village Williams, John, butcher and farmer Willis, Alfred, schoolmaster W oodhouse, William, mason, The Row WELLINGTON HEATH. WELLINGTON HEATH, distant 2 miles N. of Ledbury, was formed into an ecclesiastical parish in 1840. It is in Ledbury union, petty sessional division and county court district, and comprises an area of 955 acres. The population in 1871 was 504; in r881, 497; inhabited houses, II3. The principal landowners are James Barrett, Esq., and James Charles Archibald Hewitt, Esq., J.P., D.L., of Hope End, Ledbury. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and marl. The chief crops are wheat, barley, hops, and fruit. Wellington Heath is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a vicarage; value, £302; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Frederick Salter Stooke-Vaughan, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1871, and who is also

718 WELLINGTON HEATH WELSH BICKNOR. chaplain of Led bury Union. The church, dedicated as Chrzst Church, was built in 1840-41, at a cost of £x,zso, chiefly defrayed by the late Thomas Heywood, Esq., and now consists of chancel, nave, transepts, and belfry. It was enlarged in 1878, at a cost of £758, when the transepts were added, and a triple-arched chancel screen erected ; the stone font was given by the Bishop of Guildford and Mrs. Sumner, as a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Heywood;. altogether a sum of £1 ,ooo has been expended on the improvement and fittings of this church during the present vicar's incumbency,. including a new two-manual organ, erected in 1882, and a new peal of eight tubular bells substituted (in z889) for the single bell previously in use. It stands on the summit of a hill, and may be seen from a great distance. A new school, to accommodate 8o children, was erected in 1874, at the sole expense of C. A. Hewitt, Esq., of Hope End, by whom it is also supported. The average attendance is 50. There is a residence for the master attached~ There is also a small school used for infants, given and partially endowed by the late incumbent, the Rev. Thomas Dowell. The cottages are mostly freehold ; the ground was formerly held by squatters, until the Ledbury Enclosure Act of 54th George III., in 18 I 4, secured them their freehold. PosTAL REGULATIONS. James Price, Sub-Postmaster. Letters are received through Ledbury at 7.20 a.m.; despatched at 5.25 p.m. Nearest money order, telegraph office, and post town, Ledbury. Parish Church (Christ Church). Rev. Frederick Salter StookeVaughan, M.A., Vicar./ James Charles A. Hewitt, Esq., and Edward Pritchett, Esq., Churchwardens./ Henry Lane, Par£sh Clerk. National School (bo;•s and girls). Mr. John Way, Schoolmaster. Infant school, Miss Ford, Mistress. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Dallow, F. C., blacksmith Chetwode, Mrs., The Cottage Ford, Miss Ann, infant school mistress Kendrick, Frederick, farmer Lane, Henry, parish clerk Lewis, Mrs., The Stone house Hewitt, James Charles A., Hope End Pritchett, Edward, W oodleigh Stooke-V aughan, Rev. Frederick M. A. (vicar), The Vicarage Lane, Mrs., farmer, Dogbury farm Madge, John (land steward for J. C. A~ S., Hewitt), Home farm, Hope End COMMERCIAL. Bishop, Mrs. Eliza.beth, farmer, Peg's fm. Bishop, Richard, farmer, Withers farm Chick, Cornelius, grocer Cotton, -, Stone House farm, bailiff for Mrs. E. Curtis Palmer, William, farmer & cider grower, Farmers' Arms Price, J ames, farmer, post office Pritchett, William Lilly, farmer and miller, Prior's court Way, John, schoolmaster, School house Williams, James, farmer, The Burtons WELSH BICKNOR. WELSH BICKNOR was formerly a detached portion of Monmouthshire, but by Acts 2 and 3 of William IV., c. 64, and 7 and 8 Vict. 1 c. 61, it was added to Herefordshire. It is a small parish, picturesquely $ituated on the river Wye; is distant 5 miles S.S. W. of Ross, 2 S.E. of Kerne Bridge station and about half a mile from Lydbrook station on the Ross and Monmouth railway, 8 N.E. of Monmouth, and 17 S. of Hereford ; is in W ormelow hundred (lower division), Monmouth

WELSH BICKNOR. 119 union and county court district, Whitchurch polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Ross petty sessional division. The population in r87r was 135; in r88r, 99; inhabited houses, 22; families or separate occupiers, 22. The area of the parish is 85o acres, and the annual rateable value £r,r28. Lieut.-Colonel Francis Ba ynham Vaughan, of Courtfield, is lord of the manor and owner of the parish. The soil is sandy and loamy; subsoil, rock and clay; products, wheat, barley, roots, &c. Welsh Bicknor is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield; living, a rectory; value, ·£rss, with residence and I7! acres of glebe; patron and rector, Rev. Frederic J ames Aldrich-Blake, M.A., of Pembroke College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1867. A new rectory house was erected in 1868. The church, dedicated to St. Jl,fargaret, is a small but exquisitely beautiful building, situated on the bank of the river W ye. It occupies the site of the former edifice, and was erected in 18 58 from the designs of Mr. Thomas H. Rushforth, of Regent street, London, at a cost of £ 2,68o, the whole of which was defrayed by the late rector, the Rev. John Burdon, and Stephen Allaway, Esq. It consists of nave (in the Norman style), chancel with vestry attached, south aisle, western porch, and tower (in the Early English style). The interior is adorned with beautiful stained glass by Clayton & Bell, of London, while the pulpit, reading desk, font, &c., are splendid specimens of carving in Caen stone, inlaid with different-coloured marbles and alabaster. The organ was built by Gray & Davison, of London, and is a fine-toned instrument. The altar table and chancel stalls are of carved oak. There are 96 sittings in the body of the church, all free. The only ancient monument is an effigy, supposed to be that of the Countess of Salisbury, nurse to Henry V., but really that of Lady de Montacute, great granddaughter of Edward I., and daughter-in-law of the first earl of Salisbury, sisterin-law of the second, and mother of the third, and second cousin of John of Gaunt, grandfather of Henry V. It occupies a niche in the east wall of the aisle. The parish registers commence with the year 1699; some are very imperfect. Courifield, the seat of Lieut.-Col. Francis Baynham Vaughan, is celebrated as the place, according to a current tradition, where Henry V. (the hero of Agincourt) was sent from Monmouth, the scene of his birth, to be nursed. A Roman Catholic chapel, supported by Lieut.-Colonel Vaughan, stands adjacent to the mansion. There is a Roman Catholic school in the parish supported by Lieut.-Col. F. B. Vaughan, with an average attendance of 20. About one mile from Courtfield, to the west, rises the commanding eminence called Coppett wood hill, from which the prospects are extremely fine and of considerable extent, embracing parts of the eight counties of Hereford, Monmouth, Salop, Worcester, Gloucester, Glamorgan, Brecknock, and Radnor. For school purposes the parish is united with Goodrich. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Ross. Letters arrive at 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., and on Sundays at 10 a.m. The wall letter-box is cleared at 4-50 p.m. Lydbrook is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, R oss.

72o ·wELSH BICKNOR WELSH NEWTON. Parz'sh Church (St. Ma1·gm·et's). Rev. Frederic James Aldrich~ Blake, M.A., Rector .i Mr. Victor Wade, Churchwarden and Parzslz Clerk. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Aldrich-Blake, Rev. F. J., M.A. (rector), The Rectory Ryan, Rev. Father Michael (Roman Catholic priest), The Manse Vaughan, Lieut.-Col. Francis Baynham, J.P., Courtfield . WELSH COMMERCIAL. Blanch, Richard, farmer, The Green Edwards, John, farmer, Baynhams Harris, George, parish constable V earncombe, Thomas, farm bailiff for Lieut.-Col. Vaughan, Courtfield farm Wade, Victor, estate carpenter, The Old Rectory NEWTON. WELSH NEWTON is a parish and village situated on the borders of Monmouthshire, and on the main road leading from Monmouth to Hereford; is distant 3t miles N. of Monmouth, 8 S.W. of Ross, and 14t S. of Hereford; is in Wormelow hundred (lower division), Moomouth 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 247; in I88I, 225; inhabited houses, 52; families or separate occupiers, 52; area of parish, 21178 acres; annual rateable value, £1,203. Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bart., M.P., of Glan-Usk park, Breconshire, who is lord of the manor, Major George Griffin of Newton court, Monmouth, Miss E. C. Constance }ones, and Edwin R. Payne, Esq., are the principal landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, clay and rock; chief produce, wheat, barley, roots, &c. Welsh Newton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield ; living, a vicarage; patron, Sir J. R. Bailey, Bart., M.P. The living is at present held by the Rev. Edward de Ewer, vicar of Llangrove, under licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury. Its value is£ 46 I os., but no vicarage house. The tithes, great and small, also the glebe (12 acres), belong to the lay rector. The church, dedicated to St. Mm-y, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, porch, and small tower containing two bells. It is in the Nor man style of architecture, and is in a fair state of repair. The district school was built in 1874 at a cost of £450, for the joint parishes of Welsh Newton, Llanrothal, part of St. Weonards, and Newton Dixton. It has accommodation for no children; the average attendance is 44· There is a chapel for the Primitive Methodists on Newton common. Pembridge Castle, in this parish (now a farmhouse in the occupation of Mrs. Williams and Sons), is mentioned as early as A.D. 1223, being the seventh year of the reign of Henry Ill., when William Lord Cantilupe was its governor. In the time of Henry VII it was held by the Knights Hospitallers of Dinmore, and afterwards by Margaret, Countess of Richmond and Derby. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth it was sold to Sir Waiter Pye, whose descendants disposed of this estate to George Kemble, gent., who repaired the ruins with timber, and made it habitable, as it was in 167 5· .Parts of the old castle still exist, but the adjoining chapel has been demolished, and the park ploughed up and cultivated. The Callow, the property of Major

• WELSH NEWTON WEOBLEY. George Griffin, J.P., is the residence of Halswell M. Kemeys~Tynte, Esq. Newton Lodgeis in the occupation of Miss E. C. Constance J ones. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Mon~ mouth at 8.30 a.m. The wall letter~box is cleared at 5.20 p.m. Monmouth is the nearest money order and telegraph office and post town. Parish Church (St. Mary's). Rev. Edward de Ewer, Vicar; Halswell M. Kemeys-Tynte, Esq., and Mr. George Rosser, Churchwardens~· Amos Hodges, Parish Clerk. District School (boys and girls). Miss Emma Lewis, Mistress. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Newton common. M£n£sters var£ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Alfred Mathews. CARRIER To MoNMOUTH. Name Thomas Lewis PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bullock, Mrs., Pembridge house Day Sat. J ones, Miss E. C. Constance, Newton lodge Kemeys-Tynte, Halswell M., The Callow COMMERCIAL. Davies, James, farmer, Mill farm Gunber, Edward, farmer, St. W oolston's Haile, Richard, farmer, Trefassey Stopping Place Angel Hotel Return at 4 0 Hodges, Amos, parish clerk, carpenter, and shopkeeper Lane, John, farmer, Glas Cwm Lewis, Miss Emma, schoolmistress Lock, Alfred Thomas, far., Gwenherion Mathews, Alfred, blacksmith & assistant overseer Priddy, Ernest, farmer, Elephant & Oastle Rogers, George (farm bailiff to E. R. Payne) Tremahaid Rosser, George, farmer, Newton farm Williams, Mrs., & Sons, Pembridge castle WEOBLEY. WEOBLEY, or WEOBLY, is a place of great antiquity, mentioned in Domesday as Wibelai, and spelt in many ways in various documents, distant 8-! miles S.vV. of Leominster, 12 N.W. of Hereford, 9 S.E. of Kington, 15 N.E. of Hay, and 3! N. of Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway. The town is situated about ! of a mile S. of the main road between Leominster and Hay, and 2 miles E. of the road leading from Hereford to Kington. It is in Grimsworth hundred and Leominster county court district ; and is the head of a poor-law union, highway district, petty sessional division, and in Kinnersley and Weobley polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 932; in 188I 1 882 ; inhabited houses, 166; families or separate occupiers, 167 ; area of parish, 3,831 acres; annual rateable value, £5,893· By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, detached parts of Eardisland were amalgamated with Dilwyn and Weobley. The Marquess of Bath, who is lord of the manor, Daniel Henry T. Peploe, Esq., and George W. Marshall, Esq., are the principal landed proprietors. This is an exceedingly fertile and productive district ; the scenes around are most picturesque and romantic, and there are numerous seats and genteel residences in the neighbourhood. A pleasure and hiring fair is held on May 8th yearly. W eobley

• WEOBLEY . formerly returned two members to Parliament. It was represented in the seven parliaments of Edward I., and no more until the reign of Charles I., when, in the year 164o, it resumed its privilege by an order from the House of Commons. It was disfranchised by the Reform Bill of 1832. On the south side of the town stood an old castle, which was taken from the Empress Maud by King Stephen. Leland, who describes W eobley as a market town, mentions the castle as belonging to Lord Ferrers, a goodly building, but somewhat in decay. The embankments and moat which surround it are still to be seen. Weobley anciently formed part of the barony of the Lacys, of whom Margery, younger daughter of Gilbert de Lacy, son of W alter, the husband of the celebrated Margery de Braose, married John de Verdon, whose grandson Theobald was constable of Ireland. Her granddaughter Margery, who was married thrice, had for her last husband Sir John de Crophull, and their granddaughter Agnes married first Sir Waiter Devereux, and secondly Sir John Marbury. W alter, grandson of W alter and Agnes Devereux, married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Marbury, and their son Waiter, who married Anne Ferrers, became, in right of his wife, Lord Ferrers, A.D. 1461. W alter Devereux, great grandson of Lord Ferrers, became Earl of Essex in 1572. The last representative of the Devereux family, Frances, sister of the Earl of Essex, the Parliamentarian general, married the Duke of Somerset, and died in 1674, bequeathing her Weobley property to Thomas Thynne, Viscount Weymouth, from whom it descended to the Marquess of Bath. There was formerly a manufactory of gloves in Weobley. In his movements about Hereford after the battle of Naseby, King Charles I. visited Weobley more than once, and had supper at the Unicorn Inn, of which building some portion still exists. W eobley is in the diocese and arch deaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of its own name ; living, a vicarage: value, £276, with residence and 121 acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Worcester ; vicar, Rev. James Sutcliffe Crook, M.A., of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham, who was instituted in 1877, and is also a surrogate for the diocese of Hereford. The living was, until the Reformation, in the gift of Llanthony Priory, but was transferred by Queen Elizabeth in exchange for some other property to the Bishop of Hereford, from whom it was transferred to the Bishop of Worcester, in 1852. The church, dedicated to SS. Pete·r and Paul, is a fine old structure in the Norman, Early English, and Decorated styles of architecture. It consists of chancel and nave with two aisles, and square tower projecting obliquely into the north aisle of the nave, terminating with four pinnacles, and surmounted with a lofty stone spire. The tower contains a peal of six musical bells, and a new clock, the gift of Rev. John Birch Webb-Peploe, formerly vicar. The church was restored in 1865, under the superintendence of Clifton West, Esq., architect, and was re-opened for divine service April 12th, 1866. The cost of restoration was about £3,2oo, of which £6oo was raised on the rates, and the remainder by voluntary contributions. Among the principal subscribers were the late Daniel Peploe Peploe, Esq., the late vicar (Rev. John Birch Webb-Peploe),

WEOBLEY. the Marquess of Bath, &c. In the chancel is a magnificent and full-length marble statue to the memory of Colonel John Birch, surrounded with the insignia of war. There are also two altar tombs, one on the south side in memory of Sir John Mar bury and his wife Agnes, widow of Sir Waiter Devereux, whose tomb is on the north side. The shields of Devereux and Marbury, in wood, with their arms, are suspended above the respective tombs, and beneath the Marbury tomb it is most probable that Hugh de Lacy, founder of Llanthony Abbey, lies buried. A memorial window by Messrs. Heaton, Butler, & Bayne, of London, was erected in 1867 by the tenantry of the Garnstone estate, to the memory of the late Daniel Peploe Peploe, Esq. The subject is very striking, representing our Saviour bearing His Cross; on the one side the soldiers are mocking Him, and on the other the good women of Jerusalem consoling Him. There are also two memorial windows to the late vicar (the Rev. John Birch Webb-Peploe). In 1878, a very beautiful reredos, the gift of Mrs. Peploe, of Garnstone, was erected from a design by the late T. Gambier Parry, Esq., Highnam court, Gloucestershire. The work was executed by Mr. Bolton, of Cheltenham. The large west window was filled with coloured glass by Cox, Buckley, & Co., London, in 1886. It consists of four lights, and each contains one of the four Evangelists. The figures are very bold and striking, and the colours of a deep rich tone. It was erected to the memory of 'Villiam and Mary Griffiths, of Devereux Wootton, by their children. The earliest register is dated 1635. A public recreation room and entertainment hall was opened in r888. The Roman Catholic church, Union road, dedicated to St. Thomas of Hereford, was built in 1834 and has a dwelling-house attached, the Very Rev. Canon Henry Benedict Mackey, O.S.B., is the priest. The Roman Catholic schools in connection with the church were built about 1852, and have since been enlarged. The average attendance is 25. The Primitive Methodist chapel was erected in I 86 I. The national schools for boys, girls, and infants, are neat and commodious stone buildings, to which a classroom has been added, at a cost of nearly £200. The schools have accommodation for rss children; average attendance, 129. In 1717 there were two schools here, one for boys and another for girls, supported by subscription. Sir vV. Gregory, in I67g, had given land and money in trust for apprenticing boys. One of the schools was called" Crowther's Free Grammar School," but it having been found impossible to obtain a regular master for it, on account of the smallness of the endowment available for salary, and the building being old and much out of repair, it was taken down, and, by consent of the trustees, merged into the national schools. The Union workhouse is a red brick building, situated about half a mile from the town, on the Kington road. It was erected in 1837, and will accommodate II4 inmates. The guardians meet at the boar~-room every alternate Monday. The Weobley union comprises 26 parishes, and is divided into two districts, viz., Weobley -and Dilwyn. The population of Weobley district in 1871 was 5,383; in r88r, 4,809 ; area, 28,407 acres. The population of Dilwyn

WEOBLEY. district in 1871 was 3,648 ; in 1881, 3,370; area, 20,552 acres. The police station is a neat brick building, situated in Mill street. The magistrates for W eobley petty sessional division meet at the Court-room every alternate Monday. About I mileS. of the town is Garnstone, the seat of Daniel Henry T. Peploe, Esq., J.P., and the residence of William Smith, Esq., built ori the site of the manor house, bought during the civil wars by Colonel Birch. It is a modern stone-built mansion in the castellated style of architecture, having an extensive park well stocked with deer. The garden and ornamental grounds attached to this mansion are extensive and beautiful. There are many ancient timber-framed houses in Weobley parish. The Ley farmhouse, formerly the manor house of the Bridges family, bears date 1589, and is an interesting structure. MAGISTRATES ACTING FOR WEOBLEY DIVISION OF THE COUNTY .. - (The justices meet at the Police court every alternate Monday). Sir Henry Geers Cotterell, Bart., Garnons, Chairman ; The Hon. and V en. Archdeacon B. L. S. Stanhope, Byford Rectory; John Clowes, Esq., Burton Court; Thomas Reaveley, Esq., Kinnersley Castle; Benjamin Lawrence Sanders, Esq., Street Court; Lieut.-Colonel Richard Snead Cox, Broxwood Court ; The Rev. Henry Blisset, Letton Court ; The Rev. George Horatio Davenport, Foxley; Colonel Robert Bridgford, Kinnersley; Major W. W. Worswick, Sarnesfield, Weobley; The Rev. Sir George Cornewall, Bart., Moccas Park; Major P. L. Clowes, Burton Court; H. W. Lush Wilson, Esq., Canon Pyon; W. Prescott, Esq., King's Pyon; J. Gardiner Muir, Esq., Newport, Almeley; J. Cotterell, Esq., Garnons ; D. H. T. Peploe, Esq., Garnstone; Geo. Cresswell, Esq., Stretton Sugwas. Thefollowz"ngt's a L£stofPar£shes and Places z"n the Petty Sessional D£vt"sion : Almeley, Birley, Bishopstone, Blakemere, Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Brobury, Byford, Canon Pyon, Dilwyn, Eardisland, Kings Pyon, Kinnersley, Letton, Manse! Gamage, Mansel Lacy, Moccas, Monnington-upon-Wye, Norton Canon, Preston-upon-Wye, Sarnes:field, Staunton-upon-Wye, Stretford, Weobley, Wormesley, Yazor. · PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mr. James Stephens, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive at 8.15 a.m. ; despatched at 5.15 p.m. Money orders are granted and paid, and post office savings bank business transacted from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m. Telegraph business from 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. Letters should be addressed Weobley, R.S.O. (Herefordshire.) Parzsh Church (SS. Peter and Paul). Rev. James Sutcliffe Crook, M.A., Vicar; Messrs. M. S. Dent and John Griffiths, Churchwardens.,- Richard Baskerville, ParZ:r;h Cle1·k. • Roman Catholz"c Church (S. Thomas of Hereford), Union road.- The Very Rev. Canon H. B. Mackey, O.S.B., Pr£est. Prz"miti've Method-ist Chapel. Rev. Wm. Benion, M-z"nz'ster. Nat£onal and Free School (boys, gz"rls, and t"nfants). Mr. ]. T. Curtis, Master,- Mrs. Curtis, M·istress. · Roman Catholzc School (mz'xed). Miss Francis Stanmore, Mistress. Assistant Ove1·seer. Mr. William Watkins. County Polzce Statzon, Mill street. Mr. George Ovens, Superz'ntendent for Weobley and Bredward£ne pz:vzsio1zs.

WEOBLEY. WEOBLEY UNION. (The guardians meet at the Board-room, Union workhouse, every alternate Monday.) The Rev. the Hon. Archdeacon Berkeley Lionel Scudamore Stanhope, M.A., Byford Rectory, Chairman/ John Alexander Forbes Suter, Esq., Hereford, Treasurer,- Rev.]. S. Crook, M.A., Chapla·in ~· F. H. Leather, Esq., Cle1-k to the Gua1'd£ans and to the Rural Sanitary Authon'ty / W. F. Walker, Esq., House Surgeon_; Mr. Robert 'Yard, Master,- W. F. Walker, Esq., L.R.C.P., Medical Officer and Public Vaccz"nator for Weobley District (1 I parishes); T. Lambert Hall, Esq., M.R.C.S., Townsend House, Dilwyn, Medical Officer for D£lwyn Dz"stnct (8 parishes) ; Peter B. Giles, Esq., M.R.C.S., Staunton-on-Wye, Medzcal Officer for U)re Side Distrzct (7 parishes); Mr. William Lloyd, Vaccz1zaticm Officer and Rel£evzng Officer for No. I ( Weobley) District/ Mr. Thomas Vaughan, Rel£evz"ng Officer for No. 2 (Dzlwyn) Distr-ict. The Union comprises the following Parishes: Almeley, Birley, Bishopstone, Blakemere, Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Brobury, Byford, Canon Pyon, Dilwyn, Eardisland, Kings Pyon, Kinnersley, Letton, Mansel Gamage, Mansel Lacy, Moccas, Monnington- upon- Wye, Norton Canon, Preston- upon- Wye, Sarnes:field, Staunton- upon- Wye, Stretford, Weobley, Wormesley, Yazor. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES. F. H. Leather, Esq., Supe-rintendent Regz"strar / Mr. W. H. Grout, Deputy Supen."ntendent,; Mr. Thomas R. Hawkins, Registrar of Marriages and of B-irths and Deaths for No. I ( Weobley) Dz"strict _; Mr. J ames Griffiths, Regz"strar of Births and Deaths for No. 2 (Dzlwyn) D-istrict. No. I District comprz"ses the follow-ing places: Almeley, Bishopstone, Blakemere, Bridge Solers, Brinsop, Brobury, Byford, Kinnersley, Letton, Mansel Gamage, Mansel Lacy, Moccas, Monnington-uponWye, Norton Canon, Preston-upon-Wye, Staunton-upon-Wye, Weobley, and Yazor. No, 2 Dt"strzet compr-ises the followz?zg- P!aces:- Birley, Canon Pyon, Dilwyn, Eardisland, Kings Pyon, Sarnesfield, Stretford, and Wormsley. Capital and Counties Bank (sub-ag-ency), Heriford branch, Broad street, open daily from 10 a.m. till 4 p.m. Lloyds Bank (sub-agency), Leominster branch, Hereford street, open from IO a.m. till 4 p.m.; Saturdays, from 10 a.m. till I p.m. Weobley Rural Sam"tary Authorz"ty. H. Vavasour Sandford, Esq., M.D., Medkal Officer of Health/ F. H. Leather, Esq., Clerk,; Mr. William Lloyd, and Mr. Thomas Vaughan, Inspectors. Clerk to the Commz''ss-ioners of Taxes. Thomas Price, Esq., Kington. Surveyor of Taxes. W. Sharland, Esq., Inland Revenue Office, Hereford. Weobley H-ighway Board. (Meetings held monthly). F. H. Leather, Esq., Clerk; Mr. Thomas R. Hawkins, Surveyor. Name John Evans John Evans CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Days Wed. & Sat. CARRIER TO Fri. Stopping Place Maidenhead LEOMINSTER. White Horse Return at 4 0 3 0

WEOBLEY. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Benion, Rev. Wm. (Primitive Methodist), Union road Crook, Rev. J ames Sutcliffe, M. A. (vicar), · The Vicarage Gwillim, Mrs. Mary, Portland street Hawkins, Thomas, Hereford street J ackman, J oseph, Ledgemoor Lloyd, Miss, Bell square Lloyd, William, Church house Mackey, Rev. Canon, H.B., O.S.B., (Roman Catholic) Merrick, Miss, Bell square Monselle, Louisa, Broad street Morgan, Herbert, High street Pu~h, Miss, High street Sm1th, William, Garnstone Castle Symonds, John, Broad street Thomas, Austin, Union road Walker, W. F., L.R.C.S., Broad street COMMERCIAL. Anderson, George Sydney, baker, confectioner, and provision dealer Barker, James, blacksmith Baskerville, Rd., farmer, & parish clerk :BERRY, F. & H., saddlers and harness makers. Drapers, hosiers, hatters. Family mourning and funerals furnished. Boot and shoe warehouse Bigglestone, Edw., insurance agent Biggs, Mark, head gardener toW. Smith Bowyer, Amos, clothier, etc., Brace, John, blacksmith and cot. farmer Brisland, Jas., estate carpenter, Ledgemoor Bull, Miss, day school Chandler, Thomas, farmer, Fenhampton Charles, Mrs., grocer & provision dealer, Mill street Colley, Geo., haulier and freeholder, The Marsh Curtis, John T., schoolmaster Davies, Charles, tailor Davies, Henry, mason, Portland street DA VIES, JOSEPH, marine store dealer and fruiterer, Portland street Eason, John, chemist Evans, John, miller, Mill street Evans, John, carrier and cottage farmer, Union road FREEBURY, ALLEN EDW ARD, family butcher, grazier, & cattle dealer, prime ox beef and wether mutton, families waited upon daily at their own residences. Market place Griffiths, John, miller, steam flour mills, Mill street Guntrip, Wm., gamekeeper, Ferny hall HARRISON & Co., drapers, boot . and shoe warehouse, milliners, dress· makers, Broad street Hawkins, Thomas, farmer and registrar of births and deaths, Pepperplock Helme, Thos. Norman, farmer, Devereux Wootton Herbert, Frank 0., farmer, Dairy house Hill, William, farmer, The Field Hope, J ames, farmer, Throne farm Hope, J oseph, farmer, Stocking Hopkins, John, cot. farmer, Ledgemoor Hughes, William, boot and shoe maker, Chapel street J ames, Thos., cottage farmer, The Marsh J ones, J ames, stonemason JONES, JOHN, wholesale and retail grocer, corn, flour, and provision dealer, ironmonger, &c. Jones, Wm., Unicorn Inn & nail maker Leather, F. H., solicitor, clerk to the guardians of W eobley _union ; superin· ten dent registrar of W eobley district; clerk to the Weobley rural sanitary authority ; clerk to the commissioner of taxes Lloyri, William, relieving officer for No. 1 district, vaccination officer, inspector of nuisances, & insurance agent; Church house Mathews, Thomas, farmer, The Marsh MORGAN, ALBERT CHARLES, baker, grocer, and provision dealer, goods delivered within six miles of W eobley twice a. week. Noted house for home-fed bacon Morris, Chas. V., The Link Inn, beer retailer, Ledgemoor Ovens, George, superintendent of police for W eobley & Bredwardine districts, inspector of weights and measures and common lodging houses ; Police station, Mill street POWELL, EMMANUEL, builder and contractor, painter, and general undertaker, estimates given on application ; Chapel street Preece, Thomas, land steward Price, Miss M. A., dressmkr., Hereford st. PUGH, J., waggonettes, brakes, and traps; orders received to meet trains at Moorhampton station Rogers, Benjamin, farmer, The Ley Ross & Son, boot & shoe dealers, Market place Ryall, S. D., draper Seal, Robt., boot & shoemaker, White hill Skyrme, Joseph, farmer, Fields' end Smith, J ames, farmer, Little Sarnesfield Smith, J ane, clothes dealer & marine stores STEP HENS, J AMES, grocer and provision dealer, agent for Gilbey's wines, and Allsopp's ale, The Post office W adams, Samuel, baker & confectioner, Portland street Walker, W. F., L.R.C.P., surgeon, Broad street Ward, Robert, master of W eobley union W atkins, William, assistant overseer and brewers' agent, Union street Whitney, John, tailor, Broad street Williams, J oseph, Salutation Inn

WEST HIDE. WESTHIDE. • WESTHIDE is a parish situated between the main road from Hereford to 'Worcester over Frome hill, and the Hereford and Gloucester canal (now disused) which forms the northern boundary. It is distant 6 miles N.E. of Hereford, 9! S.W. of Bromyard, and about 2 N.E. of Withington station, on the Worcester and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway. It is in Radlow hundred, Hereford union, petty sessional division, and com1ty court district, and Lugwardine polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in r87r was 164; in r88r, r66; inhabited houses, 34; families or separate occupiers, 38; area of parish, I ,2o6 acres; annual rateable value, £1,798. By provisional orders, which came into operation on 25th March, r885, under the Divided Parishes Act, detached parts of Stoke Edith and Yarkhill were amalgamated with this parish. The Right Hon. Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith park, who is lady of the manor, Lady Lindsay, Col. S. Scott, and the Rev. A. Norris Cope, are the principal landowners. The soil is deep clay; subsoil, red marl; chief produce, wheat, hops, beans, fruit, roots, &c. The land is very fertile and well wooded. There are two quarries in the parish, one of road-stone, the other of an inferior kind of wall-stone. W esthide is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of vV eston ; living, a vicarage, annexed to Stoke Edith rectory; joint value, £575, with residence and 124 acres of glebe j patroness, the Lady Emily Foley; rector, Rev. William Henry Lambert, M.A., of Merton College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1858, and who is also prebendary of Pratum Minus in Hereford cathedral and rural dean of Weston, and resides at Stoke Edith rectory. Westhide living is worth £220 yearly, with residence and 22 acres of glebe. The Rev. Samuel John Butcher, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, is the resident curate. The church, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, was completely restored (except the tower), and chancel rebuilt in r866-67, at a cost of £787; architect, T. Blashill, Esq. The tower was restored in r88o at a cost of £4oo, under the direction of the same architect ; the builder being Mr. W. Cullis, of Hereford. Many parts of this church are very ancient. It consists of a nave with vestry on the north side, western tower, a side aisle or chapel, a south porch and chancel. The side aisle is a very good specimen of 14th-century work. It contains the founder's tomb and effigy, and other interesting memorials. The tower is a massive structure of the 13th century, and, like others in this part of the kingdom, was commenced upon a large scale, but never carried to any great height. The national school, with teacher's residence, was erected in 1863 at a cost of about £400. It is no longer used as a day school, the children of W esthide being now accommodated at Withington national school. Westht'de CoU1'f, situate near the church, is occasionally occupied by its owner, Colonel S. Scott, and members of his family. PosTAL REGULATIONs. Letters are received through Hereford about 8 a.m. The wall letter-box is cleared at 5 p.m. Tarrington is

WESTHIDE WESTON BEGGARD . • the nearest money order office. Telegrams may be sent from Withington and Stoke Edith railway stations. Post town, Hereford. Part'sh Church (St. Bartholomew's). Rev. William Henry Lambert, M.A., Rector/ Rev. Samuel John Butcher, M.A., Curate/ Messrs. John Munn and William Moseley, Churchwardens/ James Williams, Parz''sh Clerk. Asszstant Overseer. Mr. T. G. Bufton, Ode Pychard. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Days Return at Thomas Taylor Wed. & Sat. Stopping Place White Lion 3 0 PRIVATE RESIDENT. Butcher, Rev. Sa~uel John, M.A., {curate), The Parsonage COMMERCIAL. Berrow, Mrs. Caroline, Porch house Bowen, Frank, grocer, &c., Dodmarsh Corbett, J oseph, blacksmith, Dodmarsh J ones, J ames, farmer & hop grower, The Farm Moseley, William, farmer & hop grower, Upper house WESTON Munn, John, farmer and hop grower Panniers, William, farmer, Lower farm Parsons, Thomas, farmer, Dodmarsh, res. Ash grove Seabourne, William, farmer and hop g-rower, Court farm ; bailiff to Colonel Scott Smith, Samuel, farmer and hop grower, Woodmanton Taylor, John, grocer, &c., Dodmarsh Williams, J ames, parish clerk Williams, Mrs. E., hop grower, Townsend BEGGARD. WESTON BEGGARD is a parish intersected by the Worcester and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway, and situated between the roads from Hereford to Ledbury, and from Hereford to Worcester (over Frame hill). It is distant s! miles E.N.E. of Hereford, 9 W.N.W. of Led bury, and I r S.W. of Bromyard; is in Radlow hundred, Hereford union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Lugwardine polling district and electoral division of the county council. The nearest railway stations are at Stoke Edith and Withington. This parish derives the latter part of its name from Bagard, a former landed proprietor and lord of the manor, whose name was probably corrupted from Bigod, an earl famous in the time of Henry III. The population in I 8 7 I was 2 96 ; in I 8 8 I, 2 7 I ; inhabited houses, 64; families or separate occupiers, 65 ; area of parish, 894 acres; annual rateable value, £2,848. By a provisional order which came into operation on 25th March, r885, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of this parish was amalgamated with Yarkhill for civil purposes. The Right Hon. Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith park, is lady of the manor and principal landowner. Mr. Thomas Davies and Mr. Frederick William Morris are also landowners here. The soil is a red loam with a subsoil of marl and clay; it is well adapted to the growth of corn, fruit, hops, and other kinds of agricultural produce. West on Beggard is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weston ; living, a vicarage ; value, £I 31, with residence and 2:! acres of glebe ; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. George

WESTON BEGGARD. Arthur Williams, M.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, who was instituted in r88o. The church is a pretty stone building, situated in the valley of the Frome. It is dedicated to St. :John the Baptz'st, and consists of nave, chancel, porch, and square tower (supported by four substantial buttresses) containing five bells. It was re-pewed and a gallery built in I 8 2 7. This church underwent a thorough restoration in I 88 I, under the superintendence of the diocesan architect, Mr. Thomas Nicholson. The south wall was rebuilt and the chancel arch re-set. The chancel .floor was paved with Godwin's tiles, and raised above the level of the nave. The windows of the chancel and others were restored and some of them filled with painted glass by Clayton and Bell. The gallery which obstructed the west end, and the ceiling which hid the roof from view were taken away, as well as the high seats and "three decker" reading desks. The cost was about £I,3001 raised chiefly by subscriptions, a legacy of Mr. S. Tingle, £211, the patrons £roo, and societies, £120. In the churchyard is a yew tree which was planted in the year of the Revolution, r688. The earliest register is dated 1587. The charities belonging to the parish are small. The children from this parish attend Yarkhill school. The Primitive Methodist chapel at Shucknall hill was erected in r875. Shucknall is a straggling village in this parish. The prospect from Shucknall hill on a clear day is remarkably attractive and far famed for its picturesque beauty. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Hereford. The wall letter-box at Shucknall is cleared at 5 p.m. Tarrington is the nearest money order office. Postal telegrams may be sent from Withington and Stoke Edith railway stations. Post town, Hereford. · Parish Church (St. John the Baptist's). Rev. George Arthur Williams, M.A., Vica'r ~· Mr. William Henry Davies, Churchwarden; William Wilks, Sexton. Prz'mztive Methodzst Chapel, Shucknall hill. Ministers varz"ous. Assistant Overseer. Mr. Edwin Munslow, Withington. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. • Name Days Stopping Place Return at Ed ward N ewman Wed. & Sat. White Lion 3 0 (Canon Fro me) Mrs. Monk Wed. & Sat. Booth Hall 3 30 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. J ames, Alexander, The Vineyard, Shucknall Morgan, Mrs., W oodfield Williams, Rev. George Arthur, M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage. COMMERCIAL. Bristowe, John James, farmer, Purbrook farm Brookes, William, hurdle maker Davies, Thomas, farmer, landowner, and hop grower, Pigeon house Davis, Henry William, farmer and hop grower, Moorend and Church farms, res. Hill end Green, James, blacksmith and farrier, Shucknall hill Haskings, J oseph, boot and shoe maker, Shucknall J ones, J ames, shopkeeper, Shuckna.ll Lewis, Mark, cooper, carpenter, and wheelwright, Shucknall house Morris, Percy William, farmer and hop grower, Shucknall court Wilks, William, sexton, Shucknall hill 2 p

730 WESTON-UNDER-PENYARD. WEST ON. UNDER-PENY ARD. WESTON-UNDER-PENYARD is a large parish and pleasant village, situated on the road leading from Ross to Gloucester, and intersected by the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester branch of the Great Western railway. It is distant 2:! miles E.S.E. ofRoss, 4 N.\V. of Mitcheldean, 6 W.S.\V. of Newent, 14 W.N.W. of Gloucester, and 16! S.E. of Hereford ; is in Greytree hundred, R oss union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Linton and \Veston polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 848; in I88I, 828; inhabited houses, 183 ; families or separate occupiers, 209; area of parish, 3,128 acres; annual rateable value, £7,336. By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1883, under the Divided Parishes Act, two detached parts of a Tything,_ known as Lea Bailey, were amalgamated with this parish. The Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, who is lord of the manor, Miss Stubbs (of Lower Weston), Rev. Thomas Syer (of Ravensden, near Bedford), Rev. Henry Us borne (of Bitterne, near Southampton), Mrs. Chellingworth, Captain Carter, and Rev. F. ]. Aldrich Blake, are the principa] landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, rock; chief crops, wheat, barley, roots, &c. At the summit of the high and thicklywooded hill, called Pen yard, are the remains of Pen yard castle. This fortress, originally but of small extent, is now reduced to comparative i.nsignificance; most of the stonework has long since been removed, and employed in the erection of other buildings. It formerly belonged to the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury, and after descending to De Grey, Duke of Kent, was sold at his demise in 1740, and now belongs to the Rev. Henry Usborne, B.A., of Bitterne, Southampton. Not far from the village of W eston is the site of a Roman station, called Rose, or Bury, hill, which is supposed by some writers to have been the Ariconium mentioned in the Itinerary of Antoninus, 'Which Camden and other antiquaries have placed at Kenchester, but which Horsley, on unquestionable grounds, has fixed at Bury hill. The area upon which the city stood, according to tradition, occupied three or four fields; now distinguishable only by the blackened soil. Among the antiquities found here were fibul::e, lares, lachrymatories, lamps, rings, fragments oftesselated pavements, together with an immense quantity of Roman coins, and some British. Some pillars were also discovered, with stones having holes for the jambs of the doors, and a vault or two, in which was wheat, of a black colour, and in a cinereous state ; and a few years since, in widening a road, several skeletons were likewise discovered here, as also theref!Iains of a stone wall, apparently the front of a building; the stones vi·ere well worked, and of a considerable size. For a gentle eminence, Bury hill commands the view of an extensive range of country; to the south rise the rival hills of Penyard and Chase ; and westward is the whole fertile tract of Herefordshire, bounded by the mountains of Monmouth and Brecon. Weston-under-Penyard is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Ross ; living, a rectory ; value, £62o, with residence and r acre of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford;

WESTON-UNDER-PENY ARD. 731 rector, Rev. Edward Burdett Hawkshaw, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, who was instituted in I855, and who is also prebendary of Nonnington in Hereford Cathedral, and ].P. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is prettily situated on rising ground, and is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, north aisle, and square tower containing six bells. It was thoroughly restored in 1867 at a cost of £2,Ioo, chiefly contributed by the munificence of one lady. The parts most interesting to the antiquary are four massive Norman pillars with capitals variously enriched· by undulations and flowers. The shafts are circular and low, and their capitals square ; round arches spring from them which meet in rude corbel heads of men and animals. The parish registers go back to the year 1568. There is a national school for boys and girls, with accommodation for I 58 . children, and an average attendance of 9I. There is a Baptist chapel at Ryeford, and a Wesleyan chapel at Bury hill. There are several handsome residences in this parish. Rudhall, the property of Lord Ashburton, is in the occupation of Miss Mortimer. · This ancient manor-house is situated in a sheltered hollow just on the borders of the four parishes of Weston-under-Penyard, Ross, Brampton Abbots, and U pton Bishop. It formerly had a chapel, but all traces of it . have disappeared. The most interesting remains of the old house are an elaborate perpendicular door, bearing on a scroll the legend In Dno. conjido, and two series of three gables, each with beautifully carved barge-boards, which uniting form two sides of a square. Lowe1· Weston House, the property of Rev. Frederic James Aldrich · Blake, M.A., at present void, is a genuine Elizabethan mansion, entirely constructed of stone, grey with age. The west front with its three gables is highly picturesque. It was built soon after the year 1 6oo by the N ourses, from Oxfordshire. At Lower Weston is also the modern residence of Miss Stubbs; Woodjield House is occupied by Mrs. Rogers; Wharton Lodge, by Mrs. Bradney; Wes!on Lodge by Lieut.-Colonel Ernest Thurlow ; and Frogmore House, the property and residence ofT. I;>. Bolton, Esq., M.P., The Temple, London. Ryeford, Pontshill, Kingston, Lower W eston, Mitchfield, and W:harton, are places in this parish. At Pontshill are four almshouses, built in memory of Wm. Bridgman, Esq., of Frogmore. PosTAL REGULATIONS. James Longford, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 6.30 a.m. and I 2 noon ; despatched thereto at 5.25 p.m. and 7.15 p.m. This is a money order and savings bank office. The wall letter box at Bollitree is cleared at 5·5 p.m. and 6.15 p.m. Ross is the nearest telegraph office and post town. Post Office, Pontshill. George Wilks, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive from Ross at 7·5 a.m.; despatched thereto at 6.50 p.m. Part'sh Church (St. Lawrence's). Rev. Edward Burdett Hawkshaw, M.A., Rector/ Mr. John Williams and Mr. Thomas Pike, Churchwa1·dens; Henry James, Paris~ Clerk. . Naticmal School (boys and gu·ls). Mr Arth1;1r \Vtl~e~, Master. Baptist Chapel Ryeford. Rev. Evan Watkms, Mmzster. ' Wesleyan Chapel, Bury hill. M£n£sters various. · Assistant Overseer. Mr. William Edwards, Rose Bank.

WESTON-UNDER-PENYARD WHITBOURNE. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. ]3arclay, Singer, Bohun house 13ennett, William. Bromsash Bradney, Mrs., Wharton lodge Butt, William Henry, Grove cottage Carter, Captain Vernon B. D., Hunsdon house Frere, J. N., Bromsash house Gardner, Miss, Street house Hawkshaw, Rev. Edward Burdett, M. A., J.P. (rector of Weston-under-Penyard, prebendary of N onnington in Hereford cathedral, and chaplain to the Earl of Erne), The Rectory Meredith, James, Sandy-way Minett, Henry, Mitchfield Mortimer, Miss Julia F., Rudhall Pike, Thomas, Upper W eston Rogers, Mrs., W oodfield house Southall, John Tertius, Parkfield Stubbs, The Misses, Penyard house Thompson, Rev. Thos., M. A. (W esleyan), Elm cottage Thurlow, Lt.-Col. Ernest, Weston lodge Watkins, Rev. Evans (Baptist), Ryeford Williams, John, Ryeford villa Yarrow, Thomas, Whitehall COMMERCIAL. Bennett, Alfred, farmer, Wharton (arm Billingham, Charles, tailor, Ryeford Clarke, John, farmer, Wallow farm Edwards, William, assistant overseer, Rose bank Everard, Ambrose, farmer, Rudge farm· Hancock, Williarn E., agent and farmer, Croome hall, Pontshill Harris, Wm., woodward, Penyard lodge Harsent, William, farmer, Lower W eston Havard, John, carpenter, &c., Hownhall cottage Heaven, William, blacksmith, Lane end J ames, Henry, mason and parish clerk J effreys, Edward, Weston Cross Inn Keddle, J onas, farmer, Hownhall farm Leary, Emma, draper, grocer, and provision dealer, Pontshill Longford, James, sub-postmaster, grocer~ and carpenter, Post office Marfell, Henry, farmer, Porch farm Marfell, William, farmer, Bollitree castle Morris, Benjamin, wholesale poulterer, Marsh, Pontshill Pike, 'l'homas, farmer, Upper W eston Riley, Miss, ladies' school~ The Cottage Roberts, A. J., blacksmitn Roberts, Joseph, haulier and innkeeper, New Inn Smith, Wi1liam Henry, builder & contractor, Sandy-way Steward, Thomas, Ivy house, W eston Wilden, Arthur, schoolmaster Wilks, George, sub-postmaster, Pontshill William, J ames, farmer, Bartwood Wintle, Alfred John, & Sons, millers~ maltsters, and mineral water manufacturers, Bill mills Woolstone, Mrs., farmer, Hill & Meadow farms WHITBOURNE . • W\IITBOURNE is an extensive parish and pleasant village situated on the main road leading from Worcester to Bromyard, and on the river Teme, which bounds the parish on the east, and here divides the counties of Hereford and Worcester. The village is within 2 miles of Knightwick station on the Worcester and Bromyard railway; is distant 10 miles N.W. of Worcester, 5 E.N.E. of Bromyard, 17 E. of Leominster, 19 N.E. of Hereford, and 13 S.E. of Tenbury; is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Brockhampton and Whitbourne polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 856; in 1881, 745; inhabited houses, 164; families or separate occupiers, 183; area of parish, 2,788 acres; annual rateable value, £5,343 9s. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Edward Bickerton Evans, Esq., of Whitbourne hall, Mrs. Childe Freeman, Sir Richard Harington, Bart., Rev. Henry Griffiths, of Cheltenham, and John Habington Barneby Lutley, Esq., of Brockhampton, Bromyard. · The soil is clayey ; subsoil, gravel and sandstone ; chief produc~, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, &c. The scenery in this neighbourhood 1s very fine, the Teme running most fantastically between the finelywooded heights,. which lend so great an attraction to this spot. In the

• WHITBOURNE. 733 vicinity were formerly two entrenchments, the one Roman, the other ·of British origin; they were situated on the opposite sides of a valley, but the traces of both are now almost obliterated. Whitbourne is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frome; living, a rectory; value, £542, with residence and 33! acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; rector, Rev. J. Henry Brierley, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1886, and who is also rural dean of North Frome, and chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Hereford. The church, dedicated to St. :John the Baptt'st, is of a mixed style of architecture, chiefly Perpendicular, but has a beautiful Norman arch at the principal entrance; it consists of nave, chancel, and aisle, with a Perpendicular towe~ containing six bells. It was restored in r865 at a cost of £1,455, under the superintendence of the late Mr. Perkins, architect, of Worcester. A porch has been erected as a memorial of the late rector, the Rev. George Bellett. At the entrance to the churchyard is a lych gate. The earliest register is dated I597· The national school is a very substantial and handsome erection. Accommodation is provided for 202 children; average attendance, 102. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel on Bringsty common. There are some handsome residences in this parish. Whz'tbourne Hall is the seat of Edward Bickerton Evans, Esq., ].P. for Worcestershire and Herefordshire, and D.L. for Herefordshire. It is an elegant mansion with a stone colonnade on the south side, and surrounded by extensive ornamental grounds. Whz'tbourne Court is adjacent to the church, and is nearly surrounded by a beautiful moat. It was formerly the residence of the Bishops of Hereford, and is now the seat of Sir Richard Harington, Bart., J.P. for Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire, and chairman of Quarter Sessions for Herefordshire. Ga£nes, the property of Mrs. Childe Freeman, is at present occupied by W. A. Adams, Esq. It is situated in a park, and has a frontage to the south, commanding a beautiful view of the Malvern hills and surrounding scenery. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Miss Garness, Sub-Postmistress, Sapey bridge. Letters arrive by mail-cart from Worcester at 6.5 a.m. and 3.30 p.m.; despatched thereto at 6.44 p.m. Knightsford Bridge and Bringsty Common are the nearest money order offices; Suckley railway station is the nearest telegraph office. Post town, Worcester. The wall letter-box near the church is cleared at 6.ro p.m. Parish Church (St. :fohn the Baptist's.) Rev. J. Henry Brierley, M.A., Rector,- Messrs. Edwin Morris and Henry Rimell, Churchwardens; William Ashcroft, Parish Clerk. . National School (boys and gz'rls). Mr. William John Harwood, Master ; Mrs. Harwood, Mzstress. Prim-i'tz've Methodist Chapel, Bringsty common. Mznz'sters various. Ass£stant Overseer. Mr. William Ashcroft. · Name George J ones Charles Williams CARRIERS TO WORCESTER. Days Wed. & Sat. Sat. Stopping Place Bridge Inn Red Lion . Return at 4 0 4 0

734 WHITBOURNE WHITCHURCH. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Adams, W. A., Gaines Brierley, Rev. J. Henry, M.A. {rector of Whitbourne, rural dean of North Frome, and chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Hereford), The Rectory Dukes, Henry, Kennett's cottage Evans, Edward Bickerton, Esq., J.P. (for Worcestershire and Herefordshire), D.L. (for Herefordshire), Whitbourne hall Freeman, A. J. Childe, Ferney bank, J.P. for Herefordshire Harington, Sir Richard, Bart., (county councillor; judge of county courts ; J.P. for Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and Warwickshire ; chairman of quarter sessions for Herefordshire), Whitbourne court W oakes, Mrs., Nutshell cottage COMMERCIAL. Andrews, Charles, farmer, Kennetts Ashcroft, William, boot and shoe maker, parish clerk, and assistant overseer Biddle, Henry, shopkeeper, Brook house Bradburn, Robert, farmer, Stocking Browning, H. J., farmer, Bradburns farm Burraston, Mrs., farmer, Bringsty corn. Clarke, John, farmer, Upper Lincetter Collins, Thomas, butcher & beer retailer, Meadow green Dale, John, Rosemoor, steward to E. Bickerton Evans Dukes, William, retired schoolmaster Everall, Theophilus, carpenter, wheelwright, and shopkeeper, Meadow green Garness, Henry, farmer, Oaks Garness, Miss, sub-postmistress, Sapey bridge Grubb, Joseph, farmer and fruit grower, Badley wood Harwood, William John, schoolmaster, The School house Holloway, J oseph, steward for Sir R. Harington, Bart., J.P. James, William, farmer, Highley J ones, George, farmer & carrier to W orcester, High fields J ones, William, farmer, Marley bank Lewis, J., farmer, Crumplebury Lewis, J ames, farmer, Pattbrook Maund, Edwin, shoemaker & shopkeeper MILLS, JNO., hop & fruit grower, Poswick lodge Mitchell, William, farmer, Rosemoor Morgan, George, Finoher's farm Morris, Edwin, farmer and hop grower, Huntlands and Gaines farms Parrott, William, farmer & shopkeeper, Sconce Rimell, Henry & Richard, farmers & hop growers, Upper & Lower Tedney farms Roberts, Edwin, blacksmith, Meadow green ROPER, THOMAS, grocer and provision merchant, baker, corn, flour, and meal dealer, New house V ernalls, J ames, carpenter, Upper house V ernalls, J ames, farmer, Lincettor Williams, Charles, Wheat Sheaf Inn, carrier to Worcester, farmer and fruit dealer, Sapey bridge Williams, Mrs., farmer, Wisbmoor farm Y eomans, John, farmer, Tedney WHITCHURCH. WHITCHURCH is a picturesque village and parish, delightfully situated on the west bank of the river Wye, and on the main road leading from Ross to Monmouth. Symonds' Y at station on the Ross and Monmouth railway is in this parish. It is distant 4 miles N.E. of Monmouth, 6-§- S.W. of Ross, and 16 S. of Hereford; is in Wormelow hundred (lower division), Monmouth union and county court district, Harewood End petty sessional division, and is an electoral division of the county council and a polling place for county elections. The population in 1871 was 802; in 1881, 732; inhabited houses, 177; families or separate occupiers, 183; area of parish, 2,181 acres; annual rateable value, £3,257· By provisional orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1885, under the Divided Parishes Act, two detached parts of Llangarren in Ross union were amalgamated with Whitchurch, and a part of Whitchurch was amalgamated with ~langarren. Mrs. E. F. Bosanquet, who is lady 9f the manor, J. Murray Bannerman, Esq., of Wyaston Leys, John P. Brown, Esq., of Hereford, John Jones, Esq., of Langstone Court, and William Lloyd Esq., of Benhall, Ross, are the principal landowners.

WHITCHURCH. 735 The soil is sandy and loamy; subsoil, chiefly rock and limestone; products, wheat, barley, roots, &c. The geology of this district is very interesting. In this parish is the Great Doward hill ; on its N.W. side are the celebrated King Arthur's and other caves, in which the fossil remains of hyena, elephant, stag, &c., of the antediluvian period have been recently discovere.d. At a short distance to the W. is the Little Doward Hill, and on the summit of this are vestiges of an old Roman encampment. The village of Whitchurch is surrounded by scenery of the most romantic and picturesque description, and the neighbourhood is exceedingly pleasant, abounding with numerous gentlemen's seats and villas. The rivers Wye and Garron afford excellent fishing for salmon, trout, grayling, sewen, flounders, &c. ; and the otter hounds meet at Marstow bridge in the season. Amongst the chief objects of interest in the vicinity is "Symonds' Yat," or Rock, the summit of which is a romantic green floor, commanding a fine panorama of the Wye and adjacent country. At Symonds' Yat is a station on the Ross and Monmouth branch of the Great Western railway. Whitchurch is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield ; living, a rectory; value, £283, with residence and 6 acres of glebe; patron and rector, Rev. Fitzroy Fuller Lofty, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in r88o. The church is dedicated to St. Dubriczus, whom the Welsh antiquaries place as Archbishop of Caerleon and Bishop of Llandaff at the end of the 5th or beginning of the 6th centuries. It is a stone edifice in the Early English style of architecture, with nave, chancel, aisle, porch, and bell-turret with two bells. It was restored and enlarged in 1861 at a cost of £8oo. In the churchyard is a restored stone cross to the patron saint, also a handsome tomb, enclosed within iron railings, to the memory of the ancient family of Gwillym. The parish registers commence with the year 1634. The charities amount to about £26 yearly. The national school for boys, girls, and infants, has accommodation for 156 children; average attendance, 88. There is a mission room in connection with the church; the Congregationalists have a chapel with a graveyard (which can be enlarged) attached ; the Primitive Methodists also have a small meeting-house on the Doward. In the centre of the village stands a neat clock tower, presented by the late Miss Panter, at a cost of over .£200. It has the following inscription: "REDEEM THE TIME. Erected in memory ofWilliam Panter, John Leach Panter, and their sister, A.D. 1867.'' PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mrs. J. B. Whittard, Su.b-Postmzstress. Letters arrive by messenger from Ross at 8.30 a.m. and 4.15 p.m. ; despatched thereto at 3.r5 p.m. and 7.15 p.m. This is a money order office and post office savings bank. The nearest telegraph office is at Symonds' Yat railway station. Post town, Ross. ·.Parish Church (St. Dubricius'). Rev. Fitzoy Fuller Lofty, M.A., Rector ; .Messrs. W illiam Brown and Thomas Henry Scarth, Church-, wardens / George Rudge, Parzsh Clerk. , - National School (boys, girls, and t'nfants). Mr. James Jackson; M aster ; Miss Eleanor J ackson, M·i'stress. . .

WHITCHURCH \VHITNEY. Congregat£o11.al Chapel. Rev. Lewis Kenfig Morgan, M-inister. Primz"tz"'l:Je Methodist Chapel, Doward Hill. Mz"n£sters var£ous. Assistant Oversee-r. Mr. John Davies, Llangrove, Ross. CARRIER TO MONMOUTH Name Days Stopping Place Return at Ann ]ones Tues. & Sat. Swan 4 o PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Ballinger, Thos., cider retailer & painter Baillie, Hamilton, J.P., Doward house Boothby, Col., The Grange Brown, Miss ElizabPth Brown, Mrs. J. G., Tyn-y-rheol Brown, Mrs. T. P., Well vale Brown, William and Thomas, Lewstone Cox, John Russell, Sellarsbrook Lofty, Rev. 1!'. F., M.A. (rector), The Rectory Mach en, C. E., N orwood McCausland, Mrs., Well vale Morgan, Rev. Lewis K., Glenview Panter, Mrs. John Edward Scarth, Thomas Henry, Rock View Scott, Mrs., Sunnyside Segrave, H., Daff-y-nant Taylor, James, Apsley cottage COMMERCIAL. Aucutt, Samuel, paperhanger BALLINGER, EDWIN, pleasure boat proprietor, The Ferry Inn, with apartments for tourists and summer parties, keeper of the Ferry at Symonds' Yat Ballinger, John, Symonds' Yat Hotel Bird, Wm., timber haulier Davis, Thomas, tea & coffee rooms, near Symonds' Y at railway station, res. Monmouth Goode, George, haulier Gwynne, Geurge, blacksmith Heath, John, grocer Herbert, J ames, farmer, Brook farm Jackson, .Jas., master of national school J enkins, Richard, miller, Lewson mill Knight, Mrs. Jane, Crown lnn Lloyd, Wm., police constable, Old Forge Manfred, J ames, plasterer Mayo, Edmund, miller and baker, res. N orton house Parry, Thos., jun., butcher, Brook terrace Price, Mrs., farmer, Old court Roberts, John, farmer, Trewen, and in Llangrove Rudge, George, parish clerk Saunders, George, carpenter Scott, Miss, schoolmistress, Doward school Taylor, Jas., junr., farmer, Yewtreefm. Taylol", William, carpenter Whittard, Mrs. J ames Butt, sub-postmistress, grocer, draper, corn, flour, and meal factor, and at Goodrich WHITNEY. WHITNEY is a parish and railway station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway, and on the northern bank of the river Wye; is distant 16! miles ,V.N.,V. of Hereford, 4 N.N.E. of Hay, and 9 S. of Kington; is in Huntington hundred, Hay union and county court district, Clifford polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Bredwardine petty sessional division. The population in I 871 was 278; in 1881, 258; inhabited houses, 54; families or separate occupiers, 54; area of parish, 1,406 acres; annual rateable value, £2,775. Tomkyns Dew, Esq., of Whitney court, who is lord of the manor, the Rev. H. F. Phillips, the Rev. Spencer Wm. Phillips, Mr. Earl Wm. Leigh, Mrs. Colley, and the executors of the late John Colley, are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and loam on the higher P'!-rts of the parish, and rich alluvial on the lower level; the subsoil is gravelly in the valley; much of the high land is under1aid with rock _and rnarl. The river Wye winds through the parish, which is most beautifully wooded, has rich pasture-lands, and magnificent scenery. There are two bridges over the Wye. Whitney is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a J;"ectory; value, £234, with residence, and I 7!" acres of glel;>e; patro~, Tomkyns Dew, Esq.; rector, - .

• WHITNEY. 737 Rev. Henry Dew, B.A., of Jesus College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1843. The old church, which formerly stood on the banks of the W ye, was washed down together with the Rectory house in the year 1730. The present church, dedicated to St. Paul, was erected in 17401 at the sole expense of Mr. Wardour, then resident at Whitney court. It is a substantial stone edifice, with nave, chancel, and tower containing five bells. The chancel was entirely restored by the rector in 1868. The bells, which are large and of fine tone, were re-hung (and one re-cast) in r869. The east window is filled with stained glass, as a memorial to the late Captain Roderick Dew, C.B., R.N., who died at Lisbon, March 24th, 1869, when in command of Her Majesty's ship Northumberland. The subject represents our Saviour saving St. Peter in his attempt to walk on the sea. A beautiful marble tomb bearing date 1698, and the ancient font, were recovered from the ruins of the old church~ The present rectory house was built by the Rev. Henry Dew in r847-8. A new organ by Martin, of Oxford, was erected in I 884 by her friends and children in memory of the late Mrs. Dew, of Whitney court, who died in r877.. The earliest register is dated 1612. The national school for boys and girls, with residence for the mistress, was erected in 1845 by the present rector, assisted by voluntary contributions. It has accommodation for 68 children; average attendance, 39· There was formerly a castle, of which the tower was standing in the 17th century. The Lords of the Marches had a gallows there. Sir Robert Whitney, the owner of the castle in the time of the civil wars, was a devoted royalist. The Lollard preacher, W. Swynderby, preached in Whitney church on August 1st, 1390. Whztney Court is the seat of Tomkyns Dew, Esq., J.P. and D.L. for Herefordshire and Brecknockshire, who was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1842. It is now occupied by W. Sampson Trotter, Esq. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Thomas Kneath, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by mail-cart from Kington at 8 a.m.; despatched thereto at 6 p.m. Eardisley and Hay are the nearest money order and telegraph offices. Letters should be addressed Whitney, R.S.O., (Herefordshire). Part'sh Church (St. Paul's). Rev. Henry Dew, B.A., Rector; Wm. Sampson Trotter, Esq., and Mr .. John Thomas Moore, Churchwa1·dens; John Turner, Parish Clerk. National School (mixed). Miss C. Barber, Mz"stress. Raz1way Stat-ion (Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of Mzilland Railway), Thomas Kneath, Station Maste1·. ' Polt'ce Stat-ion. Richard Lewis, Resident Sergemzt. Assz"sta1zt Overseer. Mr. John Turner. CARRIER TO HAY. Name Stopping Place Mrs. Egginton Day Thurs. The Ship PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Sirrell, Miss Mary Return at 2 30 Dew, Rev. Henry, B.A.., J.P. (rector), Stephens, Mrs. P., Vallet cottage Trotter, William Sampson, Wbitney The Rectory . court

WHITNEY WIGMORE. COMMERCIAL. Barber, Miss C., schoolmistress, School house Bowen, Waiter, boot and shoemaker Colley, Mrs., landowner, Orchard place Colley, Thomas, farmer, Orchard place Davies, Rev. Henry (Dissenting minister), farmer, Whitney wood Evans, David, farmer, Lower house, Mill Half and Carrier's house farms Evans, Henry J a.mes, farmer and miller, Whitney mill house EV ANS, WILLIAM, toll collector, coal and lime agent, Whitney bridge house Fee, Robert Jas., gamekeeper for W. S. Trotter Fletcher, Charles, farmer, The Knapp Hodges, William, farmer Kneath, Thomas, station master & subpostmaster, Railway station Lewis, Richard, police sergeant I .. loyd, Henry, shopkeeper Mann, Mrs. Ann, farmer, Boat Inn Moore, John Thomas, farmer, Stowe and l!..,ar house farms Snead, John, carpenter •.rownsend, Richard, gardener to W. S. Trotter, The Lodge Turner, John, farmer, Rock villa Turner, John, parish clerk, wheelwright, and assistant overseer, Mill Half Wilding, Thomas, salesman for the OLD RADNOR LIME, ROADstone, and General Trading Company, coal, coke, slate, pipe, and builders' merchants; railway station Williams, Edward, farmer, Cuckoo's nest Williams, Joseph, farmer, Freeman's wood; res., Pent.wyn farm WIGMORE, WITH PART OF LIMEBROOK TowNSHIP. WIGMORE is a large parish and village intersected by the main roads leading from Leominster to Knighton and from Ludlow to Presteigne. It is distant 5~ miles from Bucknell railway station on the Central Wales branch of the London and North Western railway, 8 miles S.W. of Ludlow, 10 N.W. of Leominster, 8 E.N.E. of Presteigne, and 21 N.N.W. of Hereford; is in the hundred, highway district, and petty sessional division of its own name, Ludlow union and county court district, and Burrington and Wigmore polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 483; in r88r, 417; inhabited houses, 97; families or separate occupiers, II 7 ; area of parish, 3,32 6 acres ; annual rateable value, £2,904- Robert William Daker Harley, Esq., of Brampton Brian, who is lord of the manor, and the Rev. William Trevelyan Kevill Davies, of Croft castle, are the principal landowners. The soil is gravelly and loamy; the subsoil varies, and is bounded with a curious fossil limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley, beans, peas, oats, apples, potatoes, &c. The parish is plentifully watered with brooks. Fairs are held on May 6th for hiring servants, and August 5th for cattle and sheep. Wigmore has a court of petty sessions, which are held at the Police station on the first Tuesday in each month. The district comprises 15 parishes. The church is a stone building, erected in the 14th century, in the Decorated style of architecture, and dedicated to St. james. It stands on the very pinnacle of the hill, and close to a precipice whose chasms are filled by large trees. It has a square tower (containing six bells), nave, chancel, soutll aisle, north chapel, wooden porch, font, clock, old regi~ter chest, and four stained glass windows, with figures representing eight of the apostles. The fine east window is filled with stained glass (subject, the- Ascension) by the family of General Franklin, to the memory of members of the family. The chur~h was thoroughly restored in 1864 at a cost of £I,I8o. The chancel was restored in

WIG MORE. 739 1868 at a cost of £270, towards which the late Bishop Hampden gave £200. The 13th-century tower was restored and the bells rehung in r889, at a cost of over £3oo, to which R. W. D. Harley, Esq. and Mrs. Harley gave £Ioo. The living is a vicarage in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster ; value, £200, with residence and 7! acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Edwin Barton, LL.B., of Christ's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1871, and who is also a surrogate for the diocese of Hereford. The parish register begins with the year 1571. A small charity, belonging to the church, is distributed in bread quarterly. There is a national school for boys and girls, with accommodation for 102 children; average attendance, 62. The present trustees of the school are the Vicar (Rev. E. Barton), A. R. Boughton Knight, Esq., Major-General Franklin, C.B., Robert William Daker Harley, Esq., Mr. Forty, and the churchwardens for the time being. The Primitive Methodist chapel was erected in 1863. The Wesleyans have also a chapel, which is situate in the township of Limebrook. The interesting ruins of. Wzgmore Castle, which are beautifully mantled with ivy, are situated on a commanding eminence, irregularly intersected by ravines, covered with underwood, and surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills. The massive fragments of the keep occupy the summit of a lofty artificial mound, and present a very grand and picturesque appearance. The outer wall is the most perfect, though of this a very considerable part is destroyed. When this structure was originally founded is unknown; but it is certainly of very early origin, having been repaired by Edward the Elder. The ancient barony ofWigmore, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, belonged to Edric Sylvaticus, Earl of Shrewsbury, who, after the Conquest, refusing to submit to the Norman yoke, and being vanquished and taken prisoner by Ranulph de Mortimer, was deprived of all his extensive possessions, which were then granted to Ranulph by the Norman Conqueror, in reward for his important services. From this period Wigmore became the head of the famous barony of the Mortimers, Earls of March, and was reputed one of the most ancient honours in England, having twentyone manors that owed suit to the honour-court, holden here once every six weeks. All the land wherein the manors lay was called Wigmore land; it had two constables, and gave name to the hundred. The privileges granted by our kings to this manor were even j'ura .Regalia, power over the life and death of its vassals, as appears by Stat. Parl 18th of Edward I. The Mortimers were descended from Richard, first Duke of Normandy, and came into England with the Conqueror. From their intrepid spirit, and the vast influence they acquired from their immense estates, they were enabled, more than once, to disturb the peace of the kingdom; and at length the throne itself became the patrimony of their descendant, Edward IV., whose victory over the forces of Henry VI. in the great battle of Mortimer's Cross, placed him on · the throne in 146 I. After the castle was taken from Edric Sylvaticus, as before mentioned, by Ranulph de Mortimer, it appears to have been rebuilt by William Fitz-Osborne,

740 WIG MORE. Earl of Hereford. " It is impossible,'' observes Mr. Gough, "to contemplate the massive ruins of Wigmore castle, situate on a hill, in an amphitheatre of mountains, whence its owner could survey his vast estates, from his square palace, with four corner towers, on a keep at the south-west corner of his double trenched out-works, without reflecting on the instability of the grandeur of a family, whose ambition and intrigues made more than one English monarch uneasy on his throne; yet not a memorial remains of their sepulture." On the hills west of the castle were two parks, now ploughed up and cultivated. The northern extremity of Deerfold hill displays vestiges of a small camp. About one mile from Wigmore, on the north, is the site of Wigmore abbey and grange, founded for Augustine canons by Ranulph de Mortimer and his son, Hugh de Mortimer, previous to the year I I 79· The endowments made by the latter were very great; and this establishment continued to flourish till the period of the Dissolution of the Monasteries, when its annual revenues amounted to £302 12s. 3!d. In the abbey church many of the Mortimers were buried, and among them five Earls of March; all of whose monuments were destroyed, together with the building itself, at the Dissolution. About a century ago, a stone coffin was discovered, with a small urn, holding ashes, " with some silver coin in the leaden coffin, which contained a body perfect, but mouldered on opening." Limebrook is a township, partly in this parish and partly in Lingen. Here was formerly a priory of the order of St. Augustine. Wigmore Hall is the seat of Ma jar-General Charles Trigance Franklin, C. B., J .P. ACTING MAGISTRATES FOR WIGMORE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION.- (The justices meet on the first Tuesday in each month at the Police court.) Andrew Johnes Rouse Boughton-Knight, Esq., Downton Castle (Cha£1·man); The Right Hon. Lord Bateman, Shobdon Court (lord lieutenant) ; Sir Charles Henry Rouse Boughton, Bart., Downton Hall, Ludlow ; Richard Betton, Esq., Overton House, Ludlow; Willoughby Hurt-Sitwell, Esq., Ferney Hall, Craven Arms, R.S.O. ; Charles Andrew Rouse Boughton-Knight, Esq., Downton Castle ; Robert Leigh Pemberton, Esq., Elton Hall, Ludlow; Rev. William Trevelyan Kevill Davies, Croft Castle ; Charles Coltman Rogers, Esq., Stanage Park; Major-General C. T. Franklin, R.A., C.B., Wigmore Hall; Alfred Salwey, Esq., The Moor, Ludlow; R. W. Daker Harley, Esq., D.L., Brampton Brian; George Smythies, Esq., Marlow, Leintwardine, R.S.O.; Thomas Bryan Ward, Esq., Yatton ~ourt, Aymestry; and W. Gisborne, Esq., Lingen, Presteign. Clerk to the Magz'strates, Henry Thomas Weyman, Esq., ·solicitor, Ludlow. The followz1zg z's a List of Part"shes a1td Places comprised £11. Wigmore Petty Sessional Division: Aymestrey, Adforton Stanway Paytoe and Grange, Aston, Brampton Brian, Buckton and Coxwall, Burrington, Downton, Elton, Leinthall Starkes, Leintwardine (part of), Lingen, Ludford (part of), Shobdon, Walford, Letton and Newton, Wigmore, and Willey. PosTAL REGULATIONS. William Ward, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive vz'a Kingsland at 9.30 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 4.30 p.m. Leintwardine, Shobdon, and Kingsland, are the nearest money order

WIG MORE. 74I and telegraph offices. .Letters should be addressed Wigmore, Kings· land, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Chtwch (St. james'). Rev. Edwin Barton, LL.B., Vicar _j Messrs. Thomas ] ones and William Lewis, Churchwardens/ John Preece, Parish Clerk. National School (boys and girls). Mr. George Loads, Master. Prz"m:zti've Methodi'st Chapel. Mi'nisters varz'ous. Wesleyan Chapel, Limebrook. A-.Hmsters various. County Polx'ce Station. Mr. Richard Strangward, Sztjerz'ntendent; William }ones, Sergeant/ Charles Taylor and Richard Griffiths, Constables. Wzgmon! Hzghway Board. Andrew Rouse Boughton Knight, Esq., Cha·irman / F. T. Southern, Esq., Ludlow, Clerk,; Mr. William Wilkinson, Wigmore, Disb·ict Surveyor Assistant Oversee1·. Mr. John M organ. CARRIERS TO LEOMINSTER. Name Day John Bywater Fri. Arthur Hall do. CARRIER J ames Williams Mon. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barton, Rev. Edwin, LL.B. (vicar of Wigmore and Le~nthall Earles, and surrogate for the dwcese of Hereford), The Vicarage Franklin, Major-General Chas. Trigance, R.A., C.B., J.P., Wigmore hall COMMERCIAL. Bengry, William, farmer and butcher, Brick barn Bridgwater, Thomas, farm bailiff Burgoyne, Mrs. Elizabeth, beer retailer, Oak Inn Bywater, John, carrier to Leominster and Ludlow Cadwallader, Richard, farmer, Deepmoor Davies, Thomas, carrier to Ludlow and Leominster, Crftg Melyn EDW ARDS, THOMAS, The CaBtle Inn. Comfortable accommodation for travellers. Good stabling Gillam, Joshua, baker and innkeeper, Compw;ses Inn Griffiths, Richard, boot and shoe maker Hall, Arthur, carrier to Leominster, Deerfold Hancox, Thomas, gardener Haynes, Richard, farmer, Crftg Melyn Roll, Robert, wheelwright and carpenter Hughes, James, farmer, The Haven, {& in Aymestrey parish) TO Stopping Place Return at White Hart 4 Bull's Head 4 LUDLOW. George Inn 3 J ames, William, Stone House farm J ones, Mrs., farmer J ones, Thomas, farmer, Brick house Jones, William, police sergeant Lewis, William, farmer and haulier Loads, George, schoolmaster 0 0 0 Mellin, Cornelius, wheelwright, Deerfold Monnington, John, farmer, Lower House farm Monnington, William, farmer, Brinsop farm M organ, Richard & John, butchers and grocers Morris, J ames, farmer, Court house N ott, Charles, farmer & county councillor, Bury house Owens, J ames, farmer, Chapel farm Pinches, George, farmer, Deerfold Pinches, William, farmer, Deerfold Preece, John, farmer, and carrier to Ludlow and Leomim;ter, Boar farm Preece, John, parish clerk Price, John, farmer, Lime brook Prince, Henry, farmer, Woodbatch Pye, Henry, horse dealer, Deerfold SIMONSON, THOMAS, grocer and draper ; tea and provision dealer; boots and shoes ; agent for Gilbey's wines and spirits Taylor, Charles, blacksmith ·ward, William, sub-postmaster Went, Mrs. Mary, shopkeeper Went, William, carpenter Williams, John, farmer, Dickendale

742 WILLERSLEY WILLEY. - WILLERSLEY, WILLERSLEY (anciently Willaveslege) is a very small parish situated on the northern bank of the river W ye, at the junction of the roads leading to Hay and Kington, and about I mile S. of Eardisley station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway. It is distant 6! miles N.E. of Hay, the same distance S. of Kington, and 13~ W.N.W. of Hereford; is in Huntington hundred, Kington union and county court district, Eardisley and Kington polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Bredwardine petty sessional division. The population in 1871 was 9; in 188r, 8, consisting of the inhabitants of one house only ; area of parish, 367 acres; annual rateable value, £739· By orders which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under tht Divided Parishes Act, two detached parts of Eardisley were amalgamated with this parish. The Rev. Henry Blisset, of Letton Court, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is loamy, producing wheat, barley, roots, beans, and pasture. W illersley is in the diocese and arch deaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of W eobley; living, a rectory, value, £8o; patron, Rev. Henry Blisset, M.A.; rector, Rev. Rhys Bishop, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, who was instituted in r884, and resides at Letton rectory. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdale1ze, is a plain little structure of stone, with nave, and a wooden turret containing one bell. Blount (17th century) describes the parish as very small, consisting of one house, but "standing very much on its antiquity, being reputed to pretend to a seniority before all, next the Minster of Hereford." It was given by Egwin of W orcester, to the monastery of Evesham. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received from Hereford vz"d \Vinforton. Eardisley is the nearest money order and telegraph <>ffice. Letters should be addressed Letton, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Mary Magdalene). Rev. Rhys Bishop, M.A., Rector .i William Rogers, Sexton. Assistant Overseer and Registrar of Births and Deaths. Mr. John Lewis, The Gaer, Michaelchurch-on-Arrow. CARRIER TO HEREFORD. Name Mrs. Egginton (Winforton) Day Sat. Stopping Place Red Lion RESIDENT.-Price, Thomas, farmer and landowner, Willersley court WILLEY. Return at 4 0 WILLEY is a township of the parish of Presteigne (Radnorshire), but situated in the county of Hereford. It is distant from 2 to 5 miles \V.N.W. of Presteigne station, on the Kington and Presteigne railway, and about 4~ S.E. of Knighton station, on the Central Wales railway. It is in Wigmore hundred, petty sessional division, Kinsham and Titley polling district and electoral division of the county council, Kington union, and Presteigne county court district. The population in 1871 was 137; in r88r, 123; inhabited houses, 20;

WILLEY WINFORTON. 743 families or separate occupiers, 20; area of township, 2,095 acres; annual rateable value, £1,537. Sir Harford James Jones Brydges, Bart., is the chief landowner. The soil is loamy, producing wheat, barley, oats, roots, &c. The farms are widely scattered, and the scenery is most rural, romantic, and pleasing; the prospects from the adjacent eminences are incomparably fine, and interesting to every lover of landscape. The children attend the school at Lingen. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Presteigne about 8 a.m. ; despatched at 3.30 p.m. Presteigne is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Letters should be addressed Willey, Presteigne, R.S.O. Pr£mz"fzve 1J1ethodzst Chapel. M·z"nz"sters various. COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS. Davies, Richard, farmer and shopkeeper, Bryan, John, farmer, Upper Goathouse Bufton, John, farmer, Old hall & Upper house farms Davies, Edward, farmer, Lower house farm Davies, Mrs., farmer, Willey lodge Pant hall Griffiths, Owen, farmer, Willey court Hardwick, J., farmer, New house Mackenzie, Jas., junr., frmr., Willey hall Pugh, Price, farmer, Tipton Reynolds, John, farmer, Willey lane Thomas, Wimam, farmer, Stocking WINFORTON. WINFORTON (anciently Widferdestune, the town of, or place belonging to, "\Vidferd) is a small parish and village situated on the northern bank of the river vVye, and on the main road leading from Hereford to Hay vza Whitney. It is distant 6 miles N.E. of Hay, 7~ S. of Kington, 14! W.N.W. of Hereford, and about It S.W. of Eardisley station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway. It is in Huntington hundred, Kington union and county court district, Eardisley and Kington polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Bredwardine petty sessional division. The population in 1871 was 150; in r881, 120; inhabited houses, 32; families or separate occupiers, 32 ; area of parish, 1,099 acres; annual rateable value, £2,298. The Rev. Henry Blisset, of Letton court, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. George C. Dale, Esq., is also a landowner here. The soil is chiefly alluvial; subsoil, gravel and clay; products, wheat, barley, roots, fruit, &c. Winforton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of vVeobley; living, a rectory; value, £z6o, with residence and r6 acres of glebe ; patron, Rev. Henry Blisset, M.A. ; rector, Rev. Thomas Kearsey Thomas, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, who was instituted in I 86o. The eh urch, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, north transept, and tower (partly of wood) containing five bells. The earliest register is dated r69o. In the time of Bishop Hugh Foliot, 1219-1234, Waiter, a canon of '\Vormesley, having adopted the life of a hermit, took up his residence on a little island on the \Vye in this parish. There he built a chapel to the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Kendred, whose name it afterwards bore. Lands were bestowed upon it by various benefactors. Among them W. de 1\'[uchegros gave to those who

744 WINFORTON WITHINGTON. should celebrate divine service in the chapel of St. Mary and St. Kendred, lands and "assart," (cleared land) belonging thereto, with other gifts, three loaves from his alms-basket whenever he was staying at Winforton, pasture for three cows, and keep for a palfrey. The same lord gave lands to Alexander de Monyton, and license to "brew in his own boiler." Remains of the chapel were visible in the 17th century, but were then dug up; the spot was marked by a yew tree. There is a school for boys and girls, erected in 1872, at the joint expense of the Rev. H. Blisset and the parishioners. It will accommodate 32 children ; the average attendance is 20. The late John Freeman, Esq., endowed it with £I2 yearly. The Sunday school is conducted by the rector and his family. Wznforto1z House is the residence of the Rev. George and Miss J a ne Blisset. lVinforton Court is now occupied by Mr. Roger Powell. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Joseph Penny, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive by mail-cart at 7.50 a.m.; despatched at 6.10 p.m. Letters can be registered and money orders obtained here. Eardisley is the nearest telegraph office. Letters should be addressed Winforton, R.S.O., (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St. Mzchael' s ).-Rev. Thomas Kearsey Thomas, M.A., Rector.; Mr. Roger Powell, Churchwarden,; Joseph Penny, Parzsh Clerk. Natzonal School (boys and girls). Miss Emily Slaughter, Mzstress. Asszstant Oversee1· a1ld Registrar of Births aud Deaths. Mr. John Lewis, The Gaer, Michaelchurch-on-Arrow. CARRIER TO HAY. Name Day Mrs. Egginton Thurs. CARRIER TO Mrs. Egginton Sat. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Beavan, Miss Fanny, Laurel cottage Blisset, Rev. George, M.A., Winforton house Roll, Mrs., Rockville house Thomas, Rev. Thomas Kearsey, M.A., (rector), The Rectory Turner, Miss Susan, Southfield COMMERCIAL. Bevan, Nehemiah, far., Winforton wood Davies, Edwin, bailiff to John Jones, The Old farm, Lower hill, Hope-underDinmore Stopping Place Return at The Ship 2 HEREFORD. Red Lion 4 Egginton, Alice, dressmaker J ones, Benjamin Nicholas, Common Lamplard, Stephen, The Lodge 30 0 Parker, Henry, tailor, Chestnut cottage Penny, J oseph, sub-postmaster, farmer, and parish clerk Philpotts, J ames, farmer, Sun Inn Powell, Roger, farmer, Winforton court farm Preece, Samuel, near The Wood Price, William, carpenter & wheelwright Roberts, Annie Elizabeth, beer retailer and cot. farmer, The Sycamore, Stowe Slaughter, Miss Emily, schoolmistress Trumper, William, farmer, 'Vood farm Wilkinson, Mrs., farmer, Cross farm WITHINGTON. WITHINGTON is a parish and village with a railway station on the 'Worcester and Hereford branch of the Great ·western railway, distant 4! miles N.E. of Hereford, 11 S.W. of Bromyard, 12 W.N.W. of Ledbury, II S.S.E. of Leominster, and 30 N.W. of Gloucester. The

WITHINGTON. 745 Hereford and Bromyard road, and the Hereford and Gloucester canal (now disused) intersect the parish, which is in Broxash hundred, Hereford union, county court district, and petty sessional division, and Lugwardine polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 788 ; in J88r, 772 ; inhabited houses, 174; families or separate occupiers, 182 ; area of parish, z,144 acres ; annual rateable value, £6,303. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and the principal landowners are the Rev. G. H. P. Glossop, William Havard Apperley, Esq., Mrs. Jancey, Mrs. Higgins, and Mrs. Myer. The soil is clayey and loamy ; subsoil, block stone ; chief produce, wheat, beans, hops, and fruit. Withington is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford ; living, a rectory ; value, £I 32, with residence and 123 acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; rector, Rev. Richard Powell, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, who was instituted in r882. The church, dedicated to St. Pete-r, is an ancient stone edifice with nave, chancel, porch, and substantial square tower (with very handsome spire) containing six bells. It was restored in I 8 58 at a cost of £900. The ancient chancel screen is an elaborate piece of wood carving. The stained glass east window is to the memory of the Rev. C. H. P. Abbot, the south window and chancel to Rev. H. P. Symonds, and the north window to Rev. W. W. Gretton. The parish register goes back to the year 1573. There is a national school for boys and girls, with a small endowment of £5 1 6s. which is expended under a scheme of the Commissioners. The schools, to accommodate 200 children, with a residence for the head teachers, were built in r872, at a cost of over £r,ooo. The average attendance is 135. There is a Baptist chapel at Whitestone. There are several handsome residences and excellent farm-houses in this parish. One of the finest mansions in the county was erected in 1871 by the late Henry Higgins, Esq., on an eminence which still bears its Saxon name of Thinghz71, or, the Hill of Council. It is built in the castellated style, and is a conspicuous object for many miles. ·It commands a magnificent view of an immense range of fruitful country. Wt"thi'ngton Court, the property of Mrs. M yer, is an ancient Gothic stone mansion, pleasantly situated near the church. Adjoining the railway station are the extensive and well-known Encaustic and Art Tile Works of Messrs. William Godwin & Son, established in 1848, and known as the "Lugwardine Tile Works," from whence tiles have been sent to all parts of the world to adorn and enrich many noble edifices ecclesiastical, civil, and domestic. Messrs. William Godwin & Son make the reproduction of Early English Ecclesiastical tiles one of their specialties, and these tiles have acquired a very considerable reputation, having been used in many hundreds of churches under the direction of the leading architects of the day, and in no fewer than fifteen cathedrals, viz. Gloucester, Worcester, Salisbury, Rochester, Edinburgh, Hereford, St. Asaph, St. David, Exeter, Manchester, Carlisle, Chichester, Christchurch and Armidale, New South Wales,- testimonials of no inconsiderable value to the estimation in which 2 Q

WITHINGTON. the tiles are held. Messrs. Godwin & Son also manufacture tiles for halls, &c., of very superior designs and excellence of quality, and it may be mentioned that Her Majesty the Queen is one of their patrons, having used their tiles in her castle at \Vindsor. Nunnington is distant 1 mile W. of Withington church. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mr. Geo. Carey, Sub·Postmaster. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford at 7.30 a. m. ; despatched thereto at 5.50 p,m. Letters can be registered and postal orders obtained here. Telegrams may be sent from Withington railway station. The wall letter.box at Nunnington is cleared at 6. ro p.m., and that at Whitestone at 5.30 p.m. Hereford is the nearest money order office and post town. Parish Church (St. Peter's). Rev. Richard Powell, M.A., Rector j Messrs. William Havard Apperley and John William Smith, Church. wardens_; George Rock, Part''sh Clerk. Natz"onal School (boys, gz'rls, and i?Zfants). Mr. W. Mauvan, Master; Mrs. Mauvan, M-istress. Bajtz'st Chapel, Whitestone. Rev. Wm. Price, M£m"ster. Ass£stant Ove1·seer and Collector of Taxes. Mr. Edwin Munslow. Raz'lway Statz'on (West .~.:Yidland section of Great 'fVestern railway). -Mr. Edwin Noble, Station Master. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Stopping Place Return at J oseph Hyde (Little Cowarne) Mrs. J ones (Much Cowarne) Mrs. W oodhouse (Yarkhill) Wed. & Sat. do. White Lion Coach & Horses Kerry Arms Booth Hall 3 30 3 30 3 30 Mrs. Monk 3 3° (Weston Beggard) PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Apperley, Miss, Elm villa Apperley, William Havard, Esq., Lower house Griftiths, J., The Laurels, Nunnington Higgins, Mrs., Thing-hill Powell, Rev. Richard, M. A. (rector}, The Rectory Prince, Richard, Esq., Barnamore house Smith, J. W., county alderman, Thinghill court COMMERCIAL. Apperley, William Havard, farmer, landowner, land agent, and surveyor, Stone house ; office, 21, East street, Hereford Beavan, George, Palemore Birt, William, Upper Marsh Bowen, Mrs., Rebecca, basket maker, Whitestone Bunn, George, farmer, Marsh farm Carey, George, grocer, provision dealer, and sub-postmaster, Rose cottage Cole, James Henry, cot. farmer & haulier Elliott, J oseph, farmer and hop grower, Withington Court farm English, Mrs. E., farmer, Style house Ford, Edwin John, farmer & hop grower, Eau Withington court do. do. Godsall, John, farmer and hop grower, W eston corner Godwin, Eleazer, coal merchant ; depot at railway station; res., Mayfields GOD WIN, WILLIAM, & SON, manufacturers of encaustic tiles, tesselated pavements, &c., for churches, entrance halls, &c., Lugwardine works, Withington, near the Railway station (see advertisement opposite title page) Hayes, Joseph, carpenter, Duke street HoweUs, Joseph, butclJer, Lattery house Lewis, Wm., blacksmith, Eau Withington Mauvan, Wm., schoolmaster, School ho. Morgan, Henry Sandford, farmer & hop grower, Nunnington court Morgan, Mrs. Elizabeth, farmer, Veldo Morgan, Wm. Enoch, shopkeeper, Thing· hill Arms Morgan, William, tailor, Withies MUNSLOW, EDWIN, coal, lime, and manure merchant; retail depots, Withington station and Hereford (Barr's Court) ; res. W eston house. See advertisement at end of Directory Napper, John, canal inspector, Withington wharf Nicholl, Wm., Old Cross Keys Inn, and farmer

WITHINGTON WOLFERLOW. 747 Noble, Edwin, station master Powell, Miss, shopkeeper, Whitestone Powell, 'Villiam, farm bailiff for W. H. Apperley, Church house Price, John, farmer, West Lydiatt Price, William, boot and shoe maker Reece, J ames, boot and shoe maker Richards, J oseph J ohnson, fanner, Eau Withington farm · Rock, George, parish clerk, Upper Marsh Rogers, Jos., frmr., Eau Withington ho. Sergeant, John, farmer, Bank house Smith, J. W., landowner, farmer, and hop grower, Thing-hill court South, Mrs. Susan, cottage farmer South Wales Coal Company, coal, coke, and lime merchants, dep6t at Railway station (Jas. Jenner, Salesman); head offices, West street, Hereford Stonyer, W. E., shopkeeper, Withington corner Walker, William, Bridqe Inn (in Sutton parish) WATKINS, JOHN, cider & perry maker, and nurseryman, Pomona farm. (See advt. at end of Directory). WOLFERLOW. WOLFERLOW is a parish situated a short distance W. of the main road leading from Bromyard to Stourport, which here divides the counties of Hereford and vVorcester; is distant 6 miles N. of Bromyard, 7 S.E. of Tenbury, r2 E.N.E. of Leominster, and 19 N.E. of Hereford ; is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Brimfield and Collington polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 126; in 1881, 98; inhabited honses, 20; families or separate occupiers, 20; area of parish, 1,574 acres; annual rateable value, £1,327. William Barneby, Esq., of Saltmarshe castle, is the chief landowner. Francis Were, Esq., and William Willetts, Esq., are also landowners here. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, beans, peas, hops, fruit, &c. The river Froome takes its rise in this parish. The farms are rather scattered, and the scenery is very romantic. Wolferlow i~ in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Frome; living, a vicarage; value, £210, with residence and 2 acres of glebe ; patron, William Barneby, Esq.; vicar, Rev. Frederick Bickerton Grant, of St. Bees College, and University College, Durham, who was instituted in r88g. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient Norman edifice, with nave, chancel and vestry, porch, and tower with short spire and two bells. It was restored in r863 at a cost of £8oo. The east window is of stained glass ; and there is a stone reredos, with marble shafts. The parish registers commence with the year I 629. The charities amount to £3 I Is. 2d. yearly. The children from this parish attend Stoke Bliss and High Lane schools. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by messenger from Sapey Bridge. Clifton-on-Teme is the nearest money order office. Bromyard and Tenbury are the nearest telegraph offices. The postal address for Upper and Lower Underley is Tenbury, for the rest of parish, letters should be addressed Wolferlow, Sapey Bridge, Worcester. Pa1·zsh Church (St. A11drew's). Rev. Frederick Bickerton Grant, Vi'car; Mr. Samuel Jones, Churchwarden; James Selley, Parish Cle1'k. Assistant Overseer. Mr. John Thomas.

WOLFERLOW \VOOLHOPE. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Grant, Rev. Frederick Bickerton (vicar), The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Baldwin, William, sen., farmer, Upper house Baldwin, William, farmer & hop grower, Lower U nderley Barneby, William, farmer, Forty acres, res. Saltmarshe castle Cooper, Henry, farmer, The Park Dallow, George, carpenter & wheelwright Davis, John, farmer and hop grower, 1'he Court De la Hay, Richard, farmer, Powiswick J ones, Samuel, farmer and hop grower, Upper U nderley Selley, J ames, parish clerk Skyrme, J ames, farmer, The Heath WOOLHOPE, WITH BucKENHILL TowNSHIP. WOOLHOPE, " hill of Ulvine," from hope, a slope, and Ulvz1ze, a Saxon proprietor, and a family of which a female member gave lands to the Chapter of Hereford, is an extensive parish and pleasant village situated about 2 miles N.E. of the upper road leading from Hereford to Gloucester; is distant 8 miles E.S.E. of Hereford, 8 W.S.W. of Ledbury, and 9 N. of Ross; is in Greytree hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Much Marcle and Woolhope polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 769; in 188I, 745; inhabited houses, 166; families or separate occupiers, I 88 ; area of parish, 4,267 acres ; annual rateable value, £4,209. By provisional orders which came into operation on 25th March, I885, under the Divided Parishes Act, changes were made in the area of this and the adjoining parishes. The Dean and Chapter of Hereford are lords of the manor, and the Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith park, near Hereford, and Mr. George Booker are the principal landowners. The soil is a stiff clay, hops and fruit are much cultivated, with wheat, beans, and roots. The surrounding neighbourhood is beautifully wooded, and the scenery from the hills in this part of the county is very picturesque. The village of W oolhope stands near the centre of the very remarkable geological area, the W oolhope valley of elevation, described by Sir R. Murchison as an elliptical mass of Silurian rocks of successsive dates raised up through the old red sandstone formation which surrounds it, but has entirely fallen away from the central dome of Haugh wood, which thus stands on a sort of camp with two encirding mounds and two circumfluent valleys. The best mode of examining this interesting tract, says Sir R. Murchison, is to enter it by Mordiford, through the only considerable opening by which the waters escape from the interior of the valley, and mounting to Backbury camp, walk along the outer ledge of Ludlow rock, and leaving Devereux park to the right, pass along the valley by Woolhope to Fownhope. Woolhope is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a. vicarage; value, £292, with residence, and 38 acres of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Thomas Meredith Beavan, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1881. The church, dedicated to St. George, which was. in an unusually dilapidated condition, was in 1882 almost rebuilt

WOOLHOPE. 749 under the superintendence of H. Woodyer, of Grafham, as a memorial to the memory of Josias Booker, Esq., owner of the \Vessington estate, at a cost of over £3,ooo, which was entirely defrayed by the family. It now consists of a nave and two aisles, with a massive tower, which contains a peal of six bells, recently re-hung and restored by Messrs. Day & Son, of Eye, Suffolk. The prevailing style of architecture is 13th century. The east window was filled with stained glass in 1869 by Lady Lyttelton, as a memorial to her late husband, H. F. Mildmay, Esq., formerly M.P. for the county. The subject represents incidents in the life of our Saviour, and is beautifully executed. There was formerly a chapel, dedicated to S. Dubridus, but it has disappeared. The parish registers commence with the year 1558. The schools are under the management of a school board, and have accommodation for 135 children; average attendance, 78. The charities belonging to the church are of£ 30 yearly value. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Broadmoor. Wessz'ngton Court is the property of George Booker, Esq., and the residence of Josiah Anthony Nussey Booker, Esq. Buckenhil.l, distant 2 miles S., is a township in which are traces of an ancient encampment of Roman origin. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Mary Williams, Sub-Postmt"stress. Letters arrive by messenger from Hereford about 8.30 a. m.; despatched thereto at 4.30 p.m. Postal orders can be obtained here. The nearest telegraph office is at Holme Lacy railway station. Post town, Hereford. Parish Chu1·ch (St. George's). Rev. T. M. Beavan, 1\I.A., Vicar; ]. A. N. Booker, Esq., and Mr. Thomas Timms, Churchwa1·dens; William Clarke, Parish Clerk. Board School (boys and gz'rls). R. Homes, Esq., solicitor, Ledbury, Clerk to the Board; Mr. George Dawson, Master. Pr£mz"tt've Method-ist Chapel, Broadmoor. Mi11i'sters various Ass-istant Overseer. Mr. Reuben Packwood, Furlongs farm. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Days Stopping Place Return at Henry Cox Robert Powell Wed. & Sat do. ·white Lion do. 3 0 4 0 CARRIER TO LEDBURY. Henry Cox Tues. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Beavan, Rev, Thomas Meredith, M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Booker, Josiah Anthony Nussey, Wessington court Clough, William, The Hyde Jones, Arthur, Welcheston court COMMERCIAL. Adams, Edmund, gamekeeper Atkins, John, Sleeves oak Brooks, Charles, farmer, Hatsford Burcher, Henry, farmer and wool dealer, Berry field White Lion Clarke, William, parish clerk Cox, Henry, farmer, The ScaiT I 0 Cox, John, carpenter and shopkeeper Cox, Mrs. Geo., shopkpr., Winslow's mill Clarke, Henry, beer retailer and farmer, Gurney's Oak, agent for ARNOLD, PERRETT, & Co.'s GOLD MEDAL ALES & STOUT, The City Brewery, Hereford. Price Lists and particulars on application Davies, Charles, farmer, Big Canwood Dawson, George, schoolmaster Evans, Henry, farmer, Canwood field Godsall, Mrs., Hazle court farm

750 WOOLHOPE 'VORMBRIDGE. Grundy, Geo., farmer, Upper Buckenhill Grundy, Joseph, farmer, Copyhold farm Hackford, George, farmer, Link's well Rattan, Mark, Crown Inn, & shopkeeper Hodges, Albert Thomas, Overbury Hodges, Henry, beer retailer, Butchers' .Arms Hodges, John, W oolhope cottage Holder, Wm., farmer, Beans butts Hooper, Mrs. Wm., Crooked oak J ones, Michael, wood dealer Lane, J ames, farmer, Hazels Law, Charles, W oodcroft farm Maddy, Philo, farmer, Crews farm Mailes, Peter, Godsall's orchard Morgan, William, Vineyard Moseley, John, Little Canwood farm Packwood, Reuben, assistant overseer, Poplar cottage farm, and club rooms Pope, William, farmer, The Hill Powell, J ames, Lays farm Powell, Mrs. J., W essington farm Powell, Robert, shopkeeper and wood dealer, Broadmoor common Powis, John, farmer & haulier, The Gore Preece, John, farmer, Sapness farm Roberts, Richard, Lower Fishpool farm Rog-ers, Miss, Mill house Sm1th, F. Wood, farmer Thompson, W., bailiff toW. Clough, Esq., The Hyde Till, Miss Mary, cot. farmer, Stoney hill Timms, Thomas, farmer, Fulmore's farm Toobey, William, farmer, Brainge house Townsend, Thos., farmer, Lower Buckenhill Tuck, Samuel, bailiff to W. S. Lane, The Farm, Bosbury Tucker, Charles, farmer, W essington hall farm, bailiff to J. A. N. Booker Turner, John, farmer, Roar house Turner, W. Charles, Green hill farm; res., Park farm Wall, John, farmer, Lower Buckenhill Williams, Henry, farmer, Court farm Williams, J ames, Court farm Williams, Mrs., blacksmith and subpostmistress Williams, Robert, head gardener, Wessington court W ooding, Richard, farm bailiff to E. J. Webb, Ledbury Young, Henry F., Stone house, head coachman, W essington court WORMBRIDGE. WORMBRIDGE is a small parish and village situated on Worm brook, and on the main road leading from Hereford to Abergavenny, and at the entrance of the Golden valley; is distant 8! miles S.W. of Hereford, 16 N.E. of Abergavenny, 15 N.W. of Monmouth, and about 1 mile S.W. of St. Devereux station, on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway, (West Midland section). It is in Webtree hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Kingstone polling district and electoral division of the county council, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1871 was IIo; in 1881, 99; inhabited houses, 20; families or separate occupiers, 23; area of parish, 703 acres; annual rateable value, £1, I 1 g. The Representatives of the late Major Charles Meysey Bolton Clive are lords of the manor and principal landowners. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil, limestone; chief produce, wheat, barley, roots, &c. The parish contains a great deal of valuable wood, which is principally oak. Wormbridge is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield ; living, a perpetual curacy, annexed to St. Devereux rectory; joint value, £216, and 56 acres of glebe; patrons, the Representatives of the late Major Charles Meysey Bolton Clive; rector, Rev. Thomas Hopkins Eyton, who was instituted in 188o, and resides at Trelough, in St. Devereux parish. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient stone edifice in the Norman style of architecture, with nave, chancel, porch, and square tower containing one bell. The tower was rebuilt and the church restored in 1858, at a cost of £I,30o. Here is a district national school for the accommodation of the children of Wormbridge, St. Devereux, Treville, and Kenderchurch, with accommodation for 76 children, and an average attendance of 48.

WORMBRIDGE WORMESLEY. 751 PosTAL REGULATIONS. James Sayee. Sub-Postmaste1'. Letters arrive from Hereford via Tram Inn at 9.40 a.m.; despatched thereto at 5.45 p. m. Letters can be registered here. Tram Inn is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Letters should be addressed Tram Inn, R.S.O. (Herefordshire). Parish Church (St. Peter's). Rev. Thomas Hopkins Eyton, Incumbent/ Mr. George Wood, Churchwarden. District Natioual School (boys and gz'ds). Mr. Henry Dyke, Master/ Mrs. Dyke, Sewing Mz'stress. PRIVATE RESIDENT. Hopkins, Fludger, W ormbridge house COMMERCIAL. lJERROW, JOHN R., corn & :ft.our merchant, miller and farmer, Wormbridge steam & water flour mills Brace, George G., farmer, Court farm Dyke, Henry, schoolmaster Lewis, Philip, farmer & landowner, Keyo Matthews, Henry, farmer, Old mill farm Morgan, George, wheelwright Sayee, Edwin, farmer, New house Sayee, James, sub-postmaster, shoemaker, and shopkeeper W alby, John J ames, carpenter Williams, Thomas, blacksmith WORMESLEY. WORMESLEY is a small parish intersected by the road leading from Weobley to Hereford; is distant 2 miles N.E. of Moorhampton railway station, 3 S.E. of \Veobley, 8 N.W. of Hereford, and 10 S.S.W. of Leominster; is in Grimsworth hundred, Weobley 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 187 I was 87; in 1881, 78; inhabited houses, 17; families or separate occupiers, 17; area of parish, 11227 acres; annual rateable value, £1,047· Andrew Rouse Boughton Knight, Esq., of Downton castle, who is lord of the manor, D. Henry P. Peploe, Esq., of Garnstone, and the Rev. George Horatio Davenport, of Foxley, are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey and gravelly; subsoil, clay; products, wheat, barley, roots, oats, hops, &c. The parish affords some delightful and extensive scenery, embracing the Malvern hills, in Worcestershire, and the Clee hills, in Shropshire. A priory of Augustinian, or "Black" canons, of the order of St. Victor an expansion of a hermitage at Kings Pyon, dedicated to St. Leonard de Pyona -was founded here early in the reign of Henry III., if not in that of John, his predecessor. Sir Waiter de Map was lord of the manor in the time of Henry, and his son Nicholas changed his name to Wormesley, but by whom the priory was founded is uncertain. Gilbert Talbot, an ancestor of the Earl of Shrewsbury, gave lands to it in the time of Edward I., when the overthrow of the religious houses was in contemplation. The Earl of Shrewsbury requested that the priory might be restored to him, as his ancestors had contributed to the foundation, and many of them were buried within its precincts. But his petition was in vain, and the monastery was surrendered in January, 1536. The revenues at the time of the Dissolution were valued at £83 Ios. 2_d. per annum. The last prior, Roger Shelly, or '

WORMESLEY YARKHILL. Sheil, received a pension of £zo. Waiter Map, or Mapes, archdeacon of Oxford, and incumbent of Westbury in the Forest of Dean, was perhaps of the same family as the lord of Wormesley above mentioned, but at an earlier period. He was a person of great importance in the 12th century, and a special favourite of Henry II. He was the author of several satirical poems, especially one entitled Gol£as, in which he attacks the clergy in general, and especially the Cistercian monks, with some of whom, his neighbours at Flaxby abbey, he was often at variance. He was also author of a noble poem, entitled ''An Address to the Priests of Christ." Wormesley is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of W eobley; living, a vicarage ; value, £so, with 4 acres of glebe; patron, A. R. Bough ton Knight, Esq.; vicar, Rev. Reginald Remington, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, who was instituted in I889, and resides at Mansel Lacy house. The church, dedicated to St. JJary, formerly much dilapidated, has been beautifully restored, and the chancel rebuilt. The floor is laid with encaustic tiles, bordered with stone pavement. There is a handsome stained window in the chancel. The bell-turret is exceedingly beautiful of Early English architecture. In the churchyard are several massive granite monuments, with Latin inscriptions, to the Knight family. The children of this parish go to Mansel Lacy and Brinsop schools. Grange House, an extensive farm, the property of A. R. Boughton Knight, Esq., and in the occupation of D. J ames, Esq., is situate in a very secluded spot about 1! miles N.E. from the church. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Weobley, R.S.O., and arrive at "The Grange'' about I I a. m. ; despatched about noon. Weobley is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Par£sh Chu1·ch (St. Mary's). Rev. Reginald Remington, M.A., Vicar/ A. R. Boughton Knight, Esq., Churchwarden_; James Reece, Parish Clerk. COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS. Dashwood, Philip, farmer & hop grower, Yarsop ,Tames, D., Wormsley grange Lloyd, William, farmer, Court house Minton, J., farmer, Causeway Ray, Francis, farmer, Upper house YARKHILL. YARKHILL. is a parish and village situated on the river Froome, being distant 7 miles N.E of Hereford, 9 N.W. of Ledbury, and about I mile N. of Stoke Edith railway station. The Worcester and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway passes on the S.E. and S. W. sides of the parish. It is in Radlow hundred, Led bury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Ashperton polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I87I was 472 ; in 188r, 443 ; inhabited houses, 101 ; families or separate occupiers, 102 ; area of parish, 2,205 acres; annual rateable value, £4,004- By provisional orders which came into operation on 25th March, I88s, under the Divided Parishes Act, changes were made in the areas of this and the adjoining parishes.

YARKHILL. 753 The Right Hon. Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith park, is lady of the manor. The principal landowners are the Lady Emily Foley, Mrs. G. A. Poole, Bussage, near Stroud, Richard Hankins, Esq., Robert Wyndham Woodhouse Smith, Esq., Aramstone, near Ross, the Governors of St. Katharine's Hospital, Ledbury, ]. E. Vevers, Esq., of Yarkhill court, H. W. Foley, Esq., and John Hollings, Esq. The soil is a stiff clay and is very fertile ; chief crops, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, &c. Yarkhill is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of South Frome; living, a vicarage; value, £zzo, with residence and ro! acres of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Alexander George Jones, M.A., of Queen's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1883. The church, dedicated to St. john the Baptist, was partly re-built and completely restored in r863 at a cost of £r,r8o, under the superintendence of T. Blashill, Esq. It is a neat stone edifice, with Bath stone dressings, having a square castellated tower, nave, chancel, vestry, &c. An organ was added in 1868, at a cost of £1oo, and was enlarged in 1889. l'he earliest register is dated 1559. The charities belonging to the parish amount to about £ro yearly. The national school has a residence for the master and mistress attached. Accommodation is provided for 140 children; average attendance, 87. The Vicm·age House commands a pleasant view of Stoke Edith park in the foreground, and of the Hatteral and Malvern hills on the right and left in the distance. At Newtown is a chapel used for Sunday services in connection with the parish church. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Henry M. Turner, Sub-Postmaster, Newtown. Letters arrive by messenger from Ledbury about 9·45 a.m. ; despatched thereto at 3.10 p.m. Letters for the vicarage and the western side of the parish are received through Hereford. Tarrington is the nearest money order office. Telegrams may be sent from Stoke Edith railway station. Post towns, Ledbury and Hereford. The wall letter-box at W oodmanton is cleared at 4 p.m. Pnn:Sh Church (St. john the Baptz"st). Rev. Alexander George ]ones, M.A., Vicar; Messrs. John Edwards Vevers and H. W. Taylor, Churchwardens_; J ames Lewis, Parish Clerk. National School (boys, girls, a1Zd £nfants). Mr. R. H. Bromley, Master j Mrs. R. H. Bromley, Mistress. Sunday School and Chapel of Ease, N ewtown. Assz:Stant Overseer. Mr. W. E. Mills, New House. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name Edward Newman (Canon Frome) Lewis W oodhouse Henry Philpotts {Stanley Rill) Thomas Payne Days Wed. & Sat. do. Wed. Wed. & Sat. CARRIER TO LEDBURY. Edward Newman (Canon Frome) Tues. Stopping Place Return at White Lion 3 o Kerry Arms 3 30 do. 3 o Coach & Horses 4 o New Inn 2 0

754 YARKHILL YARPOLE. Those marked thus (*) postal address, Ledbury, others, Hereford. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Derry, J ames, W oodbury house Jones, Rev. A. G., M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage Taylor, Miss, The Castles COMMERCIAL. Apperley, J oseph, farmer & hop grower, The Castles farm Badham, Charles, shopkeeper, The Wharf, Newton Badham, Cornelius, cottage farmer and horsekeeper, Newtown *Baker, James Thomas, farmer and hop grower, Whitwick manor farm *Bowlcott, William, coal dealer, and farmer, Monkhide Bromley, R. H., schoolmaster *Built, Wm., cowkeeper and carrier, Stoke bridge *Cole, Henry, shoemaker, N ewtown *Cox, Alfred, cooper, Monkhide Hankins, Richard, farmer & hop grower, Newtown *Holder, Chas., blacksmith, Newtown *Hollings, John, farmer & landowner, Green lane • Jones, Easthope W., far. & hop grower, Pridewood (in Ashperton parish) Lewis, A. & L., wheelwrights and machinists, Lower Cotts Lewis, James, wheelwright, carpenter, and parish clerk, Upper Cotts Mills, W. E., frmr. & assistant overseer New house *Moore, J ames, farmer and hop grower, Monksbury court *Morris, Mrs. Harriet, farmer and hop grower, Middle court *Morris, Wm., farmer, Monkhide, res., Much Cowarne *Savigar, Thos., far. & haulier, Newtown *Smith, Albert, farmer and hop grower, and cider merchant, The Grove *Smith, John, New Inn, Newtown Smith, S., farmer & hop grower, Garford Symonds, Alfred, freeholder, The Castles *Taylor, Henry Wm., farmer and hop grower, Little Y arkhill, res. Show le court, Yarkhill *Turner, Henry M., shopkeeper and subpostmaster, Newtown Vevers, John Edwa.rds, farmer and hop grower, Y arkhill court *W argent, Thomas, shoemaker *Wood, Richard, shopkeeper, N ewtown YARPOLE, WITH BIRCHER TowNsHIP. YARPOLE is a parish and village intersected by the Leominster and Ludlow road, and by the road leading from Ludlow to Presteigne, which passes through Bircher village. It is distant 5 miles N.N.W. of Leominster, 8 S.S.W. of Ludlow, I I E. of Presteigne, I8 N. of Hereford, and about 2 N.W. of Berrington and Eye station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway. . It is in Wolphy hundred, Leominster union, county court district, and petty sessional division, and Yarpole polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I87I was s86; in !881, 603; inhabited houses, 127; families or separate occupiers, 136 ; area of parish, 2,749 acres ; annual rateable value, £3,438. By orders which came into operation on March zsth, I887, under the Divided Parishes Act, a detached part of Yarpole was amalgamated with Luston. The Rev. William Trevelyan Kevill Davies, J.P., of Croft castle, who is lord of the manor, Thos. R. Dunne, Esq., John F. Merewether, Esq., and Wm. Connop, Esq., are the principal landowners. The soil.is clayey ; subsoil, clay and gravel ; chief produce, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, barley, oats, &c. Y arpole is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Leominster; living, a vicarage, united to Croft rectory; joint value, £254, with 92!- acres of glebe; patron and vicar, Rev. W. T. Kevill Davies, who was instituted in 1886, and resides at Croft castle. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a neat stone edifice in the Decorated style of architecture, with a detached and very curious and interesting wooden tower and spire (containing three bells) at some distance to the south-west of the fabric. It consists of

YARPOLE. 755 a nave, chancel (rebuilt in 1853 by the Governors of Lucton school), southern porch, and contains an ancient font, and some curious monuments. The building was restored by the late Sir George Gilbert Scott, in 1863, at an expense of £I,7os, of which the parish gave by rate £930. It was re-opened in July, 1864. An organ was erected in 187 3 at a cost of £130, defrayed by the late vicar and his personal friends. The charities are small, and are distributed chiefly in bread. The Croft and Y arpole national school was erected in I 8 5 I at a cost of £x,2oo, defrayed by the Rev. '\V. T. Kevill Davies. The school has accommodation for 162 children, and an average attendance of 95· lUrcher is a township and neat village, situated on the Ludlow and Presteigne road, and distant about f of a mile N.E. of the church. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel on Bircher common, and the Plymouth Brethren one at Y arpole. Bircher Hall, the pleasant seat of Mrs. Dunne, is a modern mansion, with very beautiful pleasure grounds and magnificent scenery. It is at present void. The Lodge, occupied by Lieut.-Col. Russell, and The Highwood, the residence of the Hon. Mrs. Devereux, are delightfully situated on an eminence in this parish, and command a pleasing and picturesque prospect. The Knoll is occupied by the Rev. John Paget Parker, and Byecrofl is the residence of Mr. Richard Henry George. Lady Meadow is an ancient building, now a farm-house in the occupation of Mr. George J. Bedford. Cockgate is a place in this parish. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Miss Mary Mason, Sub-Postmistress. Letters arrive by messenger from Leominster at 8.30; despatched thereto at 4.20 p.m. Kingsland is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Leominster. Parish Church (St. Leonard's). Rev. W. T. Kevill Davies, Vicar_; Messrs. William Smith and George C. Mann, Churchwardens..; Enoch Chamberlain, Parish Clerk. Na!z"onal School (boys and girls). Mr. William Powell, Master j Miss E. Franks, Mistress. Reg£strar of Births and Deaths for K£ngsland Dzstrz"ct of Leomz"nster Un£on. Miss Mason. Prz"mzNve Methodist Chapel, Bircher Common. M-inisters vanous. Ass-istant Oversee·r. Mr. Enoch Chamberlain. CARRIERS TO LEOMINSTER. Name Mrs. Worthing Mrs. Fox Mrs. Goodman Days Fri. Tues. & Fri. Fri. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Devereux, The Hon. Mrs., The High wood George, Miss, Mortimer cottage George, Philip, Byecroft George, Richard Henry, Byecroft Parker, Rev. J. Paget, M.A., The Knoll Russell, Lieut. -Col. Lecbmere, The Lodge COMMERCIAL. Bassett, Henry, cottage farmer Bedford, George, farmer, Lady meadow Stopping Place Return at Blue Boar 4 0 Broad street 4 0 Blue Boar .. 0 J Bengree, Thomas, beer retailer, Bell Inn Br%', ,John, Brick House farm, Bircher common Broadway, James, shopkeeper Brooks, John, blacksmith, Birch er Brown, Wm., carpenter, Bircher common Chamberlain, Enoch, farmer and parish clerk, The Vicarage farm Chamberlain, Henry, blacksmith Connop, Christopher Connop, Harley, farmer, The Pound

YARPOLE YATTON. Dale, Francis, mason, Gorbett Davies, Thomas, farmer, Copy house Farmer, Wm., cot. farmer, Bircher com. Gent, John, mason, Birch er common George, R. H., auctioneer, valuer, and surveyor, Byecroft Gittens, Mrs., farmer, Dead walls Gough, Mrs., farmer, Bicton pool Hamar, Henry, grocer & farmer, Bircher Humphries, John, farmer, Upper house Humphries, Samuel, farmer, Brook house Jones, John, farmer and hop grower, Court house, Bircher Leake, Mrs., shopkeeper, Bircher corn. Mann, George C., shopkeeper Mason, Miss, sub-postmistress, Post office Meredith, Jas., farmer, Bircher common JVIoore, Mrs., farmer, New house, Bircher Pinches, George, farmer, Stone house and Enmore cottage Pinches, John, farmer, Lower house Pitt, Henry, farmer, Cockgate Pound, John, farmer, Highwood farm Powell, Richard, cot. far., Leys lane Powell, William, farmer, Bicton pool Powell, Wm., schoolmaster, School-house Price, Edwin, cottage farmer Pugh, Thomas, farmer, Gate House farm, Birch er Roberts, Richard, farmer, Woodend farm Seale, J ames, shoemaker Serg-eant, R. F., head gardener to J. Wood, Esq. Shipton, Thomas, cottage farmer Smith, John, farmer and landowner, Stone house, Bircher common Smith, Wm., farmer, The Leys, Bircher common Swaithe, John, farmer, Cockgate farm Trewin, Jno. H., far., Home fm., Bircher Vale, Mrs., farmer, Bircher common Weyman, John, farmer, Enmore field Wilkinson, Richard, carpenter, Bircher Williams, Wm., farmer, Bircher common YATTON~ YATTON is a township and chapelry in the parish of Much Marcle, being distant 2t miles S. W. from the mother church, 5 N.N.E. of Ross, 7! S.W. of Ledbury, and 10! S.E. of Hereford ; is in Greytree hundred, Ross union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and King's Caple and U pton Bishop polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1871 was 213; in 1881, 190; inhabited houses, 40; families or separate occupiers, 41 ; area of township, 1,4or acres; annual rateable value, £I ,249. Mrs. Clive, of Perrystone Court, General E. Clive, Lord Ashburton, and Mr. William Kingston, are the chief landowners. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, beans, roots, &c. Yatton is in the diocese and arch deaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Ross; living, a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Much Marcle; joint value, £719, with 25 acres of glebe; patron, Lieut.-Col. John Ernle Money-Kyrle; vicar, Rev. Alien William Chatfield, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1847, and resides at Much Marcle vicarage. The chapel of ease was erected in 1842 at a cost of £56o. It is a cruciform structure of white stone, capable of seating about 200 persons. A new infant school was provided here in 1874 at a cost of about £Ioo, by the purchase of a building originally intended as a dissenting chapel. Perrystone Towers is the residence of Mrs. William Gibson Ward. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters are received through Ross at 8.35 a. m.; despatched thereto at 5.20 p. m. Crow hill is the nearest money order office. Ross is the nearest telegraph office and post town. Yatton Church (Chapel of Ease to JJ:fuch Marc/e). Rev. Allen William Chatfield, M.A., V£car / Rev. A. C. Dyer, .M.A., and Rev. John Dunn, M.A., Curates/ Mr. Charles Cotton, Chapelwarde1z / Richard Baylis, Parish Clerk. Infant School. Miss R. Wightman, Mistress. Assistant Oversee1·. Mr. Frederick ]. Dew, Much Marcle.

r ' YATTON YAZOR. 757 PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Kingston, William, W estnor's end Ward, Mrs. William Gibson, Perrystone towers COMMERCIAL. Baylis, Richard, parish clerk Benskin, J ames, farmer, Welsh court Butcher, William, blacksmith, Perrystone hill (in Foy parish) Cotton, Charles, farmer, Dean's place Cotton, John, farmer, Lower House Davies, George, farmer, Churchfield Field, John, farmer, Y atton lodge Foxwell, Francis Sydney, Higford farm Jones, James, farmer, Woodreddingfarm Lewis, William, carpenter & shopkeeper Loveridge, James, farmer, Upper house Morgan, David, Chapel farm Parker, Emily, Church cottage W atkins, Mrs., farmer, Barrell hill Wightman, Miss Rose, schoolmistress Y AZOR, WITH MooRHAMPTON AND UPPERTON. YAZOR, from" ea," water, and "or," a way, is a parish situated on the main road leading from Hereford to Kington, and on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Mid1and railway; the Moorhampton station on that line is in this parish. It is distant 8 miles W.N.W. of Hereford, and 3! S. of Weobley; is in Grimsworth hundred, Weobley union and petty sessional division, Hereford county court district, and Moccas and Yazor polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in I87I was 235 ; in 188 I, 2 I 7; inhabited houses, 42 ; families or separate occupiers, 43; area of parish, 2,035 acres; annual rateable value, £2,647. The Rev. George Horatio Davenport, M.A., J.P., of Foxley, is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is loamy; subsoil, c1ay ; chief crops, wheat, beans, hops, roots, &c. Y azor is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a vicarage; value, £I 8 7, with I! acres of glebe ; patron and vicar, Rev. George Horatio Davenport, M. A., of Oriel College, Oxford, who was instituted in I888. The church of St. Mary the Virgz"n is a handsome building, in the Early English style of architecture, erected in 185I at a cost of £3,883. This substantial modern structure was commenced by the late Uvedale Price, Esq. Sir Robert Price continued the work, and the late Archdeacon Freer built the spire and completed the internal fittings. It is built entirely of stone, oak, and chestnut, from the Foxley estate. The pulpit is very richly carved in oak; also the stalls and western screen. The communion table is of massive oak. The windows are filled with stained or quarry glass, by W arrington & Powell, of London. The organ is by Jardine, of Manchester (built in I869) ; the encaustic tiles are by Godwin & Minton; and the lectern is boldly carved in oak. There are handsome brass plates in memory of the founder of this church, and also to the late Archdeacon Freer, who with so much taste and liberality caused this to be one of the most beautiful churches in the diocese of Hereford. A richly stained-glass window was erected by the tenantry of the Foxley estate and others, in commemoration of the marriage of the esteemed owner of Foxley with a daughter of the Rev. S. V. Dash wood, of Stanford hall, Loughborough. This window represents the marriage in Cana of Galilee. Another memorial window, in commemoration of the marriage of John Hungerford Arkwright, Esq., of Hampton court, near Leominster,

YAZOR. and Miss Davenport, was erected by subscription in r867. The subject represents "Ruth gleaning in the fields ofBoaz." The schoolroom, a most commodious room with teacher's residence adjoining, built in 1868, has not been used as such for many years. Yazor children attend either N orton Canon or Mansel Lacy school. Foxley, the seat of the Rev. George Horatio Davenport, M.A., J.P., is a beautiful mansion ; most -of the apartments are elegantly fitted up, and decorated with a good collection of paintings by the first masters. It commands some beautiful views over the vale of Hereford, the .distance being formed by various hills retiring in perspective, and the foreground by rich masses of wood. It was formerly owned by Sir Robert Price, Bart., from whom the property was purchased by the late John Davenport, Esq., of Westwood, Staffordshire, who re-built one transept of the ancient parish church, to serve as a mortuary chapel for the whole parish, and a resting-place for the remains of himself and his family. In the park is the celebrated eminence called "Lady Lift," from the summit of which is a prospect of uncommon grandeur. PosTAL REGULATIONS. Letters arrive by mail cart from Hereford about 9 a.m.; despatched thereto at 4 p.m. Staunton-on-vVye is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town, Hereford. Parish Church (St. Mary the V£rg£n). Rev. George Horatio Davenport, M.A., Vicar/ Messrs. Phillip W. Dash wood and James Probert, Churchwardens ; Thomas Preece, Parz'sh Sext'm. Moorhampton Railway Station ( Herejo1·d, Hay, and Brecon branch of M£dland Raz1way). Charles Williams, Station Master. CARRIERS TO HEREFORD. Name John Evans Mrs. Taylor PRIVATE Days Wed. & Sat. Wed. & Sat. RESIDENT. Davenport, Rev. George Horatio, M.A., J.P. (patron & vicar of Yazor), Foxley COMMERCIAL. Bates, John, head gardener to the Rev. G. H. Davenport, J.P., Foxley Dashwood, Philip, farmer & hop grower, Yarsop Davis, Charles, farmer, Buns lane J ones, Benj amin, haulier Kinsey, Thos., frmr., Moorhampton fm. Oldman, Charles, foreman of carpenters on the Foxley estate, Y arsop Parry, William, coal and lime merchant, Moorhampton Powell, Henry, tailor and shopkeeper, Moorhampton Preece, Thomas, salesman for the OLD RADNOR LIME, ROADstone and General Trading Company, coal, coke, slate, pipe, and builders' material merchants ; railway station Stopping Place Return a Maidenhead 4 o Red Lion 3 30 PRICE, THOMAS, Moorhampton Hotel and Posting House. This hotel affords every accommodation to the public, being situated close to Moorbampton station, having good stabling, loose boxes, &c. ; close carriages and dog carts, with steady horses and experienced drivers at the shortest notice; well-aired beds. Probert, ,J ames, farmer and hop grower, Court farm Probert, John, farmer, U ppt>rton Richards, Noah, shoeing & jobbing smith, Moorhampton The Breconshire Coal & Lime Company, Limited, depot at Moorhampton railway station ; G. Gurmin, Salesman W eldin, William, head gamekeeper for Rev. G. H. Davenport, J.P., Foxley, res. in Manse! Lacy parish Williams, C., sta. master, Moorhampton Williams, William, cottage farmer and cooper, U pperton l'RI:STED BY JAKEMAN AND CARVER, HEREFORD.