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Adforton, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Adforton, a township with Stanway, Paytoe, and Grange, in the parish of Leintwardine, Herefordshire, 2 miles NW of Wigmore, and 5 from Bucknell station on the L. & N.W.R. Acreage, 1592; population, 183. There are a chapel of ease and a Primitive Methodist chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyHerefordshire 
Civil parishLeintwardine 
HundredWigmore 
Poor Law unionKnighton 
Registration districtKnighton1837 - 1933

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Adforton from the following:


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.


Maps

Online maps of Adforton are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online:

CountyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtSY7

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