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Almeley, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Almeley, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, 4½ miles SE of Kington, with a station on the G.W.R. The parish includes the township of Hopley's Green and Logaston, and has a post office under Eardisley (R.S.O.), which is the money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 3449; population, 527. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £237. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient, dating from the 14th century, had once a chantry, and was restored in 1870.

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 
Ecclesiastical parishAlmeley St. Mary 
HundredWolphy 
Poor Law unionWeobley 

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


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Almeley from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Almeley 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 districtHR3
Post TownHereford

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