Dewsall, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Dewsall, a parish in Herefordshire, 2 miles E of Tram Inn station on the G.W.R., and 4 SSE of Hereford. Post town, Hereford; money order and telegraph office, Tram Inn. Acreage, 693; population of the civil parish, 54; of the ecclesiastical, including Callow, 145. The Governors of Guy's Hospital are lords of the manor. The living is a rectory, united with that of Callow, in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £122 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1868. Callow church was restored in 1884.

Administration

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

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

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Dewsall from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Hereford Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Dewsall from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Dewsall (St. Michael))

Land and Property

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

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

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times