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How Caple, Herefordshire

Historical Description

How Caple, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands near the river Wye, 2½ miles ENE of Fawley station on the Hereford, Eoss, and Gloucester branch of the G.W.R., and 4½ NNE of Eoss, and has a post and telegraph office under Eoss; money order office, Crowbill. The parish comprises 1015 acres; population of the civil parish, 89;, of the ecclesiastical district, 180. How Caple Court was the chief residence of the Capel family from the 12th to the 17th century, and is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Sellers Hope, in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £299. The church is cruciform, was rebuilt about 1690 by Sir William Gregory, and contains several monuments to him and other members of the family. It was restored in 1889.

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 parishHow-Caple St. Andrew 
HundredGreytree 
Poor Law unionRoss 

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtHR1
Post TownHereford

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