St Margaret, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Margaret, St, a parish in Herefordshire, near the river Dore, 2 miles S of Vowchurch station on the Golden Valley railway, and 4 NW by N of Abbeydore. Post town, Hereford; money order office, Peterchurch; telegraph office, Pon-trilas. Acreage, 2609; population, 237. The surface is hilly and well wooded, and the higher grounds commands extensive views. Stone is quarried. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Michaelchurch Escley, in the diocese of Hereford; joint gross value, £210. The church is ancient, and was partially restored in 1866.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Herefordshire | |
Hundred | Ewyaslacy | |
Poor Law union | Dore |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
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Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for St Margaret from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Margaret's, St.)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Newspapers and Periodicals
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