Wigmore, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Wigmore, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands 5 miles SE of Bucknell station on the L. &N.W.R., and 9 NW of Leominster. It is a seat of petty sessions, and has a post office under Kingsland (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Leintwardine. A hiring fair is held on 6 May, and a fair for cattle and sheep on 5 August. There is a police station. The parish includes part of Limebrook township. Acreage, 3480; population, 385. A castle stood in the Saxon times on an eminence a little W of the village, was rebuilt in the 12th century by Ranulph Mortimer, and has left some remains. An Augustinian abbey was founded about a mile from the castle by the Mortimers, and also has left some remains. Wigmore Hall, an ancient mansion, is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £19 6 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is Early English, and has been restored. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Herefordshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Wigmore St. James | |
Hundred | Wigmore | |
Poor Law union | Ludlow |
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.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Wigmore from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wigmore (St. James))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Wigmore are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online: