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Willersley, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Willersley, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 1 mile S of Eardisley station on the M.R. and G.W.R., and 6 miles NE of Hay. Post town, Winforton (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Eardisley. Acreage, 391; population, 9. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £49. The church is small, and was restored in 1877.

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 parishWillersley St. Mary Magdalene 
HundredHuntington 
Poor Law unionKington 
Registration districtKington1837 - 1839
Registration districtPresteigne1838 - 1870
Registration districtKington1870 - 1974

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 Willersley from 1837 to 1839 you should search for the Kington Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Willersley from 1838 to 1870 you should search for the Presteigne Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Willersley from 1870 to 1974 you should search for the Kington Registration District.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Willersley from the following:


Land and Property

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


Maps

Online maps of Willersley 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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