Brinsop, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Brinsop, a parish in Herefordshire, 1½ mile N of Credenhill station on the Swansea, Brecon, and Hereford branch of the M.R., and 5½ miles NW of Hereford, which is the post town. Acreage, 1413; population, 120. Portions only of the 14th century manor house are incorporated into a more modern dwelling. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £240 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is Early English, and contains monuments to the Dansey family, and a memorial window to the poet Wordsworth. It was restored in 1867.
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 | Brinsop St. George | |
Hundred | Grimsworth | |
Poor Law union | Weobley |
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 Brinsop from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brinsop (St. George))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Brinsop 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: