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Castle Frome, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Castle-Frome, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Frome, 5 miles NNE of Ashperton station on the G.W.R., and 6½ NNW of Ledbury, which is the post town; money order office, Bosbury; telegraph office, Ashperton railway station. Acreage, 1567; population, 165. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £222 with residence. The church is small, consisting of chancel, nave, and tower, with spire, and was restored in 1878; it contains a curious Norman font.

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 parishCastle Froome St. Michael 
HundredRadlow 
Poor Law unionLedbury 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyHerefordshire

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