Upton Bishop, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Upton Bishop, a parish in Herefordshire, 4 miles NE by E of Ross. It includes the hamlet of Crowbill, which has a post and money order office under Ross; telegraph office, Ross. Acreage, 3986; population, 648. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. The manor house, the Beeches, Gayton Hall, and Grendon Court are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £310 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is ancient, and was restored in 18G2. There is a Baptist chapel.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Upton Bishop from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Upton, Bishop's (St. John the Baptist))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Upton Bishop 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:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times