Wormsley or Wormesley, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Wormsley or Wormesley, a parish in Herefordshire, 3 miles NE of Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon section of the M.R, and 3 SE of Weobley. Post town, Weobley (RS.O.) Acreage, 1249; population, 85. An Angustinian priory was founded here in the time of King John. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £76. The church, a small ancient edifice, has been restored.
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 | Wormsley St. Mary | |
Hundred | Grtmsworth | |
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 Wormsley or Wormesley from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Wormsley (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Wormsley or Wormesley 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: