Bishopstone, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Bishopstone, a parish in Herefordshire, near the river Wye, 2 miles W of Credenhill station on the Swansea, Brecon, and Hereford branch of the M.R., and 7 WNW of Hereford, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Staunton-on-Wye. Acreage, 1016; population of the civil parish, 219; of the ecclesiastical, 197. Berrington Court, an old moated mansion, once the seat of the Berrington family, is now a farmhouse. A fine tessellated pavement and other Roman remains have been found. There are almshouses for six aged persons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £205 with residence. The church is Early English and cruciform, was restored in 1854, and contained several ancient monuments. The east window is stained, and the organ once belonged to Eton chapel.
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 | Bishopstone St. Lawrence | |
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 Bishopstone from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bishopstone (St. Lawrence))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bishopstone 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: