Bosbury, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Bosbury, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on the river Leadon, under the Malvern Hills, 4½ miles N by W of Ledbury, under which It has a post office, and at which is the telegraph office. The parish includes the townships of Bosbury, Upleadon, and Catley. Acreage, 4825; population, 916. Old Court, now used as a farmhouse, was once a seat of the Bishops of Hereford. There are many ancient timber houses in the village. Bosbury House and Temple Court are the chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £318. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is Transition Norman and Perpendicular, with a massive detached tower; it contains a fine oak screen, and monuments to the Harford and Brydges families, and was restored in 1871. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed grammar school.
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 | Bosbury Holy Trinity | |
| Hundred | Radlow | |
| Poor Law union | Ledbury |
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 Bosbury from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bosbury (Holy Trinity))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Bosbury 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: