Breinton, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Breinton, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 2½ miles W by S of Hereford. It is divided into Upper and Lower Breinton, and contains the hamlets of Warham and Swainshill. A portion of the parish is within the municipal borough of Hereford. There is a post office at Swainshill (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Hereford. Acreage, 1647; population of the civil parish, 436; of the ecclesiastical, 445. There is an extensive nursery at King's Acre, Upper Breinton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is ancient, has a western tower with a spire, and contains several memorial stained windows.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Breinton from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Breinton (St. Michael))

Land and Property

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times