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Brobury, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Brobury, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 3 miles S of Kinnersley station on the Swansea, Brecon, and Hereford branch of the M.R., and 8½ E by N of Hay. Post town, Hereford; money order and telegraph office, Staunton-on-Wye. Acreage, 830; population, 66. Brobury Scar, a hill in the neighbourhood, is a bold grand object, amid the fine scenery of the Wye. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Bredwardine, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is a small plain Early English edifice, and contains an ancient font and canopied tomb. It is now used as a mortuary chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

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

Ancient CountyHerefordshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBrobury St. Mary 
HundredGrimsworth 
Poor Law unionWeobley 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyHerefordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Postal districtHR3
Post TownHereford

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