Burrington, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Burrington, a parish in Herefordshire, near the river Teme, 3 miles ESE of Leintwardine, and 6 WSW of Ludlow, which is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Leintwardine (R.S.O.) Acreage, 2644; population, 170. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is small, and contains an ancient font and many tablets to the Knight family. Bringe-wood Hills are in this parish.

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.

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 Burrington from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Burrington 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:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times