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Downton, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Downton, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Teme, near the boundary with Salop, 5 miles SW of Bromfield station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint (L. & N.W.R. and G.W.R.) railway, and 5½ W by S of Ludlow. Post town, Ludlow; money order and telegraph office, Leintwar-dine. Acreage of the civil parish, 1220; population, 162; of the ecclesiastical, 156. Downton Castle is a spacious modern edifice in mixed Grecian and Gothic styles, built by R. Payne Knight, and stands amid romantic scenery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £150 with residence. The church was built in 1862, and is in the Early English style, somewhat richly decorated.

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 parishDownton St. Giles 
HundredWigmore 
Poor Law unionLudlow 

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

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Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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CountyPowys - Powys
RegionWales
CountryWales
Postal districtLD8
Post TownPresteigne

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