Eastnor, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Eastnor, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, under the Malvern Hills, 2 miles E of Ledbury. There is a post and telegraph office under Ledbury; money order office, Ledbury. Acreage, 3193; population, 413. Eastnor Castle, the seat of the late Earl Somers, built in 1814, is a splendid mansion on the plan of ancient baronial castles; it is beautifully situated, and commands fine views. The title is now extinct. The site of Bronsil Castle, formerly the residence of Lord Beau-champ of Powyke, lord treasurer to Henry VI., is in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £394. The church is a beautiful little building, perfect of its kind, with handsome altar ornaments, the gift of the Somers family. It has been well restored.
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 | Eastnor St. John the Baptist | |
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 Eastnor from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Eastnor (St. John the Baptist))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Eastnor 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: