Felton, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Felton, a parish in Herefordshire, 5 miles N of Withing-fcon station on the G.W.R., 8 SW of Bromyard, and 7½ NE of Hereford. Post town, Pencombe, under Worcester. Acreage, 1151; population of the civil parish, 85; of the ecclesiastical, 117. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, —£157 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1854, and restored in 1892.
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 | Felton St. Michael | |
| Hundred | Broxash | |
| Poor Law union | Bromyard |
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 Felton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Felton (St. Michael))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Felton 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: