Fownhope, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Fownhope, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on the river Wye, under a fine range of hills, 2½ miles ESE of Holme Lacey station on the Hereford, Boss, and Gloucester branch of the G.W.R., and 6¼ SE of Hereford. It has a post and money order office under Hereford; telegraph office at the railway station. Acreage, 3524; population, 829. Two ancient camps occur, one a little north of the village, and the other on Capler Hill, to the east, is double trenched, bears the name of Woodbury camp, and commands a beautiful and extensive view. Fownhope Court is a good, but not large 16th-century mansion, surrounded by well-wooded grounds. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Fawley, in the diocese of Hereford; joint net value, £177 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is Early English, with a Norman central tower, chancel, nave, and south aisle; it contains an interesting font of the 14th century, three piscinae, and a solid oak cbest; it was restored in 1882. There is a Baptist chapel and a meeting-house for the Brethren.

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.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Fownhope from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Hereford Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Fownhope from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Fownhope 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