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Harewood, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Harewood, a parish in Herefordshire, near the river Wye, 3½ miles WSW of Fawley station on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester section of the G.W.R., and 5½ NW of Ross. It has a post and money order office, of the name of Harewood End, under Ross; telegraph office, Hoarwithy. Acreage, 668; population, 92. The manor belonged to the Rnights Templars, passed to the Rnights Hospitallers, and subsequently to the Hoskyns. Harewood House is now the seat of the Parry family, who own the whole of the parish. An ancient forest, including the parish and extending beyond it, was called Harewood Forest, and contained the castle of Earl Ethelwold, who is supposed to have been assassinated by King Edgar. The church was erected in 1864 on the site of an ancient building, and is a peculiar without endowment used as a private chapel to Harewood House.

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 parishHarewood St. Denis 
HundredWormelow 
Poor Law unionRoss 

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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Newspapers and Periodicals

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