Hentland, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Hentland, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 4 miles NW of Ross. It contains the village of Hoarwithy, and the hamlets of Although, Rynastone, Treaddow, and Treyseck. There is a post, money order, and telegraph office at Hoarwithy, under Ross. Acreage, 2647; population of the civil parish, 550; of the ecclesiastical, 564. Rynastone House is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Hoarwithy, in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, -£152. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is Late Decorated English, with an embattled tower. There are a chapel of ease at Hoarwithy, and a Congregational chapel.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Hentland from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Hentland 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