Little Hereford, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Hereford, Little, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on- the river Teme, near the boundary with Worcestershire and Salop, 3 miles W by N of Tenbury. It has a railway station (Easton Court) on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Joint (L. & N.W. and G.W.) railway, and a post office under Tenbury; money order and telegraph office,. Brimfield. The parish contains also the hamlet of Middleton and the township of Upton. Acreage, 3539; population, 425. Easton Court is the chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value,, £282 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is ancient, of various dates; was well restored in 1849, and contains a piscina, sedilia, two ancient brasses, and several monuments. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Middleton.
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 | Little Hereford St. Mary Magdalene | |
Hundred | Wolphy | |
Poor Law union | Tenbury |
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 Little Hereford from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hereford, Little (St. Mary Magdalene))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Little Hereford 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: