Michaelchurch, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Michaelchurch, a hamlet in Tretire parish, Herefordshire, on the Garran Brook, 5 miles NW of Ross. It was once a parish. The living is a chapelry, annexed to the rectory of Tretire, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is a plain ancient edifice.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Herefordshire | |
Hundred | Wormelow | |
Poor Law union | Ross |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Michaelchurch from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Michael-Church)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Michaelchurch 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: