Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Monnington-upon-Wye, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 3 miles SSW of Moorhampton station on the Hereford and Brecon branch of the M.R., and 6 SSW of Weobly. Post town, Hereford; money order and telegraph office, Portway. Acreage, 1023; population, 76. The manor belonged once to a son-in-law of Owen Glendower, and belongs now to the Comewall family. Monnington Court is supposed to have been the death-place of Owen Glendower; it was formerly the seat of the Monnington family, and is now a farmhouse. There is a long avenue called Monnington Walk. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £162 with residence. The church is ancient, and was rebuilt in the reign of Charles II.
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 | Monnington-upon-Wye St. Mary | |
Hundred | Grimsworth | |
Poor Law union | Weobley |
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 Monnington on Wye from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Monnington-upon-Wye (St. Mary))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Monnington on Wye 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: