Pembridge, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Pembridge, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on the river Arrow, 7 miles W of Leominster; was formerly a market-town; is nominally a borough governed by a high bailiff; and has a station on the Leominster and Kington branch of the G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office (R.S.O.) A hiring fair is held on 13 May. The parish comprises 7074 acres; population, 1129. There is a parish council consisting of thirteen members. The manors belonged anciently to the Mortimers. Moor Court, Broxwood Court, and Byletts are the chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £494 with residence. The church is of the 13th and 14th centuries, and a wooden bell-tower stands near it. The chancel was restored in 1871. There is a chapel of ease at Moor Court, and there are also Roman Catholic, Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels, and alms-houses.

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.

For births, marriages, and deaths in Pembridge from 1837 to 1839 you should search for the Kington Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Pembridge from 1838 to 1870 you should search for the Presteigne Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Pembridge from 1870 to 1974 you should search for the Kington Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Pembridge from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Pembridge 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