St Weonards, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Weonards, St, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands 7½ miles W by N of Ross, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Ross. The parish comprises 4561 acres; population, 543. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. Treago is an ancient castellated mansion. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £210 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is Norman.
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.
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 St Weonards from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Weonard's, St)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of St Weonards 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: