Stoke Bliss, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Stoke Bliss, a parish in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, 5½ miles SE of Tenbury. Post town, Tenbury. It comprises 1163 acres in Herefordshire and 900 acres, forming the hamlet of Little Kyre, in Worcestershire; population, 149 and 112 respectively. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £346 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Early English and was restored in 1854. It contains some stained windows. The screen and pulpit are good specimens of carved woodwork, probably of 14th century date.

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.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Stoke Bliss from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stoke-Bliss)

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Stoke Bliss 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