Welsh Bicknor, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Bicknor, Welsh, a parish in Herefordshire, within a loop of the river Wye, about ½ a mile N of Lvdbrook junction station on the G.W.R. and Severn and Wye and Severn Bridge railway, 2 miles N of English Bicknor, and 5 S of Boss, which is the post town; money order and telegraph office, Lydbrook. Acreage, 889; population, 135. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £192 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1859 on the foundations of the old church. The interior contains excellent carving in Caen stone and alabaster, and some stained windows. An ancient effigy in the aisle is said to be monumental of Lady Montheemer, who was daughter-in-law of the first Earl of Salisbury, sister-in-law of the second, and mother of the third. A Roman Catholic chapel is attached to the mansion at Courtfield.
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 | Welsh Bicknor St. Margaret | |
Hundred | Wormelow | |
Poor Law union | Monmouth |
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 Welsh Bicknor from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Bicknor, Welsh (St. Margaret))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Welsh Bicknor 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: