Westhide, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Westhide, a parish in Herefordshire, on the Hereford and Gloucester Canal, 2 miles NE of Withington station on the G.W.R., and 6 NE by E of Hereford. Post town, Hereford. Acreage, 1246; population, 150. Hops and fruit are the chief produce of the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Stoke Edith. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1867; it contains two piscinas and some ancient monuments. There is a rare aumbrey im the E wall of the chancel.

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 Westhide from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Hereford Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Westhide from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Westhide 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