Whitney on Wye, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Whitney or Whitney-on-Wye, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands on the river Wye, 4 miles NE of Hay. It has a station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon section of the M.R., and a post office (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Hay. There is a bridge of five arches over the river. The parish comprises 1452 acres of land and 62 of water; population, 520. Whitney Court is an ancient seat picturesquely situated on the banks of the Wye. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £179 with residence. The church was built in 1740 to replace the old church, which was destroyed by floods.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Whitney on Wye from the following:

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

Land and Property

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

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Herefordshire newspapers online:

• Hereford Journal
• Hereford Times