Willersley, Herefordshire

Historical Description

Willersley, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 1 mile S of Eardisley station on the M.R. and G.W.R., and 6 miles NE of Hay. Post town, Winforton (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Eardisley. Acreage, 391; population, 9. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £49. The church is small, and was restored in 1877.

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 Willersley from 1837 to 1839 you should search for the Kington Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Willersley from 1838 to 1870 you should search for the Presteigne Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Willersley from 1870 to 1974 you should search for the Kington Registration District.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Willersley from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Willersley (St. Mary Magdalene))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Willersley 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