Withington, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Withington, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, 4½ miles NE by E of Hereford, with a station on the G.W.R., and a post, money order, and telegraph office under Hereford. The parish includes the hamlet of Nunnington, and comprises 2201 acres; population, 744. There is a parish council consisting of nine members. Withington Court, an ancient mansion, is now a farmhouse. Thinghill is the chief residence. There are encaustic tile works. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £264 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is Norman and Early English, and was restored in 1858. It has a tower with a graceful stone spire, and retains the ancient rood screen. Tuere is a Baptist chapel.
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 | Withington St. Peter | |
Hundred | Broxash | |
Poor Law union | Hereford | |
Registration district | Hereford | 1837 - 1974 |
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 Withington from 1837 to 1974 you should search for the Hereford Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Withington from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Withington (St. Peter))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Withington 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: