Woolhope, Herefordshire
Historical Description
Woolhope, a parish in Herefordshire, 5 miles E by N of holme Lacy station on the G.W.R., and 8 ESE of Hereford. It has a post office under Hereford; money order office, Fownhope; telegraph office, How Caple. It includes the townships of Buckenhill and Putley. Acreage, 4414; population of the civil parish, 647; of the ecclesiastical, 675. There is a parish council consisting of eight members. Wessington Court is the chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £200 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is Early English, and was restored in 1883.
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 | Woolhope St. George | |
Hundred | Greytree | |
Poor Law union | Ledbury |
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 Woolhope from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Woolhope (St. George))
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Herefordshire is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Woolhope 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: