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Bircher

BIRCHER, a township, in the parish of Yarpole, union of Leominster, hundred of Wolphy, county of Hereford, 5½ miles (N. by W.) from Leominster; containing 257 inhabitants. It lies on the road from Leominster to Ludlow. The village is a short distance north-east of that of Yarpole; and on the north-west is an extensive common, called Bircher or Highwood common.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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