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Sellack (St. Tesiliah)

SELLACK (St. Tesiliah), a parish, in the union of Ross, Upper division of the hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford, 4¼ miles (N. W.) from Ross; containing 335 inhabitants. The parish comprises 1565 acres, of which 40 are common or waste land; the scenery is diversified, and the village lies in a deep valley watered by the navigable river Wye. The living is a vicarage, with that of King's-Caple annexed, valued in the king's books at £16. 6. 8.; net income, £420; patrons and appropriators, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The great tithes of the parish have been commuted for £320, and the vicarial for £140; there is a glebe of 95 acres, with a house. The church is a handsome structure with a spire, and is beautifully situated on the bank of the Wye.

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

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