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Turnastone (St. Mary)

TURNASTONE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Dore, hundred of Webtree, county of Hereford, 11 miles (W. by S.) from Hereford; containing 76 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the river Dore, near the Hay and Hereford road; and comprises 550 acres, a large portion of which is woodland. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £2. 14. 2., and in the patronage of Lady Boughton: the tithes have been commuted for £73, and the glebe comprises 5½ acres. The church is in the Norman style of architecture.

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

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