Sapey, Upper (St. Michael)
SAPEY, UPPER (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Bromyard, hundred of Broxash, county of Hereford, 6½ miles (N. N. E.) from Bromyard; containing 338 inhabitants, and consisting of 2161 acres. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 5. 7½., and in the gift of Sir T. Winnington, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for £287. 10., and the glebe comprises 41 acres. A school is endowed with £10 per annum. In the neighbourhood are the remains of a Roman camp.
Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.