Staunton-Upon-Wye (St. Mary)

STAUNTON-UPON-WYE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Weobley, hundred of Grimsworth, county of Hereford, 8¾ miles (W. N. W.) from Hereford; containing 548 inhabitants. The parish consists of 2300 acres, and is intersected by the road from Hereford to Kington. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 13. 4.; net income, £340; patrons, the Dean and Canons of Christ-Church, Oxford. The tithes were commuted for land and money payments in 1783. George Jarvis, Esq., of Thames-Ditton, in 1790 bequeathed £30,000 to the parishes of Staunton, Bredwardine, and Letton; the sum was invested in the three per cent, consols., and had accumulated in 1822 to £92,496. From the proceeds, £1250 are yearly appropriated to this parish for educating children, and providing clothing and fuel for the poor; the total income is upwards of £3000.